Comments on: Jim Prentice doesn’t understand his own copyright bill http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/06/22/jim-prentice-copyright-bill/ Can you think of a better name? Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:37:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: princess iveylocks http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/06/22/jim-prentice-copyright-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-34149 princess iveylocks Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:59:04 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=1901#comment-34149 Good point, although nowhere in the course of a PhD does one learn how to manage a university, or even deal professionally with the general admin BS. (Sorry, it irks me every time you say it. Huge difference between acquiring management tactics and learning specialized knowledge -- the PhD doesn't even really teach us to teach, you know?) My understanding of parliamentary politics is that civil servants and think tanks do all the heavy lifting, and politicians swoop in during the final stages, spin the beats, and drop [the writ] like it's hot. The MPs are SUPPOSED to speak on behalf of their constituents, guiding legislation based on heartfelt ideology and current trends; hell knows if they do or not. Allowing cabinet ministers exposure to different portfolios lets them become stronger leadership candidates and avoid becoming despots in their own domains. Should they bounce around every few months? No. I agree with you fully there. But ultimately Prentice's leadership ability is in question, not his web-surfing skills. Good point, although nowhere in the course of a PhD does one learn how to manage a university, or even deal professionally with the general admin BS. (Sorry, it irks me every time you say it. Huge difference between acquiring management tactics and learning specialized knowledge — the PhD doesn’t even really teach us to teach, you know?)

My understanding of parliamentary politics is that civil servants and think tanks do all the heavy lifting, and politicians swoop in during the final stages, spin the beats, and drop [the writ] like it’s hot. The MPs are SUPPOSED to speak on behalf of their constituents, guiding legislation based on heartfelt ideology and current trends; hell knows if they do or not.

Allowing cabinet ministers exposure to different portfolios lets them become stronger leadership candidates and avoid becoming despots in their own domains. Should they bounce around every few months? No. I agree with you fully there. But ultimately Prentice’s leadership ability is in question, not his web-surfing skills.

]]> By: Eric http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/06/22/jim-prentice-copyright-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-34138 Eric Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:50:39 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=1901#comment-34138 Whatever, if your in charge of making and proposing new laws that effect everyone and imposes harsh penalties against them, you should know what the hell those laws are and how they would be enforced and how they will effect people. Up until now I felt the outcry against this bill was mostly from people who wanted to keep downloaded free movies. After hearing this moron on Search Engine I realize this is a poorly thought out bill and the minister himself won't give more then 10 minutes of this time to explain it, that's pretty scary. As a guy who was happy to see conservatives in power to reign in some of the stupid crap Liberals try to pull, I can see I was wrong. Whatever, if your in charge of making and proposing new laws that effect everyone and imposes harsh penalties against them, you should know what the hell those laws are and how they would be enforced and how they will effect people.

Up until now I felt the outcry against this bill was mostly from people who wanted to keep downloaded free movies. After hearing this moron on Search Engine I realize this is a poorly thought out bill and the minister himself won’t give more then 10 minutes of this time to explain it, that’s pretty scary.

As a guy who was happy to see conservatives in power to reign in some of the stupid crap Liberals try to pull, I can see I was wrong.

]]> By: Guillaume Theoret http://blog.fagstein.com/2008/06/22/jim-prentice-copyright-bill/comment-page-1/#comment-34133 Guillaume Theoret Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:42:52 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/?p=1901#comment-34133 You definitely hit upon the main problem with politics, the fact that people drafting the regulations aren't necessarily qualified to do so. Technology issues just make this more apparent because there's a greater gap between the people that do understand technology and those that don't. Put some guy that can't even use email and has to have them printed out by his wife or secretary (John McCain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R9wnMVZE_Q) or another who thinks the internet is a series of tubes in charge and it's not surprising you get something like the DMCA. I'm hoping Prentice keeps getting enough flak about this so that we don't end up like the USA, sending takedown notices to 50 year old grandmothers who don't even own a computer or to networked printers ( http://dmca.cs.washington.edu/ ). I really wish Josee Verner had heard that question properly though because it was a great question I'd really like to have had a real answer to. You definitely hit upon the main problem with politics, the fact that people drafting the regulations aren’t necessarily qualified to do so. Technology issues just make this more apparent because there’s a greater gap between the people that do understand technology and those that don’t. Put some guy that can’t even use email and has to have them printed out by his wife or secretary (John McCain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R9wnMVZE_Q) or another who thinks the internet is a series of tubes in charge and it’s not surprising you get something like the DMCA.

I’m hoping Prentice keeps getting enough flak about this so that we don’t end up like the USA, sending takedown notices to 50 year old grandmothers who don’t even own a computer or to networked printers ( http://dmca.cs.washington.edu/ ).

I really wish Josee Verner had heard that question properly though because it was a great question I’d really like to have had a real answer to.

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