19,000 Emails Against and 0 In Favor of UK Draft Communications Bill 174
Qedward writes "Open source writer Glyn Moody discusses the Draft Communications Bill (aka Snooper's Charter) in the UK and how the Joint Parliamentary Committee that had been considering the bill received almost 19,000 emails during its consultation period. He notes: 'Out of 19,000 emails received by the Committee on the subject of the proposed Draft Communications Bill, not a single one was in favor of it, or even agreed with its premise. Has there ever been a bill so universally rejected by the public in a consultation? Clearly, it must be thrown out completely.'"
Not only that. It must be made illegal, to even... (Score:3, Funny)
...suggest such a thing. Just like it's illegal to organize and conspire to murder or terrorize people. Oh wait. That means it already is.
Re:Unfair comparison (Score:5, Funny)
And that is just one of the excuses we are likely to see when the government ignores the consultation and presses on regardless.
It goes without saying that all the people who objected are probably terrorists and paedophiles.
They're being added to the "extra surveillance" list as I write this.
Re:Quit changing UK spelling to US (Score:4, Funny)
Yeah, it does color my opinion of Slashdot a little.
Re:Unfair comparison (Score:5, Funny)
You forgot option 3:
One guy emailed them 19,000 times.
Re:Unfair comparison (Score:2, Funny)
Better yet:
1. Take the population of the UK.
2. Subtract 19,000.
3. Look how many people are in favor of this bill!