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Stupid Censorship, Stupid Security

Posted by jamie on from the every-day-is-Jefferson-day dept.

The 2003 Jefferson Muzzle "winners" are out. This year's crop starts with John Ashcroft and the U.S. Congress, and works its way down through the school board that voted to put Harry Potter on the restricted shelf. Innovation in censorship deserves recognition, read and enjoy. And in other stupid news, the winners of the Stupid Security Competition have been announced. I like that I'm being protected from tea. It makes me feel safe.

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  1. Re:-1 Flamebait by DietHacker · · Score: 3, Informative

    How about linking to awards from opinionjournal.com or nationalreview.com?? Oh, its because it doesn't fit with your political biases and would actually serve to get both sides of the story.

    You could of linked to their awards just now. Browsing the front pages of those two sites, I see no awards. Could you find the links?

  2. Re:They just want to hide nudity. by kingOFgEEEks · · Score: 3, Informative

    well, in our government's defense (this time), those curtains were bought to hide the breasts simply to stop the press from acting like 5th graders trying to get politicians into a shot with the breast. if you see the actual setting, the statue would hardly be seen from a normal point of view, but photographers would go out of their way to include them in a shot.

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    mechanicos ergo cogito
  3. Also on topic -- the RAVE act passed by TheSHAD0W · · Score: 5, Informative

    A rant about it

    The RAVE act basically means, if there are any drugs on your property, no matter whether they belong to someone else or whether you knew about it, are your responsibility, and your property may be forfeit and you can be subject to a ludicrous fine.

    The full text of the law.