[jvictor118]

> In respect to transparency, we need a set of global laws that protect the users of systems based in foreign countries. If Canada had strict privacy laws, I would hope that I would be protected by those laws even if I'm using a service based in the US.

Do you also think that Canada's laws relating to freedom of speech would allow you to defame the Muslim prophet Mohammad on a service hosted in Jordan? The King of Jordan would disagree with you.

You can't begrudge sovereign nations the right to form their own laws and system of government. I smoke cigarettes. When I go to Montreal, I can't smoke near doorways. I don't demand that because I'm American I should get to smoke near your doorways. Your doorways, your rules. Same goes with servers.

> Ultimately the US needs a sustainable system where the people elected to power aren't bound by financial need which in-turn forces them to pass and enforce laws that aren't good for the greater purpose of the people.

What exactly are you talking about? Politicians are basically scumbags everywhere, but I don't see this as an endemic problem affecting the policy in our country... simply because the financial interests of lawmakers are highly diversified, and they also have an incentive to serve their constituency faithfully (re-election)?

[stevewillows]

What I'm getting at is the idea that we need separate laws for international services. Less about freedom and more about protection.