Now is this just some liberal flamebaiting or what?
Sensitive eh? I guess its only US "Liberals" who think attacking other nations w/ tonnes and tonnes of bombs and destroying there infrastructure is noteworth? Are we supposed to ignore it? Does mentioning the destruction of Iraq mean your With The Terrorists?
Bah. NOt a problem. Have you ever read any of Stallman's writings? Clear, precise, complete. JUST the kind of information you want presented in court.
I'd not worry about RMS -- SCO's lawyers wont be surprising him, tripping him up, or locking him in w/ irrelevfant analogy. RMS is a thinker, well organized and exact.
I LOOK FORWARD TO reading his testimony, he's gonna tear these boobs up.
I'm not offended, but I really would appreciate it if you would shut off the "you're a stupid American" tone.
im sorry.
trying to make believe "you're better"
Im not trying to say that I am -- by a matter of geography -- better than anyone. Im speaking to the prevailing opinoin, to general understanding. I hope that the things I advocate, the things few "adults" feel are attainable (peace,harmony,understanding,tolerance) can be seen as worthwhile goals. Most people consider such Idealism naive. I disagree, if your goals arent those, then you arent looking beyond the mundane... beyond the 'here and now'. Perspective and humility are required to admit that one's good fortune is sometimes a matter of folly -- Americans should recognize that their good-fortune (standard-of-material-wealth) isnt proof of the ultimate perfection of their culture, but a consequence of circumstance.. of history, of chance. Many assume that this apparent good fortune is proof that "no change need be made" (the narrow "your with us or against us" logic) -- what is needed is to take inventory. Learn what is good, what is to be kept, and admit what is wrong and needs to be discarded.
Do you criticize, say, the cultures of the Middle East or East Asia as vehemently?
I criticize wrongs -- I criticize people who refuse to admit mistakes. Europe && Arabia should *also* not do the terrible things I mentioned Americans have done. Neither should Americans.
Have you ever heard that before from an American?
No.
That Middle East thing? Direct result of the French and British colonization, and pulling out before getting the region into a proper order.
The Brits made plenty of mistakes after WWI w/ the Ottaman Empire. Isreal/Palestine has proven to be #1.
Rampant poverty in the Third World?You better believe it.
Actually, Africa is a mess because of Western meddling to this day. If Western Capitalists would stop carving up their natural resources and supplying arms to bandits they'd do much better today.
Like I said before, I am not offended, and I do thank you for replying. In a free society (which/. is a microcosm of, interestingly enough), dialog is the fastest way to understanding. I hope, perhaps, you gain some sort of understanding that not all Americans are stupid and materialistic, and that stereotyping them is as silly as stereotyping, say, all Canadians. In return, I believe I have gained some insight into your views on Americans, for both right and wrong.
Thanks. Speaking personally, I am mostly upset w/ Americans because of wasted opportunity. Circumstance has afforded the USA with much power, and with it the ability to make change. The change I see is not good. I see the USA becomign less tolerant. I see the USA becomign more ignorant. I see the USA wasting its opportunity to learn from the past and right *some* wrongs. Instead, I see you marching lock-step into the kind of jingoist, arrogant nationalism that lead Germany to WWII -- and I mean that very literally.
I believe I made too many assumptions about who you are as a person -- I apologize. I just hope you have more influence on your neighbours than the rest of us do.
...The USA spent the USSR into bankrupcy first. Dont hold your breath on the success on US style "free markets" lasting all that long. The level of consumption in the USA so far exceeds the carrying capacity of the planet that we are very likely to see a litte 'reason' applied to the 'free' market that curtails its 'freedom'.
Choose to ignore this imperative? Face WorldWar III for Resources, why most wars are often fought...
he problem is the word "consumers", which doesn't describe us anymore.
Q) And another thing, when did "Citizen" get replaced by "Consumer"? A) Why its Plutocracy at work I'd say... all the better to subjugate you my pets. Muhahahaha.
*There is a statement below that will offend you greatly -- it is intentional. You are going to try and dismiss me because i 'crossed' some imaginary line... but I want you to stop and think about it just for a second before your jingoism overwhelms your reason.
I was originally a government and politics major in university...I sure as hell don't need you to lecture to me about the French Revolution, either, or their assistance during the Civil War.
I'll let it slip that you actually meant the War of Independence and not the US Civil War.
What is "anti-globalization"? You mean Fair Trade Activists maybe?
But it's best not to forget that as a world power, the US is a lot better than, say, the USSR.
Except that you haven't READ Zinn's book. The USA just happens to have some of the most skeletons. The PLANET is f'ing tired of American's sanctimonious lecturing. Not only is it poorly informed, but it is myopic and base. There is little value in arguing w/ you on/. about these issues (neither of us will change his mind), but let me assure you, history will be the judge of the USA's success and failure.
The USA seems virtually incapable of admitting wrongs, of reflection and introspection. I live in a border town, very near Detroit, MI, and virtually the whole of your culture repulses me. The joy of baseless consumerism, selfishness, hubris, ignorance, violence, dishonesty and misplaced self-righteousness makes my stomach crawl.
Listen, if youve studied history you'll know this, circumstance has allot to say about the way the world works. For America to crow about the wisdom of it politics, while its politicians sell out your population to the highest bidder, you pollute endlessly, fight countless wars, spend more on weapons than virtually the rest of the planet combined (USA:$400B PA;NATO:$160B PA; RUSSIA:$60B PA), support coups and assassinations and civil wars (Venezuela, Guatemala, columbia(to name a few recent ones)), and on and on and on and on.
The reality of USA'ian conduct is FAR FAR FAR different than what Americans understand. They DONT want to understand. Like the +50% who know Hussein was involved in the World Trade Center crime -- it seems you're lot RELISHES its ignorance and sings the mindless praises of a Country that actively MISINFORMS YOU!
Here is a very simple example of this problem. The "Jessica Lynch Story". IMMEDIATELY after the event, the US Gov. says: "Her rescue was difficult... here look at this video. She bravely defended herself in the dessert. She, and her rescuers are heroes!" REALITY: "The Iraqi's tried to return her to you troops and were shot at. She didnt fire a single shot. The rescue was staged for the media (wag the dog reality). Her caregivers were caring, capable and generous."
In any country in the planet, people would be UP IN ARMS over such an obvious attempt to lie and manipulate... and, in USA, what happens? Nothing, the talking heads on TV blather on about how your going to deliver democracy to the animals in the M.East... what do you think we (the rest of the planet) is supposed to think about a population that acts this way? WE know your deeds/misdeeds better than YOU DO!
Bottom line, wake up buddy -- the world is tired of this fucking shit. For a while, there was sympathy for the WTC crime, now... i dont think so. Youre country has been exporting this kind of misery for 200 years... you've just experienced alittle taste of what its like to be on the other end*.
You don't vote for *a person*. You vote for a *party*
Huh? Your flat wrong -- jesus, learn something before spew please. The 'system' you are probably confused with relates to 'proportional representation', and even *IT* doesnt always/ever/maybe (again, please learn something) fall prey to the 'problem' you describe.
For the longest time, the world has used American to mean "citizens of the United States of America". You are NOT an American. Have you ever travelled outside the USA? This statement is false.
The UN is NOT a democracy
No, the UN is a system to resolve conflict, to forge solutions to common problems etc. Your DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVES participate in this body on your behalf. The UN could use reform, but it is -- by far -- the best the world has ever created at Governing The Planet.
As far as I'm concerned, our founding fathers hit a massive home run with the Constitution.
Please review these works to understand the foundation of the US Constitution. The US constitution is just one of many documents, American 'founding fathers' borrowed liberally from the phiolophy from a great meany cultures... America wasnt/isnt the only Free Land in the world, and wasnt born in a vacuume. Hell, the French practically fought the War of Independance for you -- and most USAians havnt a clue.
the USA is pretty much the only country in the world that HASN'T needed to change their form of government?
Which I would describe as a weekness. Stagnation is death. Change and adaptation is the wellspring of life. The admininstration of a Morbund government does not a Democracy make.
while they did make mistakes (slavery comes to mind, although that was only a compromise!)
founding fathers of the US, George Washington, warned our country of entering into foreign treaties for exactly that reason
Did you ever think that the "founding fathers" could not foresee -- inspire of their awe inspiring greatness -- the reality of Earth in 2003? USAians* should start to seriously examine the state of their country and democracy, really participate in their Democracy, and stop having faith in its infallibility.
The UN's organization is a holdover from WWII. It is *not* perfectly suited to facilitate international affairs *because* unfair weight was given to USA/China/UK/France/Russia. When a real effort is made to reform the UN, to facilitate international relations more fairly, I will support it. Until then, I will support the UN as the greatest hope of having creating peace and administering programs without prejudice (w/ the afore mentioned bias understood)
*Americans would include SouthAmericans, NorthAmericans. I am Canadian. I am American. I am NorthAmerican. You are ????. You are ???. You are NorthAmerican. Its not my fault that popular language hasnt adapted a term specific for 'residents of the United States of America' - AMERICANS isnt it, that includes the rest of us who live on these two contintents, and ONLY YOUR HUBRIS prohibits you from understanding that assuming an "american" is a of the "USA variety" is not ok.
I usually use Yankee..
As for UN controlling the internet, why not? They are certainly capable of running the infrastructure... at least we know it wont then be whored to the capitalists.
Thank you. There is a wacky Anti-UN vein that runs deep in the USA... Im not sure why.
Although i understand the poorly informed bought the recent "if you dont do as we say you are irrelevant" line the bushies were trying to sell, it is deeper than that...
Could it be USAians are afraid they would be prevented from doing as they pleased if they more fully participated in International Democracy (embodied by the UN)?
Ive just returned from voting. We are using a Diebold AccuVote system. You are required to mark a sheet which is then fed by the 'operator' (in your presence) into a scanner. If you have spoiled ballot, the machine returns your ballot giving you an opportunity to correct it.
I asked the operator, "are these counted by hand confirm the results?", he said "no, only if a returning officer or scrutineer requests it" -- didnt leave me with the warm fuzzy feeling.
The good news is that at least there is a paper trail - the ballots COULD be recounted if necessary. This is much better than the touchscreen type that leaves no possible way of recounting.
All in all, id say I dont mind the system. But a recount of the paper ballots should be an automatic, release the 'machine tallied preliminary results' then have a manual paper count... this removes the "this election is electronically rigged" doubt.
Im with you.. I dont buy any media (outside of respected news-magazines like macleans for instance -- i see lots of live bands and theater. Live Performance is a much better experience -- and I feel like my $ may actually reach the artists a little 'better'.
Setting aside the lameness of trying to look cool by calling Spielberg "Stevie" and referring to the Indiana Jones movies as "male-Lara (sic) Croft movies,"
Setting aside the fact that this persons' snide and condescending tone offended your Super-Fan-Boy-ness causing you to rally to the defense of a mass-media barron and his products as if they(or their creators) means something to you personally.
About time. Too bad they'll likely never release the original theatrical release cut on DVD.
Ha! Dont be so sure -- with the recent propensity of the MPAA to suck the life out of fans by releasing so many minutely-different versions of movies, dont be surprised when you see a "Star Wars -- Limited Edition -- SupreDuperFancy --Original Theatrical Release" release.
Thats only true in some of the corporate press. There *still is* a vein of honest journalism in the world, quality journalism, investigative journalism. CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX(HAHA) *cant* be honest journalists by definition. They MUST tow the corporate line. It goes so far that nothing that upsets the corporate status-quo is allowed in American Public Discourse -- thats unsettling.
Reporters sans Frontiers publishes a ranking of nations w/r/t Freedom of The Press -- though it dosnt directly deal with corporate-self-censorship, it does speak to concerns of press freedom.
Its sad that modern american corporate media can be such obvious tools.
How can they publish such obvious self-serving corporate propaganda? Did CNN, or the author ever stop to think "hey, maybe they're assumptions are rigged in order for them to recieve some personal gain?" You'd think that they'd question the source of the information they'd base such a story on.
ha! RE: C) the fact that anyone cares how you cultists argue about your silly fantasy is beyond me -- i refuse to know. Catholics == Christians == Baptists == Jews == Scientologist == Muslim -- get it? Its a moot point to argue difference between any of them.
OH yes, a man, involved in a plot to kill the current government to start a Catholic Jihad and take over Government is someone w/ "Honest Intentions". As honest as Pat Robertson (catholic-o-fascist) and every islam-o-fascist around.
Which Reminds me: "The world will never be free until the last king is strangled in the entrails of the last priest. ---Diderot"
Fawke & Co's plot would only have accomplished 50% of this goal.
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Now is this just some liberal flamebaiting or what?
Sensitive eh? I guess its only US "Liberals" who think attacking other nations w/ tonnes and tonnes of bombs and destroying there infrastructure is noteworth? Are we supposed to ignore it? Does mentioning the destruction of Iraq mean your With The Terrorists?
Withnail and I -- Terrific film, you beat me to the imdb link ;)
The upper and middle IT management of today are the network admins of 5 years ago.
What are you talking about? IT mangers are MBA know-nothings intent on "alignging the organization to the vertical service needs of the enterprise."
I work in a 'Fortune 5' company, and this is true of ever IT manager Ive ever had personally -- or our affiliated facilities have...
Bah. NOt a problem. Have you ever read any of Stallman's writings? Clear, precise, complete. JUST the kind of information you want presented in court.
I'd not worry about RMS -- SCO's lawyers wont be surprising him, tripping him up, or locking him in w/ irrelevfant analogy. RMS is a thinker, well organized and exact.
I LOOK FORWARD TO reading his testimony, he's gonna tear these boobs up.
I'm not offended, but I really would appreciate it if you would shut off the "you're a stupid American" tone.
/. is a microcosm of, interestingly enough), dialog is the fastest way to understanding. I hope, perhaps, you gain some sort of understanding that not all Americans are stupid and materialistic, and that stereotyping them is as silly as stereotyping, say, all Canadians. In return, I believe I have gained some insight into your views on Americans, for both right and wrong.
im sorry.
trying to make believe "you're better"
Im not trying to say that I am -- by a matter of geography -- better than anyone. Im speaking to the prevailing opinoin, to general understanding. I hope that the things I advocate, the things few "adults" feel are attainable (peace,harmony,understanding,tolerance)
can be seen as worthwhile goals. Most people consider such Idealism naive. I disagree, if your goals arent those, then you arent looking beyond the mundane... beyond the 'here and now'. Perspective and humility are required to admit that one's good fortune is sometimes a matter of folly -- Americans should recognize that their good-fortune (standard-of-material-wealth) isnt proof of the ultimate perfection of their culture, but a consequence of circumstance.. of history, of chance. Many assume that this apparent good fortune is proof that "no change need be made" (the narrow "your with us or against us" logic) -- what is needed is to take inventory. Learn what is good, what is to be kept, and admit what is wrong and needs to be discarded.
Do you criticize, say, the cultures of the Middle East or East Asia as vehemently?
I criticize wrongs -- I criticize people who refuse to admit mistakes. Europe && Arabia should *also* not do the terrible things I mentioned Americans have done. Neither should Americans.
Have you ever heard that before from an American?
No.
That Middle East thing? Direct result of the French and British colonization, and pulling out before getting the region into a proper order.
The Brits made plenty of mistakes after WWI w/ the Ottaman Empire. Isreal/Palestine has proven to be #1.
Rampant poverty in the Third World?You better believe it.
Actually, Africa is a mess because of Western meddling to this day. If Western Capitalists would stop carving up their natural resources and supplying arms to bandits they'd do much better today.
Like I said before, I am not offended, and I do thank you for replying. In a free society (which
Thanks. Speaking personally, I am mostly upset w/ Americans because of wasted opportunity. Circumstance has afforded the USA with much power, and with it the ability to make change. The change I see is not good. I see the USA becomign less tolerant. I see the USA becomign more ignorant. I see the USA wasting its opportunity to learn from the past and right *some* wrongs. Instead, I see you marching lock-step into the kind of jingoist, arrogant nationalism that lead Germany to WWII -- and I mean that very literally.
I believe I made too many assumptions about who you are as a person -- I apologize. I just hope you have more influence on your neighbours than the rest of us do.
...The USA spent the USSR into bankrupcy first. Dont hold your breath on the success on US style "free markets" lasting all that long. The level of consumption in the USA so far exceeds the carrying capacity of the planet that we are very likely to see a litte 'reason' applied to the 'free' market that curtails its 'freedom'.
Choose to ignore this imperative? Face WorldWar III for Resources, why most wars are often fought...
he problem is the word "consumers", which doesn't describe us anymore.
Q) And another thing, when did "Citizen" get replaced by "Consumer"?
A) Why its Plutocracy at work I'd say... all the better to subjugate you my pets. Muhahahaha.
*There is a statement below that will offend you greatly -- it is intentional. You are going to try and dismiss me because i 'crossed' some imaginary line... but I want you to stop and think about it just for a second before your jingoism overwhelms your reason.
/. about these issues (neither of us will change his mind), but let me assure you, history will be the judge of the USA's success and failure.
I was originally a government and politics major in university...I sure as hell don't need you to lecture to me about the French Revolution, either, or their assistance during the Civil War.
I'll let it slip that you actually meant the War of Independence and not the US Civil War.
What is "anti-globalization"? You mean Fair Trade Activists maybe?
But it's best not to forget that as a world power, the US is a lot better than, say, the USSR.
Except that you haven't READ Zinn's book. The USA just happens to have some of the most skeletons. The PLANET is f'ing tired of American's sanctimonious lecturing. Not only is it poorly informed, but it is myopic and base. There is little value in arguing w/ you on
The USA seems virtually incapable of admitting wrongs, of reflection and introspection. I live in a border town, very near Detroit, MI, and virtually the whole of your culture repulses me. The joy of baseless consumerism, selfishness, hubris, ignorance, violence, dishonesty and misplaced self-righteousness makes my stomach crawl.
Listen, if youve studied history you'll know this, circumstance has allot to say about the way the world works. For America to crow about the wisdom of it politics, while its politicians sell out your population to the highest bidder, you pollute endlessly, fight countless wars, spend more on weapons than virtually the rest of the planet combined (USA:$400B PA;NATO:$160B PA; RUSSIA:$60B PA), support coups and assassinations and civil wars (Venezuela, Guatemala, columbia(to name a few recent ones)), and on and on and on and on.
The reality of USA'ian conduct is FAR FAR FAR different than what Americans understand. They DONT want to understand. Like the +50% who know Hussein was involved in the World Trade Center crime -- it seems you're lot
RELISHES its ignorance and sings the mindless praises of a Country that actively MISINFORMS YOU!
Here is a very simple example of this problem. The "Jessica Lynch Story". IMMEDIATELY after the event, the US Gov. says: "Her rescue was difficult... here look at this video. She bravely defended herself in the dessert. She, and her rescuers are heroes!" REALITY: "The Iraqi's tried to return her to you troops and were shot at. She didnt fire a single shot. The rescue was staged for the media (wag the dog reality). Her caregivers were caring, capable and generous."
In any country in the planet, people would be UP IN ARMS over such an obvious attempt to lie and manipulate... and, in USA, what happens? Nothing, the talking heads on TV blather on about how your going to deliver democracy to the animals in the M.East... what do you think we (the rest of the planet) is supposed to think about a population that acts this way? WE know your deeds/misdeeds better than YOU DO!
Bottom line, wake up buddy -- the world is tired of this fucking shit. For a while, there was sympathy for the WTC crime, now... i dont think so. Youre country has been exporting this kind of misery for 200 years... you've just experienced alittle taste of what its like to be on the other end*.
You don't vote for *a person*. You vote for a *party*
Huh? Your flat wrong -- jesus, learn something before spew please. The 'system' you are probably confused with relates to 'proportional representation', and even *IT* doesnt always/ever/maybe (again, please learn something) fall prey to the 'problem' you describe.
im in awe of your ignorance.
For the longest time, the world has used American to mean "citizens of the United States of America". You are NOT an American.
Have you ever travelled outside the USA? This statement is false.
The UN is NOT a democracy
No, the UN is a system to resolve conflict, to forge solutions to common problems etc. Your DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVES participate in this body on your behalf. The UN could use reform, but it is -- by far -- the best the world has ever created at Governing The Planet.
As far as I'm concerned, our founding fathers hit a massive home run with the Constitution.
Please review these works to understand the foundation of the US Constitution. The US constitution is just one of many documents, American 'founding fathers' borrowed liberally from the phiolophy from a great meany cultures... America wasnt/isnt the only Free Land in the world, and wasnt born in a vacuume. Hell, the French practically fought the War of Independance for you -- and most USAians havnt a clue.
the USA is pretty much the only country in the world that HASN'T needed to change their form of government?
Which I would describe as a weekness. Stagnation is death. Change and adaptation is the wellspring of life. The admininstration of a Morbund government does not a Democracy make.
while they did make mistakes (slavery comes to mind, although that was only a compromise!)
Please read this book: A People's History of The United States by Howard Zinn If you wont read this book, at least come to understand what it contains, and how perspective will reward you.
Um, I vote for my federal government, who then partipate in the UN. More clear now?
founding fathers of the US, George Washington, warned our country of entering into foreign treaties for exactly that reason
Did you ever think that the "founding fathers" could not foresee -- inspire of their awe inspiring greatness -- the reality of Earth in 2003? USAians* should start to seriously examine the state of their country and democracy, really participate in their Democracy, and stop having faith in its infallibility.
The UN's organization is a holdover from WWII. It is *not* perfectly suited to facilitate international affairs *because* unfair weight was given to USA/China/UK/France/Russia. When a real effort is made to reform the UN, to facilitate international relations more fairly, I will support it. Until then, I will support the UN as the greatest hope of having creating peace and administering programs without prejudice (w/ the afore mentioned bias understood)
*Americans would include SouthAmericans, NorthAmericans. I am Canadian. I am American. I am NorthAmerican. You are ????. You are ???. You are NorthAmerican. Its not my fault that popular language hasnt adapted a term specific for 'residents of the United States of America' - AMERICANS isnt it, that includes the rest of us who live on these two contintents, and ONLY YOUR HUBRIS prohibits you from understanding that assuming an "american" is a of the "USA variety" is not ok.
I usually use Yankee..
As for UN controlling the internet, why not? They are certainly capable of running the infrastructure... at least we know it wont then be whored to the capitalists.
Thank you. There is a wacky Anti-UN vein that runs deep in the USA... Im not sure why.
Although i understand the poorly informed bought the recent "if you dont do as we say you are irrelevant" line the bushies were trying to sell, it is deeper than that...
Could it be USAians are afraid they would be prevented from doing as they pleased if they more fully participated in International Democracy (embodied by the UN)?
Ive just returned from voting. We are using a Diebold AccuVote system. You are required to mark a sheet which is then fed by the 'operator' (in your presence) into a scanner. If you have spoiled ballot, the machine returns your ballot giving you an opportunity to correct it.
I asked the operator, "are these counted by hand confirm the results?", he said "no, only if a returning officer or scrutineer requests it" -- didnt leave me with the warm fuzzy feeling.
The good news is that at least there is a paper trail - the ballots COULD be recounted if necessary. This is much better than the touchscreen type that leaves no possible way of recounting.
All in all, id say I dont mind the system. But a recount of the paper ballots should be an automatic, release the 'machine tallied preliminary results' then have a manual paper count... this removes the "this election is electronically rigged" doubt.
Ive run ATI's 9800 All In Wonder and have no trouble *at all* with drivers or stability.
While people have reportedly had problems in the past, Ive got to tell you, there is *nothing* wron w/ ATI.
I couldnt agree more -- my vote is ironic.
Im with you.. I dont buy any media (outside of respected news-magazines like macleans for instance -- i see lots of live bands and theater. Live Performance is a much better experience -- and I feel like my $ may actually reach the artists a little 'better'.
Setting aside the lameness of trying to look cool by calling Spielberg "Stevie" and referring to the Indiana Jones movies as "male-Lara (sic) Croft movies,"
Setting aside the fact that this persons' snide and condescending tone offended your Super-Fan-Boy-ness causing you to rally to the defense of a mass-media barron and his products as if they(or their creators) means something to you personally.
About time. Too bad they'll likely never release the original theatrical release cut on DVD.
Ha! Dont be so sure -- with the recent propensity of the MPAA to suck the life out of fans by releasing so many minutely-different versions of movies, dont be surprised when you see a "Star Wars -- Limited Edition -- SupreDuperFancy --Original Theatrical Release" release.
Is anyone taking bets as to when the case actually closes and how?"
Can someone run us through how we would get rich by shorting this stock (SCOX)?
If IBM gets their case dismissed, the stock is going to drop to $Worthless. Ive never actually done a short -- what are the details?
Can we ask W3C to rename SVG Animation to "Brilliance" or "Twinkle" or "Somesuch"?
Thats only true in some of the corporate press. There *still is* a vein of honest journalism in the world, quality journalism, investigative journalism. CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX(HAHA) *cant* be honest journalists by definition. They MUST tow the corporate line. It goes so far that nothing that upsets the corporate status-quo is allowed in American Public Discourse -- thats unsettling.
Reporters sans Frontiers publishes a ranking of nations w/r/t Freedom of The Press -- though it dosnt directly deal with corporate-self-censorship, it does speak to concerns of press freedom.
Its sad that modern american corporate media can be such obvious tools.
How can they publish such obvious self-serving corporate propaganda? Did CNN, or the author ever stop to think "hey, maybe they're assumptions are rigged in order for them to recieve some personal gain?" You'd think that they'd question the source of the information they'd base such a story on.
ha! RE: C) the fact that anyone cares how you cultists argue about your silly fantasy is beyond me -- i refuse to know. Catholics == Christians == Baptists == Jews == Scientologist == Muslim -- get it? Its a moot point to argue difference between any of them.
OH yes, a man, involved in a plot to kill the current government to start a Catholic Jihad and take over Government is someone w/ "Honest Intentions". As honest as Pat Robertson (catholic-o-fascist) and every islam-o-fascist around.
Which Reminds me: "The world will never be free until the last king is strangled in the entrails of the last priest. ---Diderot"
Fawke & Co's plot would only have accomplished 50% of this goal.