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China Arrests Anti-Corruption Blogger
quantr tips this news from Bloomberg:
"A Chinese journalist who posted allegations of corrupt dealings during the privatization of state-owned assets has been formally arrested on a defamation charge, his lawyer said. The Beijing People's Procuratorate approved Liu Hu's arrest on Sept. 30, lawyer Zhou Ze said by phone yesterday. Liu, who worked for the Guangzhou-based New Express, had been in detention since Aug. 24, according to Zhou. Liu's arrest adds to evidence that the government is stepping up a crackdown against people who go online with revelations of official malfeasance. At the same time that the Communist Party has vowed to get tough on corruption, authorities have targeted outspoken bloggers and announced that people who post comments deemed defamatory could face as much as three years behind bars."
They've simply defined "corruption" as "Speaking out against the government." As experienced coders, you should all be familiar with this type of "operator overload" :-(
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Blog about corruption, get arrested for defamation.
That's pretty much the point of the YRO section of Slashdot.
You know, Your Rights Online.
At this rate, I won't be surprised to see this start happening in other countries which are supposed to be against this sort of thing. *cough* America *cough*
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"[Snowden/Assange]'s arrest adds to evidence that the government is stepping up a crackdown against people who go online with revelations of official malfeasance." Yep, sounds good.
This is almost more honest than the approach of other governments.
In SOVIET RUSSIA... erm...NSA AMERICA, the Internet logs onto YOU!
Those dastardly Democrats! You need to get some good, honest Republicans in power there!
And, of course, there's this as well.
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vote for the mega-corporate bitch of your choice?
"well connected people getting rich for doing nothing other than knowing the right people"
How is this different from the USA?
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No, an oligarchy implies corporations are running the show.
How's "oppressive regime" work for you? Or, "dictatorship ran by committee"? I guess there's always "Glorious and selfless people's leaders", but people might laugh.
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America is not a country, it's a continent.
No, dink, it's a common shortening of the name for a country; specifically, the United States of America.
You're thinking of North America, or maybe South America, or possibly the quasi-continent in-between known as Central America, but there is no continent that is known as just "America."
Of course, we all know that nobody on the internet is dense and uninformed enough to actually believe in the amiguity you're referring to, so it pretty much goes without saying that your comment is pure troll and nothing else. The real question is, why? What was your purpose behind leaving such an obviously stupid and pointless comment? For the attention?
Well, congrats, you got it: We all now know how stupidly uptight and unreasonable you can be. Bet your parents are real proud.
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Ah yes, the incorrect pedant troll. One of my favorites.
Snowden has exposed broad secret surveillance that is clearly breaching the spirit (and probably the letter) of his country's constitution. There's a term for that "whistle-blowing", and it should be protected.
Now, it's normal that he is charged and there is an investigation. What's not normal is that everybody expects him to be convicted by the USA's government^H^H^H^H^H^H^ an impartial judge.
No, he's probably Latino-American.
We (I'm a Brazilian) are taught in the school that America is either the name of the continent or of the three Americas considered as a whole. We usually refer to the USA as Estados Unidos and some (not including me) even call its inhabitants "estadounidenses" and insist that "Americans" are the inhabitants of any America.
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Snowden made no effort to follow established whistleblower protocols.
And he shouldn't have, because if he had, the public still wouldn't know about the NSA surveillance, and everyone else wouldn't be aware of the specifics. What you ask for is that he let politicians blow the fact that the government is blatantly violating the constitution under the rug.
But it does not excuse him from punishment for those illegal actions.
I damn well think it should; the people who should be arrested are the politicians who supported this and everyone directly involved in the NSA.
Da derp dee derp da teedly derpee derpee dum. Rated PG-13.
Only judges have the authority to interpret the spirit of the constitution.
Shiver...
"only judges can issue rulings on the basis of the constitution" FTFY. Everybody can AND SHOULD interpret the spirit, and if there is no safe legal recourse under current law to point out constitutional violations, going to the 4th branch is the right thing to do
I think that speeding laws are unjust. Should I be able to drive as fast as I want?
"Only judges have the authority to interpret the spirit of the constitution."
I haven't seen anyone yet challenge this, how sad. As members of the US public we have the authority, responsibility, and right to interpret the wording and the spirit of the constitution at all times just like any party to any contract.