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In Canada, Criminal Libel Charges Laid For Criticizing Police
BitterOak writes "A Calgary man is facing criminal charges of libel for criticizing police. According to the story, the RCMP have filed five charges against John Kelly for claiming on his website that Calgary police officers engaged in perjury, corruption, and obstruction of justice. What makes the story unusual is that the charges are criminal and not civil. Even in Canada, which has much less free speech protection than the United States, it is extremely rare for people to be charged criminally with libel. It is almost always matter for civil courts."
The better years of Slashdot were when Linux was young and they just migrated their webserver from a DEC Alpha. Those were the years when there was actualy any technical discussion on a matter. Now, nobody will do any Code referencing in the legislatures of men or even much to do with Linux in general. All they do is hear something partially and say whether they are "for" or "against" it because maybe it costed them money once or they had a relative in the business say something good from production floor or they have some unfathomable mental itch on why something will fail in a distant galaxt where the law matters.
That's why I simply go to 4Chan /new/ and some other Chans like 420 and 888 for all my discussion.
None realize that around 2006 is when a new species of AOL'er arrived on Slashdot, while the previous generation has turned 30 years OLD to enter their mid-life crisis stage of failing to build their life dreams of a hovercraft or collection of all their coveted $500 box-product software libraries they couldn't afford from Fry's Electronics.
This is truly a sad and sadistic year as well, seeing that Vivendi Blizzard has drugged everyone, 3D Realms has passed the torch like ID Software, and a general slew of outcomes to everyone I knew that pursued careers and activities that resulted in their short lifespan. As you can see, USA has become 4th-world in this regard, because none will allow anyone to make a living in assembling property on the mainland, so computer technology has always been something done on a distant slave culture that if-ever declared war on USA then we'ld lack the capacity to reserect any such infrastructure here because all our technology has become compartmentalized by FCC and DOE to destroy the Homebrew scene.
>>>In Canada, I can watch uncut movies on public air broadcast channels that contain violence and nudity. In the US, your broadcasts are under a required broadcast delay and censored when deemed inappropriate. Who in this case has more freedom of speech?
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Yeah that is bullshit (and unconstitutional). The argument dating to the 1920s was that children needed to be protected from curse words on the radio and tv. I guess everyone forgets that children eventually grow-up, and then they don't want to be censored by the Nanny Government. - Fortunately 70% of americans are now hooked to Cable TV, which has no government censorship.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
>>>Quebec men prefer pussies, you like cocks?
I have to admit when I traveled to Nouveau Brunswick and some cute girl started talking to me in French, I was instantly smitten. ;-)
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
>>>Or, looking at it another way, a single language was used to enforce the control of a privileged minority who trampled the rights and freedoms of people across an entire continent.
True, but by 200 AD everyone was a Roman citizen regardless if they were in Rome or 1000 miles away in Britain. That unity & sharing of ideas via a universal tongue allowed them to enjoy a prosperity never seen before, or afterwards (dark ages)
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
There is no 'u' in honor. (That's the joke)