"Before our white brothers came to civilize us we had no jails. Therefore we had no criminals. You can’t have criminals without a jail. We had no locks or keys, and so we had no thieves. If a man was so poor that he had no horse, tipi or blanket, someone gave him these things. We were to uncivilized to set much value on personal belongings. We wanted to have things only in order to give them away. We had no money, and therefore a man’s worth couldn’t be measured by it. We had no written law, no attorneys or politicians, therefore we couldn’t cheat. We really were in a bad way before the white men came, and I don’t know how we managed to get along without these basic things which, we are told, are absolutly necessary to make a civilized society."

John Lame Deer  (via bradicalmang:chasailos) (via constantflux) (via aymills) (via redjeep) (via redcloud)

Finland makes broadband a 'legal right'

chvnx:

Finland has become the first country in the world to make broadband a legal right for every citizen.

From 1 July every Finn will have the right to access to a 1Mbps (megabit per second) broadband connection.

Finland has vowed to connect everyone to a 100Mbps connection by 2015.

sabinasblog:

Legalize (via peetypassion, Which Witch)

"The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection
of legality and the banner of justice."

Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu, 1689 - 1755

IF YOU ARE OR WERE A T-MOBILE CUSTOMER WHOSE CONTRACT INCLUDES OR INCLUDED A PROVISION FOR A FLAT-RATE EARLY TERMINATION FEE (“ETF”), A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT COULD AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS

ffffone:

A customer of T-Mobile has sued that company alleging that T-Mobile violated her rights under the laws of various states, as well as federal law, by imposing flat-rate ETFs. The Court has allowed the lawsuit to be a class action for the purposes of settlement. The Settlement Class includes all subscribers to T-Mobile with personal accounts who paid or were charged a flat-rate ETF at some time during the period July 23, 1999 through February 19, 2009, and/or who have or had a contract for service with T-Mobile that included a flat-rate ETF at some time during the period July 23, 1999 through February 19, 2009.

I just filed for this. T-Mobile charged me (ETF) to leave my contract back when I switched to Sprint and, if this class action wins, it looks like I’ll get $125 of it back!

"word of mouth changes from time to time… it is not like a legal document or anything binding"

Aylin

The Dilbert Blog on suing God

I’ll bet OJ makes more headlines. You know it’s true.

via marco

San Francisco officially bans plastic grocery bags.

”.. city lawmakers today approved a ban on plastic grocery bags, a first for a U.S. city. The law adopted on a 10-1 vote requires large markets and drug stores to give customers only the choice of bags made of paper that can be recycled, plastic that breaks down easily…”