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U.S. Ranks 17th in Freedom of the Press
reimero writes "According to this article on Yahoo! Germany the U.S. has experienced "serious restrictions" in freedom of the press, according to Reporters without borders' first worldwide press freedom index. Finland, Iceland, Norway and the Netherlands came in tops. An interesting study, to say the least."
How long until Ashcroft DMCAs this story?
-Waldo Jaquith
... that an article about lack of freedom of the press in the US, is published in germany?
Funny, I could swear the only reason we're so low on the list, is we have no real good 'news' to report, other than what happens in the US...
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In all honesty, I think this is due to
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I only post comments when someone on the internet is wrong.
Oh, yeah, nevermind.
All Troll + "offtopic" mods are meta moderated as "Unfair", because you abused the system.
what a surprise, another 'US is bad' article is posted by Michael.
slashdot ranks last in Freedom of users, according to me. Editor modbombin, secret blasting and such. can you post that as news?
SIG:Slashdot: indymedia for nerds.
To even out things a bit, please mod down any posts originating from Finland, Iceland, Norway or the Netherlands. Thanks.
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Again, Canada Outranks our neighbours.
in honour of that, Ill tell a little joke:
God, speaking to one of his underlings after the creation of the earth is pointing at some of its wonders. God says, "oh, and this is Canada, it will have a democratic and peacefull native people, it will have unequalled natural beauty, Mountains, seashore, Wild places like nowhere else... later, a great nation will be formed there. One of peace, tolerance, dialogue and understanding. They will not make wars with their enemies, they will appeal to man's good nature. They will care and respect one another. These Canadians will have the respect of other great peoples, but be humble and honest -- respectfull and mindfull of the virtue of others.
to which, God's pion replies "Well, I wonder God, Is it wise bestowing all these great gifts on a single place -- on a single people?"
God replies "well, its not as simple as it looks, wait until the you see the Assholes I put next to them.
Badda-Bing, Ill be hear all week, tip your waitress.. try the Lasagna.
shh... you'll distract us from the bread and circus'
Wow, finally somebody whose not afraid to go and shoot government officials.
I'm pretty sure your gun only contributes to crime as the statistics prove. The only people that are afraid of gun-toting americans are the ones that want real change and go against the status quo. Kennedy, John Lennon, Larry Flynt.
Go fight a tax hike with some guns, terrorist.
Ace
....."last month a worldwide survey was conducted by the united nations.the only question asked was 'would you please give your honest opinion about food shortage in the rest of the world?'.....the survey was a huge failure - in africa they didnt know what food meant. in eastern europe they didnt know what honest meant. in western europe they didnt know what shortage meant. in china they didnt know what opinion meant...........in the middle east they didnt know wht solution meant.....in south america they didnt know what please meant.....and in america,they didnt know what the rest of the world meant........"
Fry: heh, Yakov Smirnoff said it
Leela: No he didn't.
My Russian Professor in college used to regularly speak about how here we pretended to have freedom but had none while in the Soviet Union they had very little freedom but what there was was all REAL freedom. I've heard very similar comments from immigrants from countries noted for their "human rights violations". Clearly there's a need to closely examine things here in the U.S.
Um, and he was here, right?
What, do I really need to spell it out for you?
I once endured a "Contemporary American Society" class taught by an Iranian immigrant, about how awful the U.S. was. I notice he was here too ...
Bah, who cares? The report's authored by the French! Those cheese-eatin' surrender monkeys put an author on trial recently for stating in public that he thought Islam was the "stupidest religion" or somesuch, so I'm hesitant to even begin feeling chastised.
Stupid Frogs.
I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then you could keep Dracula and Superman away.
"This recognition is a great honor," Prime Minister Jean Chrtien said in a statement, "but in truth it only confirms what we, as Canadians have always known: That never, in the entire history of our country, have we ever done anything that has caused other nations to pay undue notice or attention.
"Today, the world has finally recognized that Canada is the nation, above all others, that incites little or no reaction from the rest of the world whatsoever. Today, Canadians everywhere can take pride in their timid, mousy anonymity, assured that their presence on the world political stage bothers nobody."
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intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
Oh well...I guess all is well.
The Germans have annexed France again! Send the boys back in!
this survey is meaningless.
the amount of freedom a press has is proportional to the amount of information they have to dig up.
how much info do you have to dig up in costa rica?
rumsfeld censors his briefings to the press cause we're at war. is costa rica at war?
by the way how many countries prime ministers or secretaries have daily briefings with the press?
and finally, again who cares? it all comes out in the end. what we don't know now we will know in about 30-40 years anyway and we'll be flummoxed as to why we thought we needed to know so much in the first place.
case in point. the cuban missle crisis. recently tons of info has been declassified regarding those 13 days. how many of you cared? if the info is irrelevant now it was just as irrelevant then.
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Here's an interesting fact: officials haven't gotten any more bulletproof than they were 226 years ago.
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
What DMCA? What censorship?
The real problem is [CENSORED]
Now move along nothing to see here!
Live for the present, learn from the past, and dream of the future!
Aww, is Walter Kronkite upset that he can't film a war in Iraq, or other secret military operations? Are the agencies in Washington DC keeping the details of the sniper investigation from Dan Rather? How dare they! These poor, mistreated reporters need to take a tip from Geraldo and board a flight to Afghanistan where all these meddlesome press censors won't be in their way.
It's pretty simple.
As an American, I have the right to criticize my country and my government.
If you are not an American, you do not have that right.
Your user info indicates you are from Sweden, and maybe you just don't understand the rules yet. It's sort of like being the older brother in a family. It's ok for you to pick on your younger brother, but it's not ok for the neighbor kid to do so.
Religion in North America is not treated special, simply like a charity. There are NO SPECIAL POWERS.
That's why religion is in such a deep crisis in the USA. Who is going to worship a God that doesn't even have special powers?
RMN
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Yes, just watch Al Qaeda attack Finland next!