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Article 32 of the Vienna Convention says that if any part of a treaty is ambiguous it must be interpreted based on documents produced during the drafting and negotiations phase of the agreement. For Acta these documents are classified and have never been made available to the public through official sources. Such secrecy has never surrounded any other global treaty in modern times.
Article 27 of the Vienna Convention says that all international treaties take precedence over any internal laws. The secret parts of ACTA will take precedence over any national laws. Governments will have no choice. Citizens will have no choice. The internet, as we know it, will end.
Originally posted by v1rtu0s0
Article 27 of the Vienna Convention says that all international treaties take precedence over any internal laws. The secret parts of ACTA will take precedence over any national laws. Governments will have no choice. Citizens will have no choice. The internet, as we know it, will end.
Textthe screen goes black for a second before the dreaded words appear: “Malware has been detected on this SCD. As mandated by federal law, it has been placed in quarantine.” Then the machine shuts down. This is not just conjecture, but an imminent scenario.
It has been pointed out that any treaty between the US and any other country, which is exactly what ACTA is, requires Senate approval – which ACTA never got. What it did get was a change in semantics where is was now being called an “executive agreement” so that President Obama didn’t need Senate approval.
Treaty embroilment is so dangerous and so important, that to further limit and restrict their making, Article II, Section 2, Paragraph 2 orders that the President: "...shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; [Emphasis added.]"
This provision accomplishes two things: 1) it prohibits the President alone to commit the United States to an agreement with other nations (the Senate must advise, consent, concur, and ratify). And 2), why is the Senate singled out, and not the House of Representatives, or both Houses? Because the Senate is the branch of the Congress whose Senators' constituencies are not "my people back home," but "my State government back home."(1)
Originally posted by zarp3333
We must figure out a way to network our brains into a grid the same way Anon used PCs for DNS attacks.
For instance, if any hundreds of pages of proposed legislation were broken into five page chunks and read by just 1,000 people, offending language could instantly be identified.
This is precisely why legislators hide their most egregious pieces of legislation in huge bills. They know the average citizen has neither the time nor inclination to go through 800 pages of anything.
We can beat them at their own game by working together instead of fighting amongst ourselves. That's what they expect. That's what they want.
The secret to power is the recognition of power. We the people outnumber the assholes millions to one. Wake up dumbasses before its too late. I posted a thread about this very topic. We have the tools and means to grid our brains, our wishes, our votes and our power. The Internet provides the network. All we need is the platform. I can't write the code. Somebody can
Originally posted by zarp3333
For instance, if any hundreds of pages of proposed legislation were broken into five page chunks and read by just 1,000 people, offending language could instantly be identified.
This is precisely why legislators hide their most egregious pieces of legislation in huge bills. They know the average citizen has neither the time nor inclination to go through 800 pages of anything.
Originally posted by havok
Originally posted by v1rtu0s0
Article 27 of the Vienna Convention says that all international treaties take precedence over any internal laws. The secret parts of ACTA will take precedence over any national laws. Governments will have no choice. Citizens will have no choice. The internet, as we know it, will end.
This right here should have all Americans up in arms.
Any international treaty takes precedence over internal laws....un-freaking-believable.
That pretty much sums up what's going to happen here in America.
Great find v1rt, thanks.
Originally posted by zarp3333
We must figure out a way to network our brains into a grid the same way Anon used PCs for DNS attacks.
For instance, if any hundreds of pages of proposed legislation were broken into five page chunks and read by just 1,000 people, offending language could instantly be identified.
This is precisely why legislators hide their most egregious pieces of legislation in huge bills. They know the average citizen has neither the time nor inclination to go through 800 pages of anything.
We can beat them at their own game by working together instead of fighting amongst ourselves. That's what they expect. That's what they want.
The secret to power is the recognition of power. We the people outnumber the assholes millions to one. Wake up dumbasses before its too late. I posted a thread about this very topic. We have the tools and means to grid our brains, our wishes, our votes and our power. The Internet provides the network. All we need is the platform. I can't write the code. Somebody can
No one is saying the internet is going to END. You should really learn what we are talking about before you make a ridiculous statement like that.
Do you really think the internet will end? (its a vital part of MK Ultra) Right next to media entertainment(infowarfare) and nifty gadgets that emit the ELFs ULFs EMFs
Yeah I'm sure destroying humanities greatest communication network will help us all. I guess it would be back to books eh? Oh you seem to be ignoring the fact that the internet makes it possible to acquire almost any piece of writing virtually instantly.
Losing the internet would actually help everyone believe it or not followed by stomping the crap out of your android and iPhones followed by the destruction of your HDTVs. Your brains would begin to operate correctly but not until after you threw a childish temper tantrum whine fest for a few years without it all.