There are existing laws to address this already. No need for another.
The examples given are false because keeping a secret secret is not the same as censorship. Giving the President power to be above the law is unconstitutional and more likely than not the President will censor opinions against his policy. Just wait.
No evidence? No body? No murder weapon? Who cares! The prosecutor used Power Point in his closing.. The defendant is "weird".
Did you bother to RTFA? There was plenty of evidence. A body is not required to arrest and convict somebody of murder. Otherwise all anybody would have to do would be to cremate the body and poof! No crime!
The article gives just a couple of examples, but they're obviously examples of many. The guy spent 11 full days on the stand. The one pretty incriminating example of evidence cited in the article is the fact that he removed the passenger seat of his car just after his wife's disappearance, then hosed down the interior and left an inch of standing water on the floor boards. Now, you tell me why any average person has reason to do that. I can tell you that in 20 years of car ownership and six different cars, I have never once taken the passenger seat out of my car, thrown it away and then hosed down the interior, and I don't know anyone else who has either. His explanation was that he liked to sleep in the car and wanted the extra room. Does this sound plausible to you? I have taken my car seat out, in fact two of them, and hosed the car interior many times for various reasons. I did not murder anyone.
Thanks for the detailed response. I would love to show you the photos I took from a trip to Tibet last year. I don't think the US government ever built mansions for the Indians. You have to see all the colorful mansions dotted in the valleys throughout Tibet built by varies Provincial Governments of various provinces for the Tibetans as part of the campaign to help Tibetans. Other ethnic Chinese are not eligible.
Here are some links regarding Tibetan history:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7355http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3173.shtml
Most of the iPod/iPhone owners I know don't really care or know how to use all the functions. They just want to look cool, and would go for the newest again and again. Apple is in the fashion business.
Apple bought NeXT, so Steve could have his money. Are you kidding? The Unix OS on Mac was before NeXT, and Steve picked NeXT (his baby) after he became Apple's CEO.
You made it sounded like Apple planned the whole thing before Steve was on board.
"I've met tons of Chinese people -- many more Chinese than Taiwanese, or French, or Singaporean, or Cuban. So why the hell have I yet to meet a Chinese person critical of their own government?
In fact, it's worse than that. Even the many Chinese-Americans I've known -- people who either were born in the US or moved here as small children, people who you would think would not have been bombarded by the Chinese state media -- tend to be Chinese nationalists, supportive of whatever the country does.
I just don't get it."
It is ironic someone doesn't get it mod as "insightful".
You can't say the Chinese living outside China don't have access to information, can not make informed opinion, by and large fooled by the Chinese government.
Why can not you think they might see things from different perspectives. Most Chinese people do not mind being criticized, and in fact they are very critical of Chinese government. What they object to are the self-appointed judges who are the worst human-rights violators themselves. On top of that, the so called judges don't know a thing about Tibet, the history, the human conditions in Tibet, and talking through their noise about nothing. No wonder the Chinese people are angry. They can not believe you are just bunch of fools, it must be a conspiracy.
Here is a very interesting post from a Canadian writer/photographer living in China.
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=27607226
Quote, and I think he touches the same point, " What I really love about China is the people who live here. Their experience as a people is different from the experience of my ancestors. Some things that seem impossible in my mind are held to be natural by Chinese. Some of the things I believe in are thought to be foolish by my Chinese friends. We're different, but we're also the same. We love our family; we yearn to understand.
I love the qualities of the Chinese soul. But that's a hard thing to photograph. I see a trace of something that I recognize as that spiritual difference sometimes in the faces of children. However, I'm not focussed on showing the differences. In fact, I'd rather show the samenesses.
Some people have complained here that my shots of China look like where they live. I shop at Tesco, (a British supermarket chain), I like to have a coffee in Starbucks, (a Seattle coffee franchise) and I eat out far too often in KFC, (in western Canada, we had KFC ten years before we had McDonalds). In the city where I live now, those places are usually pretty busy. People haven't got time to go and haggle in the open markets, or even time to cook. They have to eat out and eat fast. This is the China that I live in."
This brings a very important point, that the Chinese as a whole does not believe, rightfully, in democracy in the form exists particular in the U.S. Not to be confused with some Chinese do believe, but the vast majority don't. With the huge population, culture, and history, the Chinese has different set of values.
You don't have to agree with them, but you have no right to judge them when yourself are guilty of worse atrocities worldwide.
Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib are not that far in the past
So our ongoing injustices excuse their behavior in Tibet and towards their own people?
It does not excuse them. But in the eyes of Chinese, American people, and the "West" are committing worse atrocities and humanrights abuse worldwide. It's a matter of fairness and hypocrisy. They don't see you block traffic attacking your own people for those people abused by your government in your name.
Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib are not that far in the past
So our ongoing injustices excuse their behavior in Tibet and towards their own people?
It does not. But the matter is about fairness and hypocrisy. In the eyes of Chinese, the Americans commits worse atrocities and human-rights abuse worldwide. They don't see you block traffic attacking your own people for those worse offenses.
They ask why?
Do you have any link that proves Tibet was a kingdom of two or three thousand years?!
Trush: Tibet was never been established as a state, a kingdom, or a country, except as an autonomous region under Mongol Empire and China. The administrative branch(it was not really a "Government" because it never had army, police, foreign relations etc) was the Dalai Lama's sect (there are many different religious sects) and Dalai Lama himself, including the current one, was installed by Chinese emperors, and must be approved by emperors by law throughout history.
Histories, even though glorified, are written on the walls of Temples all over Tibet. You should visit them and get a sense of history before spreading untrue stories.
I don't think any of you guys have been to Tibet personally, or you care what happens to Tibetan people. If you did, you could not have made those comments.
I visited Tibet last May, and to my surprise, most Tibetan people living in huge stone mansion like houses built by governments. You could see these houses throughout entire region with their unique colored roofs. Other ethnic groups (China has more than 50 different "races") are not so thrilled about this, but they can't do much to influence decisions made thousands miles away in Beijing. Much like the American Indians could operate casinos, Tibetan people enjoy many "rights" other ethnic groups do not.
If you saw how many people participated in the riots, how it started (initially a march by the exiles in India to denounce Olympics), you can not help by notice the media's bias in reporting.
To the peace loving people of the world, if you cared about truth, peace, and justice, you should read history, and digg the truth. Don't let the media and what it fed you blind you.
Here is another reference.
Here is a CIA video on Tibet. CIA supplied Dalai Lama's organization with arms, just like it did for Bin Laden.
Today we call them Terrorists.
To me, Dalai Lama is just like one of Cuban lobbyist trying to get back to his good old days
Most the reference on Tibetan practices are not online nor in English. But you could start from here, and the article is full of names and reference where you could go further.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7355
People, I know you all have beliefs and it is hard to question your own belief were wrong. Most people know nothing about Tibet except what the media fed them.
Dalai Lama was both the Head of State and Archbishop of his religion.
He started an armed rebellion, failed and still controls his government in-exile.
Can you imagine any American Indian tribe chef do that?
BTW, skin young girls live, use their skin for lamp shades, and brag which one is softer was their sport.
He is very clever not to mention any of that when being called spiritual and moral leader.
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Insightful? For all and any country in the world, Tibet is part of China. Check with your government.
Chinese trapped in China? You are an idiot. The only thing stops them from leaving is your government's visa.
Nudity and sexual related content are the vast majority being censored in China.
Great, this will just kill Google, yahoo and even Microsoft's business in China.
There are existing laws to address this already. No need for another. The examples given are false because keeping a secret secret is not the same as censorship. Giving the President power to be above the law is unconstitutional and more likely than not the President will censor opinions against his policy. Just wait.
Thanks for the detailed response. I would love to show you the photos I took from a trip to Tibet last year. I don't think the US government ever built mansions for the Indians. You have to see all the colorful mansions dotted in the valleys throughout Tibet built by varies Provincial Governments of various provinces for the Tibetans as part of the campaign to help Tibetans. Other ethnic Chinese are not eligible. Here are some links regarding Tibetan history: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7355 http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3173.shtml
Most of the iPod/iPhone owners I know don't really care or know how to use all the functions. They just want to look cool, and would go for the newest again and again. Apple is in the fashion business.
Apple bought NeXT, so Steve could have his money. Are you kidding? The Unix OS on Mac was before NeXT, and Steve picked NeXT (his baby) after he became Apple's CEO. You made it sounded like Apple planned the whole thing before Steve was on board.
"I've met tons of Chinese people -- many more Chinese than Taiwanese, or French, or Singaporean, or Cuban. So why the hell have I yet to meet a Chinese person critical of their own government? In fact, it's worse than that. Even the many Chinese-Americans I've known -- people who either were born in the US or moved here as small children, people who you would think would not have been bombarded by the Chinese state media -- tend to be Chinese nationalists, supportive of whatever the country does. I just don't get it." It is ironic someone doesn't get it mod as "insightful". You can't say the Chinese living outside China don't have access to information, can not make informed opinion, by and large fooled by the Chinese government. Why can not you think they might see things from different perspectives. Most Chinese people do not mind being criticized, and in fact they are very critical of Chinese government. What they object to are the self-appointed judges who are the worst human-rights violators themselves. On top of that, the so called judges don't know a thing about Tibet, the history, the human conditions in Tibet, and talking through their noise about nothing. No wonder the Chinese people are angry. They can not believe you are just bunch of fools, it must be a conspiracy.
Here is a very interesting post from a Canadian writer/photographer living in China. http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=27607226 Quote, and I think he touches the same point, " What I really love about China is the people who live here. Their experience as a people is different from the experience of my ancestors. Some things that seem impossible in my mind are held to be natural by Chinese. Some of the things I believe in are thought to be foolish by my Chinese friends. We're different, but we're also the same. We love our family; we yearn to understand. I love the qualities of the Chinese soul. But that's a hard thing to photograph. I see a trace of something that I recognize as that spiritual difference sometimes in the faces of children. However, I'm not focussed on showing the differences. In fact, I'd rather show the samenesses. Some people have complained here that my shots of China look like where they live. I shop at Tesco, (a British supermarket chain), I like to have a coffee in Starbucks, (a Seattle coffee franchise) and I eat out far too often in KFC, (in western Canada, we had KFC ten years before we had McDonalds). In the city where I live now, those places are usually pretty busy. People haven't got time to go and haggle in the open markets, or even time to cook. They have to eat out and eat fast. This is the China that I live in."
This brings a very important point, that the Chinese as a whole does not believe, rightfully, in democracy in the form exists particular in the U.S. Not to be confused with some Chinese do believe, but the vast majority don't. With the huge population, culture, and history, the Chinese has different set of values. You don't have to agree with them, but you have no right to judge them when yourself are guilty of worse atrocities worldwide.
So our ongoing injustices excuse their behavior in Tibet and towards their own people?
It does not excuse them. But in the eyes of Chinese, American people, and the "West" are committing worse atrocities and humanrights abuse worldwide. It's a matter of fairness and hypocrisy. They don't see you block traffic attacking your own people for those people abused by your government in your name.If Italy in actual control of a territory since Roman Empire, why not. Look at this map http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Territories_of_Dynasties_in_China.gif, Tibet was part of China since 1300
So our ongoing injustices excuse their behavior in Tibet and towards their own people?
It does not. But the matter is about fairness and hypocrisy. In the eyes of Chinese, the Americans commits worse atrocities and human-rights abuse worldwide. They don't see you block traffic attacking your own people for those worse offenses. They ask why?Which part of my post wasn't true, and if so, could you cite your references? One day when you visit the temples you may recognize how stupid you are.
Do you have any link that proves Tibet was a kingdom of two or three thousand years?! Trush: Tibet was never been established as a state, a kingdom, or a country, except as an autonomous region under Mongol Empire and China. The administrative branch(it was not really a "Government" because it never had army, police, foreign relations etc) was the Dalai Lama's sect (there are many different religious sects) and Dalai Lama himself, including the current one, was installed by Chinese emperors, and must be approved by emperors by law throughout history. Histories, even though glorified, are written on the walls of Temples all over Tibet. You should visit them and get a sense of history before spreading untrue stories.
I don't think any of you guys have been to Tibet personally, or you care what happens to Tibetan people. If you did, you could not have made those comments. I visited Tibet last May, and to my surprise, most Tibetan people living in huge stone mansion like houses built by governments. You could see these houses throughout entire region with their unique colored roofs. Other ethnic groups (China has more than 50 different "races") are not so thrilled about this, but they can't do much to influence decisions made thousands miles away in Beijing. Much like the American Indians could operate casinos, Tibetan people enjoy many "rights" other ethnic groups do not. If you saw how many people participated in the riots, how it started (initially a march by the exiles in India to denounce Olympics), you can not help by notice the media's bias in reporting. To the peace loving people of the world, if you cared about truth, peace, and justice, you should read history, and digg the truth. Don't let the media and what it fed you blind you.
Here is another reference. Here is a CIA video on Tibet. CIA supplied Dalai Lama's organization with arms, just like it did for Bin Laden. Today we call them Terrorists. To me, Dalai Lama is just like one of Cuban lobbyist trying to get back to his good old days
Most the reference on Tibetan practices are not online nor in English. But you could start from here, and the article is full of names and reference where you could go further. http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7355 People, I know you all have beliefs and it is hard to question your own belief were wrong. Most people know nothing about Tibet except what the media fed them.
Dalai Lama was both the Head of State and Archbishop of his religion. He started an armed rebellion, failed and still controls his government in-exile. Can you imagine any American Indian tribe chef do that? BTW, skin young girls live, use their skin for lamp shades, and brag which one is softer was their sport. He is very clever not to mention any of that when being called spiritual and moral leader.