From: blsonne at rogers.com (Byron L. Sonne)
Subject: [Bulk] RE: House approves spyware legislation

> It would give the US Justice Department $US10 million

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and make the assumption that the 
American gov't is about as useless and irresponsible at managing money 
as our Canadian government is.

In which case, USD $10M/CDN $12.6M/EUR 8M doesn't sound impressive; it 
sounds to me like it is likely one of two cases going on namely (a) this 
is a small pilot effort to see how things go and will not likely get 
alot done and (b) the triumph of "Image over Substance" ie. we have to 
*look* like we're doing something so here's enough money to get 
something going but not enough to have effective follow-through.

If it isn't a half-assed political/industry (what's the difference, eh?) 
slush fund to begin with, or turn into one in short order.

Although with the erosion of civil rights and the invasive big-brother 
goverment growth going on south of the border (and sadly all over the 
world too, hello Britain and Australia), I'd be worried that it is a 
channel to help funnel money to initiatives that are either directly or 
covertly advancing idiocies like the Patriot Act and the other 
sociopolitical legal abortions that are emanating in ever increasing 
frequency from the 'land of the free', and get exported by treaty to the 
rest of us.

Oh yeah, unix this, windows that, security, networks, etc... now I'm 
back on topic ;)

Regards,
Byron

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