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2006's Bill of Wrongs

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the that-time-of-year dept.

Jamie continued the never ending flow of year-end recap stories, this one is the Bill of Wrongs which lists the 10 most outrageous civil liberties violations of the year, according to Slate. Several of these aren't news to Slashdot readers, but it's still worth a read.

3 of 605 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Is the ACLU actively against the ban? by Bowling+Moses · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I haven't heard of the ACLU jumping in to defend anyone's rights in this case."

    Or the American Center for Law and Justice, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Cato Institute, Greenpeace, the local Rotary club, the 700 Club, Sam's Club, Met Life, or the Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things.

  2. Re:Smoking bans: reducing freedom, or increasing i by BradleyUffner · · Score: 2, Funny

    Only in bars.

  3. Re:MOD PARENT UP by PopeRatzo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Um, you're not really supposed to pimp for mod points for your own post, Mr. "anonymous coward". Geez, man, do you need the stroke that bad?

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