Mother tongue: English Joined: April 28, 2004 Location: United States
RE: Freedom of speech
Originally written by Jacek K. on October 27, 2009 1:01 PM
...that they made a choice by their free will to accept the US-UK-Russian Yalta arrangement. They never did.
I don't know anyone who believes Poles, or anyone else in E Europe, accepted Yalta. Proof of that assertion is that all the "mixed" governments established there had been overthrown by 1948 and replaced with Moscow-aligned communist monopolies.
The Chamber has filed a civil complaint in the US District Court of Washington, DC, accusing Yes Men Jacques Servin and Igor Vamos (also known as Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, respectively) of trademark infringement, unfair competition and false advertising. The Chamber's suit also lists several members of the DC-based activist group the Avaaz Action Factory as co-defendants. The conduct of those who organized the event was "destructive of public discourse," the Chamber argues.
As the Yes Men have a new film in theaters currently, The Yes Men Fix the World, the Chamber also alleges that the prank was part of a "comprehensive scheme to promote their movie by wrongdoing against the plaintiff"—rather than an event meant to call attention to the organization's views on climate change.
"The defendants are not merry pranksters tweaking the establishment," said the Chamber in a press release issued with the suit. "Instead, they deliberately broke the law in order to further commercial interest in their books, movies, and other merchandise."
Despite the fact that the Yes Men have pulled off similar stunts spoofing Exxon, Dow Chemical, Halliburton, George W. Bush, and the World Trade Organization, among powerful entities, they've never actually gone to court over them, according to the group. The Chamber appears to be taking the hoax a bit more seriously than previous targets of their humor.
Mother tongue: Polish Joined: February 18, 2003 Location: Poland
RE: Freedoms...
One company is aiming change the disjointed nature of England’s massive surveillance infrastructure by putting crowds, rather than the government, in charge. Kris Kotarski, reports for the Calgary Herald that the British company Internet Eyes is allowing people to anonymously monitor some closed circuit televisions (CCTVs), and make money while doing it.
Expert Mother tongue: English Posts: 1807 Joined: February 1, 2008 Location: United States
RE: Freedoms...
A French politician was prosecuted recently for publicly saying that he thinks that heterosexuality is "superior" to homosexuality. While I personally would disagree with his opinion on that (I don't think that one orientation is "superior" to another), I would also defend his right to say it. He was actually prosecuted for voicing an opinion that the majority does not like. I would call that the opposite of democracy. Also, I might add that the Bible and most of western thought has traditionally held heterosexuality to be "superior" to homosexuality (not only that, but most of the heroes of the Left, such as Che Guevara definitely held that view, and hated gays). So one is punished in France for stating something that has been viewed for over 3,000 years as true, but also is held to be true, even by the "heroes" of the Left, and the same people that the kids at the university put on their t-shirts (maybe the French should think of banning the "homophobe", Che too.
[Edited by John Bunch on November 21, 2009 9:21 AM]
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