[wierd0]

What you are doing in this thread is the definition of spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt around the institution called "EU". I'm personally not against you doing just that. I'm just against you trying to call it something else.

Boiling down what you have actually said in this thread I'm left with "but the EU spends money on things that _I_ wouldn't have". Is that the gist of what you are trying to convey here? Or are you opposed to EU as a concept?

So, cucumber regulation seems very silly indeed. Hopefully we have gotten to the stuff that matters now.

[sparkling]

Voicing a opinion is not spread fear. Jesus, sometimes HN is worse than 1984.

[mikejb]

Voicing an opinion that announces the downfall of a large collective of states is spreading fear though. Maybe you're right and we're heading into a scary future, but it doesn't change that expressing that opinion is spreading fear.

Don't get me wrong, you have the right to express that opinion - but everyone has the right to form an opinion about you based on it.

[wierd0]

So, correct me if I'm wrong, you are saying that

- opinions are never the equivalent of spreading FUD

- classifying an opinion as FUD is a slippery slope that will lead to an Orwellian dystropy

Here's an opinion:

- Linux is a terrible operating system, because it is open-source. Open-source software does not allow you to capitalize on the work you put down. Anarchy will arise when all software is open-source.