Recent content by colonelslime

I'm pretty sure (though lacking a time machine, I can never confirm) that any given time period had its share of bigots and idiots screaming at the top of their lungs about why their worldview was better than everyone else's (see religious wars). The main difference today is that the internet...

It's funny, every time someone says they are shocked by stuff like this it surprises me. All I can think is "Looking around, what makes you think people wouldn't do this?" I mean, I try to be charitable when it comes to assumptions about other people, but time and again humanity has proven...

By his logic, anything anybody does as a means of relaxation is a waste. Why doesn't he go off on people reading fiction books, or listening to music? All of it is in many ways a waste of time, and great deal of it consumes just as many resources as video games do. What exactly does he think...

No one in the government would be stupid enough to shut down the internet. It would literally cause commerce and trade to grind to a halt. If you think the economic downturn is bad now, imagine what would happen if the central pipeline for all information, financial and otherwise, got blocked...

Looking back, I can see that I came of much more hostile than I would have wanted to. My apologies. I just have problems with people making accusations without doing the reserach first. Also, a Stephen Harper majority is one of my biggest nightmares.

It's not trolling if what you say is correct. And again, the bill is only for security threat to government controlled networks. This is to prevent, say, the voting registry or census data from falling into the wrong hands,and to prevent damage to national infrastructure from cyberterrorism...

TO REITERATE: READ THE BILL IT DOES NOTHING LIKE WHAT YOU PEOPLE THINK IT DOES READ MY PREVIOUS POST TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS REALLY INVOLVED HERE

Ok, you people need to calm down. This is what happens when you don't read through articles yourselvesa and don't fact-check. The Cybersecurity Adviser position, not the president himself, would have the power only to disconnect Federal Infrastructure Networks, if he felt the threat was imminent...