This sort of story serves to highlight one of the fundamental differences between America and most of the world's other democracies: true fredom of expression. As incensed as the Slashdot community may be about the U.S. government's allowing the FBI greater surveillance powers, indefinitely detaining enemy combatants, etc., incidents such as this one should also highlight to us the greatness of America and its First Amendment.
This sort of story serves to highlight one of the fundamental differences between America and most of the world's other democracies: true fredom of expression. As incensed as the Slashdot community may be about the U.S. government's allowing the FBI greater surveillance powers, indefinitely detaining enemy combatants, etc., incidents such as this one should also highlight to us the greatness of America and its First Amendment.