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Cake day: June 22nd, 2023

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  • I agree with you; but the parent comment is accurately drawing a parallel. Both China and Canada have issues and both are worried about a strait which objectively isn’t ‘theirs’.

    The difference is

    1. China has bigger problems, but the strait is at least close; although China is being a bully
    2. Canada has lesser problems, and the strait is on the other side of the planet; but they seem to at least be defending the public good.

    Point being, tying this to China’s flooding is silly. If Chinas actions are dumb, it is for unrelated reasons.






  • This is a government mandate for one corporation to pay another corporation to share it’s product. This isn’t ‘helping the little guy’ or anything.

    People still have the ability to just go directly to the news site. Or Google. Or the government’s Facebook page. Or the national alert system. And probably lots of other options I don’t know about.

    The law (“you must pay for the news you show unless otherwise agreed”) seems reasonable. As does the response of “well it isn’t worth enough to pay for”.