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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.

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  1. Article recap for the lazy by Hawthorne01 · · Score: 2, Informative

    "Bush sucks".

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    "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
  2. Re:Freedom of Association by jomama717 · · Score: 3, Informative
    From a wikipedia reference:

    Trans fatty acids are not essential and provide no known benefit to human health. Therefore, no AI or RDA is set. As with saturated fatty acids, there is a positive linear trend between trans fatty acid intake and LDL cholesterol concentration, and therefore increased risk of CHD. In addition they don't even taste as good . Everyone thinks that this means you can't eat french fries in New York anymore when in fact, the fries will taste better and decrease fry-lovers' chances of dying of heart disease. Trans fats are just used to make the food last longer. Why would you choose to eat trans-fats?
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    while [ 1 ]; do echo -n -e "\xe2\x95\xb$((($RANDOM&1)+1))"; done
  3. not exactly by Phantom+of+the+Opera · · Score: 2, Informative
    A little research on the ACLU site shows this snippet about regulating tobacco advertising

      http://www.aclu.org/freespeech/commercial/11064leg 20020918.html

    From the article:
       

    The ACLU believes that the breadth of the prohibition on tobacco advertisements far exceeds constitutional boundaries, and, if enacted, will most likely fail to withstand constitutional challenge. Moreover, we believe the enactment of the proposed tobacco advertising restrictions would drastically curtail commercial speech and could have a chilling effect on the right of the public and businesses to engage in free speech about controversial subjects.
  4. Re:What about bans? by nomadic · · Score: 2, Informative

    Coming from New York (a very pro-socialist state) to Florida (a very anti-socialist state) I can tell you from FIRST HAND experience that the patients recieve better care, the staff recieves better compensation (and that income is not taxed) and those without insurance are still able to recieve top-rate care, regardless of circumstances. Socialized healthcare is not in the best interests of the American taxpayer.

    Coming from New York to Florida I've found the opposite. And of course their income is taxed down here. There may not be state taxes, but in NY state taxes are a very small chunk of the total income tax you pay.

  5. Re:well said by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    > The cause of pregnancy is sex. If you don't want that effect, avoid the cause.

    Product of American sex education, eh? Some of us know about birth control.