This is a followup to another release posted earlier today.
The reality of the Conservative Party’s latest attempt to change copyright law in Canada has become clear: their new copyright bill is a word-for-word copy of bill C-32. According to Heritage Minister James Moore, the government “didn’t alter a comma”. As a justification, he pointed to the extensive consultations that his government undertook as a way of appeasing the thousands of Canadians who joined together in protest against the bills. Yet the government’s actions make it clear that they listened to everything and heard nothing. An informal online poll conducted by CBC News indicates that nearly 90% of respondents are still opposed to the provisions of the new copyright legislation, begging the question of just who the government serves if not its people.
Despite this disappointing development, the Pirate Party of Canada will stand strong in defending the interests of Canadian artists and consumers. We will not quietly allow our rights to be taken away.
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“begging the question”
I think you mean “raising the question”. Begging the question is a type of logical fallacy.
From the New Oxford American Dictionary:
beg the question 1 (of a fact or action) raise a question or point that has not been dealt with; invite an obvious question. 2 avoid the question; evade the issue. 3 assume the truth of an argument or proposition to be proved, without arguing it.
The first definition would be the one being used in this case.
Won’t they ever stop?
Sigh….I wish we could simply motion of no confidence in the Harper Conservative government and force a re-election. I mean, they OBVIOUSLY don’t have the best intention of the peoples of Canad in mind here. Besides, doesn’t Bill C-11 and C-32 go directly against our Fundamental Freedoms identified in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms???
@Mikkel: Not to bash the Oxford Dictionary, but they frequently add words like “sexting” and “TMI” (too much information). The meaning has only shifted because people use the phrase incorrectly. I’ve seen a similar trend with the word “literally”, for the last few years people have started using it as an intensifier synonymous with “very” or “really”. It pains me when I hear phrases like “I was so embarrassed I literally died!”.
I don’t mean to nitpick, it’s just a phrase I hear misused a lot and it tends to grind my gears.
@James: We already had a vote of non-confidence, it didn’t end so well!