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Fearing Government Surveillance, US Journalists Are Self-Censoring
binarstu writes "Suzanne Nossel, writing for CNN, reports that 'a survey of American writers done in October revealed that nearly one in four has self-censored for fear of government surveillance. They fessed up to curbing their research, not accepting certain assignments, even not discussing certain topics on the phone or via e-mail for fear of being targeted. The subjects they are avoiding are no surprise — mostly matters to do with the Middle East, the military and terrorism.' Yet ordinary Americans, for the most part, seem not to care: 'Surveillance so intrusive it is putting certain subjects out of bounds would seem like cause for alarm in a country that prides itself as the world's most free. Americans have long protested the persecution and constraints on journalists and writers living under repressive regimes abroad, yet many seem ready to accept these new encroachments on their freedom at home.'"
Continuing to believe that is a sign you're delusional, not 'free'.
Ah, but they have the freedom to be delusional in any way they wish...
So, which country do you live in that is more free? Or have you just given up and all you have left to offer is snarky cynicism?
a country that prides itself as the world's most free
Continuing to believe that is a sign you're delusional, not 'free'.
No, it's just a misunderstanding, in that they understand "freedom" as "the right to bear arms".
Which, by the way, is itself a misunderstanding about an amendment whose goal was to ensure a militia roughly in the same sense as the Swiss army.
The delusion would be about thinking that a gun gives you a good chance against an armoured tank.
I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of killer sig, which this margin is too narrow to contain.
It's not so much as regulating a woman's body as it is to protect innocent -growing- unborn life.
Life is not for the lazy.
The data required to run Universal healthcare is the same data needed to run a police state.
The control needed to force people to accept your heath care is the same control needed to run a police state.
The belief in government as a father figure to make universal healthcare popular is the same belief needed to make a police state popular.
The trust in government needed to hand over your medical records to the state is the same trust needed for all of the other records needed by the police state.
Government is the Lion in wood. We need him for protection from our neighbors. To ward off predators. To carry away dead game. But don't think for a second the lion is your friend. He craves dominance over you, he does not understand that he cannot exist without you, he will devour you if able. Do not confuse the soft mewings in the night as friendship, he craves your flesh and bone.