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October 27, 2009 1:02 PM
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RE: Freedom of speech under continued assault

Btw this piece of ugliness is again being flogged by "the usual suspects"...

http://www.baltimorenews.net/story/558581

Here's the original draft GA resolution, though it may have been amended by now:

http://www.undemocracy.com/A-RES-62-154.pdf


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October 27, 2009 1:08 PM
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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.

 

 


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October 28, 2009 2:23 PM
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RE: Freedom of speech
BTW, good for Hillary Clinton for standing up for free speech. I honor her for saying that.
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November 3, 2009 10:55 AM
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RE: Freedom of speech, under attack in the West

The Chamber of Commerce is suing the Yes Men over the parody press conference the group pulled off last week.

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."

The Chamber has already issued a complaint regarding the parody website that the Yes Men created for the event.

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.

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2009/10/chamber-take-yes-men-court


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November 20, 2009 4:27 AM
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RE: Freedoms...

Nation Under CCTV

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.

Internet Eyes turns surveillance into a game, where anonymous users try to spot shoplifting or vandalism on CCTVs, and then report the crimes for possible cash rewards. The company charges its viewers £20 per month and £1 per crime alert, and offers users a chance at £1,000 per month as a reward for reporting the most crime. It’s like “crowdsourcing” repressive surveillance of a country, or, as Kotarski calls it, a move toward “iPod fascism.” http://www.utne.com/Politics/Mob-Surveillance-and-Crowdsourced-Fascism.aspx?utm_content=11.19.09+Politics&utm_campaign=Politics&utm_source=iPost&utm_medium=email


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November 21, 2009 9:05 AM
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RE: Freedoms...
Orwell was right. The Left-wing authoritarian state is here ... in Britain, at least.

This type of thing (neighbors spying on one another was a staple of East German life under the communists.
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November 21, 2009 9:20 AM
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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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November 21, 2009 9:40 AM
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RE: Freedoms...

Well Poles were not spying that much on one another under the communism.

 

They may be spying more now, when  they want good jobs.   



[Edited by Liliana Boladz-Nekipelov on November 21, 2009 9:44 AM]

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