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2004 Jefferson Muzzle Awards
un1xl0ser writes "The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression has released the muzzle awards for people who forgot that "free speech can not be limited without being lost". Check out the 2004 "winners". Famous winners include The U.S. Department of Defense and CBS."
dotted in 10 comments. I think that we should get the lifetime acheivement award for that alone.
"If a quarter is two bits, then a dollar's a byte." -R Deric Miller
how about freeing real car designs... The freedom of speech is limited to gas guzzling oversized vehicles??
why the hell does ford sell a GREAT compact car like that everywhere EXCEPT in the states...
I cannot buy that car. Even thoguh I live only 200 miles from the FORD world headquarters.
and yes I want that car as it is the tiny size I am after for commuting and gas mileage... for a daily commuter it makes every SUV on the road look incredibly stupid.
Unfortunately nothing like it can be purchased in the USA...
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
I didn't win again. *sigh*
Who do I have to censor to get one of these things...?!
Think I'll go to the mall today and harrass kids with political t-shirts.
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It's the end of my comment as I know it and I feel fine.
The example was a church putting 'Jesus is the reason for the Season' on holiday light display put together by the city. The difference was that sponsors had to pay $15,000 to put their message up. Its unfair discrimination to deny a religious them when corporations are allowed to put up their messages.
... who knows?
... it got so bad that a teacher who wanted to ask me about my religious affilations -- off campus mind you -- had to ask me not to say that she had ever mentioned it for fear of reprimand. I think a whole lot of people's freedom of speech and religion was trampled in this case.
I think that's something that get often overlooked. The government shouldn't be advertising or promoting a particular corporation or business anymore than it should be promoting a particular religion. Its discrimination to allow one and not the other.
As for an example I'll give you a very personal one that happened about 10 years ago when I was in HS. The school was allowing time for a student-led talent show. The entries were open, the rules said you could do anything you wanted as long as the student council approved it. There were student bands, a puppet show, lots of people singing, etc. Some friends of mine and I put together a religiously themed choriography. The student council approved our entry but then the sponsoring teacher said our group would need special approval from the principal. Which he denied on the basis that our entry promoted our religion.
Now there were other religiously themed things that happened in the talent show (Heck someone sang 'Amazing Grace'). It was later revealed that were singled out because we had earlier been trying to start a Bible club which was denied because it "wasn't school related" (nevermind businesses were sponsoring on campus clubs). I assume he thought we were trying to get back at him and bring what we wanted to say on campus anyway
Sure we went and talked to some foundations that provide legal representation for sorts these things but the principal threatened to fire any teacher who talked about it. We were stonewalled in the end
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