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Press freedom
GarconDuMonde writes "Reporters San Frontiers has released it's third annual worldwide index of press freedom. Although the majority of top-ranking countries are from northern Europe, it is perhaps more interesting to note where countries such as Switzerland, Italy, the UK and the USA fall (1, 39, 28 and 22, respectively)."
Well then I ask you: How am I going to know when Jesus is spotted, who the fattest person is, how white Michael Jackson is today, and where the martians are? And they mark your post "insightful"...
Try any of those at the top of the list in the article.
The Land of the Free was only ever intended to be "The Land of the Free From British Taxes" - everything else was just a bonus.
Glass is half-full/half-empty here.
Wrong! It's just twice as big as it needs to be.
Steven Colbert: After all, it was Thomas Jefferson who said "Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach."
Jon Stewart: No, that was Stalin. Thomas Jefferson said that he'd "Rather have free press and no government, than a government and no free press".
Steven Colbert: Well, what else would you expect from a slave-banging, Hitler loving queer?
- Peter Brodersen; professional nerd
Damn neutrals, at least with an enemy you know where they stand
But neutrals, their just so... neutral
i'm sure the united states would rank higher on that freedom than most european countries.
It is not illegal to criticize the Chancellor's hair. "Illegal" means contrary to a statute; an offence which is prosecutable by the State itself. In the "case of the Chancellor's Hair", a lawsuit was brought by Schroder himself for libel. There is nothing on Germany's statutes which makes it illegal to criticize anyone's hair; however the hair in question has the right to fight back...