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U.S. Tighening Rules of Keeping Scientific Secrets
MobyTurbo writes: "In this article The New York Times (free registration, blah blah blah) reports that the Bush Administration is removing over 6,000 declassified documents from the public domain as part of the war on terrorism. Many scientists quoted in the article think that this will impead the development of science, especially the development of new vaccines."
It's 'impede', not 'impead'.
Wow.. am I anal or what?
Brak: What's THAT?
Thundercleese: A light switch.. of TOTAL DEVASTATION!
This is really far-fetched, but could it be that some of the christian fundamentalists in the current administration wish to limit the effectiveness of non-military science?
Before, they've established means for limiting insight into and influence over what they do.
Now, they wish to further strangle information so that the people able to systematically pull their schemes apart will not be able to publish their work if they do so.
Long live big brother!
Stop the brainwash
of an administration that has demonstrated a penchant for glitz over substance, and stupid vote-mongering over intelligrent decisions.
As long as Bush really beleives that he needs public support, he can not make decisions. The real problem I see is that Bush can't make unpopular decisions, ever. He will never do anything right as long as he tries to cater to everyone. In my book, the hallmark of a sucessful president is that he can make unpopular decisions and LEAD the populace, instead of following it. Bush has done nothing but invest in knee jerk responses to events: He labels the axis of evil so he can fufill the latent desire for revenge he has been unable to provide through the wholly half-assed, unsuccessful response to Osama Bin Laden.
I'm a concientious
How can you remove stuff from the public domain? Does no-one have any copies? If not, it was probably useless information anyway.
Yours Sincerely, Michael.
According to the article, "The federal reports already withdrawn, once sold freely to the public, include not only declassified ones from the 1940's, 50's and 60's but also modern ones that were previously judged to contain nothing that had to be kept secret." The attempt to restrict both old declassified research and modern unclassified research will prove unsuccessful:
Old Research: Passing legislation in an attempt to restrict the flow of 60 year old information is pretty hopeless. If the information has already been exposed to the public for over half a century, one can assume that terrorists already have a hold of it.
New Research: We shouldn't be worried about terrorists utilizing modern research to develop a super-mega-death bomb. Cold-War era weapons are deadly enough for a terrorist. After all, about 2000 people died on Sept. 11, while 70,000 were decimated over half a century ago by the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
-Linux was for the masses, who spoke, and everything was crystal clear.
I think there should be some rule, you shouldn't be able to mod down a message that has not been replied to as "Flamebait". If it was such flamebait, it would have drawn a response.
Maybe the moderator just hates being wrong. Maybe he voted for a Republicrat. This is what you reap people. If you vote for big government, you get big government. Suck it up next time and vote for freedom, vote Libertarian.
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-Kasreyn
Kasreyn: Cheerfully playing the part of Devil's Advocate to hairtrigger
wow... so 2 whole people (and 63 disembodied left arms, but don't tell the Florida Supreme Court) voted Libertarian...
When faced with the choice between a robot and an idiot, neither is the lesser of the two evils (63 disembodied left arms can't be completely wrong)
--- As to make my comment seem, by comparison, more intelegent... doodie doodie doodie poop poop poop!
I will remove the left side of your brain because you can make evil strategies with, and don't think you will be able to use the right side of it either, because I will remove it so you can not make those annoying flower power musics.
Buy a Nintendo DS Lite
Voting Libertarian doesn't mean you want a "Libertarian government". Does voting for a Democrat mean you want a "Liberal Government"? I vote for people, not platforms. The Libertarians that are in office are the only ones that have stood up and opposed many Big Brother measures. We refuse corporate and government sponsership in our campaigns. We believe in encouraging competition, not eliminating it. I think you have many misconceptions about Libertarianism. I hope you see the light before it is too late.
Libertarians can be their own worst enemies. The following statement is taken from the California Official Voter Information Guide. It's the statement of the Libertarian candidate for Lt. Governor:
Now, I'm a registered Libertarian. And I'm embarrassed. This guy is running for Lt. Governor, and his campaign platform is FERRETS? Hell, is website is www.ferretsanon.com!!! Where are the issues that most voters care about? Crime, taxes, schools, etc.? I know the LP is about reducing the size of government, but he certainly doesn't get that across. I'd be very surprised if he even comes in 3rd.
Until Libertarians stop shooting themselves in the foot like this, we will be relegated to minority status...
Fascism starts when the efficiency of the government becomes more important than the rights of the people.
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No, it is Tighening. Reclassifying documents was an idea suggested by actor Kevin Tighe, who (among other roles) played paramedic Roy DeSoto on "Emergency!" So they named the process after him.
Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention.