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« Reply #30 on: March 18, 2010, 09:14:23 PM » |
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« Reply #31 on: March 18, 2010, 09:21:02 PM » |
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I probably should clarify also.
I'm not trying to suggest people don't send anything. Just don't keep sending the same letter. It is definitely a concern when a bill such as this is pushed through without proper discussion, just don't let other people talk for you. You're not mindless sheep, and you're not fuckwits. I assume most of you are intelligent enough to write your own letters, or at least use the thesaurus in MS Word to change words in the template letter...
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« Reply #32 on: March 18, 2010, 09:39:41 PM » |
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Dear Mr Wade Thank you for your speedy response. Alistair is looking into the issues which you have raised and a full response will be sent to you in due course. Thank you for taking the time to write. Score. One more MP made aware, hopefully. Thought I'd point out for those planning to send: make sure you include your full address (of the home in the constituency where you're registered to vote), since they can't reply unless it's confirmed that you're a constituent of theirs.
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"In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. In poetry, it's the exact opposite." - Paul Dirac
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« Reply #33 on: March 18, 2010, 09:43:16 PM » |
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Although I'm not british, +1 to this, at all things. Petitions < mass (e)mails < self written (e)mails This also counts for different things like boycotting a game because of DRM etc.
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« Reply #34 on: March 19, 2010, 08:47:27 AM » |
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One of they key issues about that b*llsh*t bill, is the question of moving house. If you move to a house where a "pirate" has been denied internet access, you are blocked too. No appeal, no nothing.
It was one of the points raised during the debate and one that was whitewashed. Basically the ISP's aren't going to spend vast amounts of money judging people after an initial ban (it's likely that a ban is permanent at an address rather than a person at an address).
Utterly flawed... like the proposer of the bill: Peter Mandleson (and no, let's not get any further into politics).
PS. I'm going to write my own letter to my MP. Because I'm also Victor Meldrew and you get better at complaining with age.
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« Reply #35 on: March 19, 2010, 10:01:28 AM » |
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« Reply #36 on: March 19, 2010, 11:44:56 AM » |
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A well crafted articulate letter is definitely more effective.
Can haz internetz back pl0z ??11!1
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« Reply #37 on: March 19, 2010, 12:55:51 PM » |
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Sent. Turns out the local MP in Colchester is Lib Dem. This surprises me because the majority of people living in Essex are a massive bunch of racists.
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« Reply #38 on: March 19, 2010, 06:30:40 PM » |
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Yeah, I sent one, let's see what my MP replies with (he's a labour whip though...mmm).
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« Reply #39 on: March 19, 2010, 09:22:29 PM » |
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Will be interesting to see whether my MP will reply. I used the form letter, but changed parts of it drastically and added my own points of view in, and changed the rather confrontational subject.
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« Reply #40 on: March 19, 2010, 09:53:09 PM » |
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Will be interesting to see whether my MP will reply. I used the form letter, but changed parts of it drastically and added my own points of view in, and changed the rather confrontational subject.
George Young, right? I expect he will, probably an identikit tory HQ response though. He is quite an arse.
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« Reply #41 on: March 22, 2010, 12:31:47 PM » |
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Got a reply....
Dear Mr. Carter
The Digital Economy Bill is unlikely to be debated further in Parliament but will probably be handled in what is called the 'wash up' - that means only those parts of the Bill agreed by all parties will be passed. I will keep your views in mind if I hear anything in respect to copyright infringement and the internet.
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« Reply #42 on: March 22, 2010, 12:36:43 PM » |
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lulz. Still haven't heard anything back from my MP, although being the MP of Slough she probably has bigger fish to fry; like the fact that the internet cafe down the road was shut down last year due to terrorist activity...
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« Reply #43 on: March 22, 2010, 12:46:58 PM » |
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Just got a reply assuming from his secretary, asking for my home address O_O
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« Reply #44 on: March 22, 2010, 12:49:56 PM » |
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Just got a reply assuming from his secretary, asking for my home address O_O
They're onto you! RUN!
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