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German President Refuses To Sign Censorship Law
thetinytoon writes "German federal president Horst Köhler has refused to sign a law to block child pornography that passed Parliament earlier this year, stating that he 'needs more information.' In Germany, the federal president has the right to reject a law only if its passage violated the order mandated by the constitution, or if it is obviously unconstitutional — he can't veto a law simply because he disagrees with it. The law was passed under a coalition government, but a different coalition took power before the law reached the president's desk. Political observers guess that the political parties would like to get rid of the law without losing face, but since it has already passed the Parliament, they can't simply abandon it."
Archos 'officially' releases the open-source Special Developer Edition firmware... but installing it voids the warranty ?
The USA has restrictive laws against showing nipples.
Just against showing female human nipples.
No problem showing female monkey nipples, for instance, and male human nipples can be freely shown on prime time family shows. Actually, with the obesity trends in the US, there must be a few D-cup manboobs jiggling across the TV sets, and visible on public beaches.
Kudos to the the US, with species-ist and sexist nipple laws!
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire
I can't believe this shit! How dare Microsoft ban my fucking X-Box Live account! What the hell am I supposed to do now, get a fucking Wii?!
--Adolf Hitler