"Europe is much more restrictive of press than the US. (...) The EU is about to put forth a plan making it a crime to say anything that offends Gays or Religions."
You might have a point there. Any link with more information?
"Europe is much more restrictive of press than the US. (...) Books in Canada were destroyed"
How does the destruction of books in Canada affect the freedom of speech in Europe? In what alternative dimension is Canada a part of Europe? Not to say that what Canada did was not wrong, but it has nothing to do with freedom of press in Europe, which is your main issue.
"England recently arrested a professor for calling Muslims backward during a heated arguement with a muslim student who said that Americans deserved to die and Osama Bin Laden was a great man."
Arresting some professor because he verbally offended a muslim student is a strike to freedom of press in Europe? Dont you mean freedom of speech?
And England is not Europe, just as Europe is not England. Dont try to blame the whole Europe for something that England did.
Additionally, I believe it would be a non-issue for you if it was the other way around (a Muslim professor arrested for calling stupid a student who said that all followers of Islam deserved to die). The way you phrase your sentence makes it sound like its OK to insult muslims, but not americans. In my oppinion, following the logic that led to the arrest of the professor, they should both be arrested, just to avoid disputes between the two factions.
"If you ever look at EU, you will see them daily condeming Israel for the slightest reaction. They even want to rebuild suicide bombers houses. They have pumped billions into the palestinian authority without every checking it out because journalists are scared of being arrested."
What has this to do with freedom of press in Europe? Anyways, this subject isnt for me to discuss, since I change the channel whenever it is brought up by the media. Its simply annoying (just like the excessive number of September 11 stories).
"This is a pretty useless study"
Useless because you dont agree with it, I believe.
"Slashdot overreacted to it as it usually does whenever somebody mentions free speech"
Nobody mentioned freedom of speech.
"Anti-US"
Nop, nobody mentioned any of that either. Just because some ideas are divergent from the ones people have in the USA does not mean they are anti-USA. Theyre just different, and freedom of speech defends the right to pronounce them.
"and anything that involves computers."
Like, hmm, most of Slashdot articles, except this one?
First of all, you can only get life if you voluntarily cause (or attempt to cause) a death through your hacking. So 2600, honeypot systems, etc., wont be affected by this. But I wonder what would happen if 2600 distributed a program that could (and would) be used for the intentional death of a human; could they be held responsable for the actions of some script kiddie that downloaded the software and used it for murder?
"But of course I'm sure it will soon be illegal to critisize our own gov't- because that will PROVE that we're terrorists."
Any democratic country would never be so stupid to make it illegal to criticize the government; they just make it morally wrong.
"(Please god don't make be become a fucking political activist.)"
What use would that do? Nowadays, most political activists are mocked (except when the vast majority has an interest in their sucess; when the people are starving, for example). Sure you can express your opinions against the government, as long as no one takes them too serious. And honestly, the vast majority of the population just dont have time (or the wits) for politics; thats why so much corruption can go unanswered. Anyways, you would be fighting a lost cause; remember the DMCA?
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How does the destruction of books in Canada affect the freedom of speech in Europe?
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I mean "freedom of press," not "freedom of speech". Oops.
"Europe is much more restrictive of press than the US. (...) The EU is about to put forth a plan making it a crime to say anything that offends Gays or Religions."
You might have a point there. Any link with more information?
"Europe is much more restrictive of press than the US. (...) Books in Canada were destroyed"
How does the destruction of books in Canada affect the freedom of speech in Europe? In what alternative dimension is Canada a part of Europe? Not to say that what Canada did was not wrong, but it has nothing to do with freedom of press in Europe, which is your main issue.
"England recently arrested a professor for calling Muslims backward during a heated arguement with a muslim student who said that Americans deserved to die and Osama Bin Laden was a great man."
Arresting some professor because he verbally offended a muslim student is a strike to freedom of press in Europe? Dont you mean freedom of speech?
And England is not Europe, just as Europe is not England. Dont try to blame the whole Europe for something that England did.
Additionally, I believe it would be a non-issue for you if it was the other way around (a Muslim professor arrested for calling stupid a student who said that all followers of Islam deserved to die). The way you phrase your sentence makes it sound like its OK to insult muslims, but not americans. In my oppinion, following the logic that led to the arrest of the professor, they should both be arrested, just to avoid disputes between the two factions.
"If you ever look at EU, you will see them daily condeming Israel for the slightest reaction. They even want to rebuild suicide bombers houses. They have pumped billions into the palestinian authority without every checking it out because journalists are scared of being arrested."
What has this to do with freedom of press in Europe? Anyways, this subject isnt for me to discuss, since I change the channel whenever it is brought up by the media. Its simply annoying (just like the excessive number of September 11 stories).
"This is a pretty useless study"
Useless because you dont agree with it, I believe.
"Slashdot overreacted to it as it usually does whenever somebody mentions free speech"
Nobody mentioned freedom of speech.
"Anti-US"
Nop, nobody mentioned any of that either. Just because some ideas are divergent from the ones people have in the USA does not mean they are anti-USA. Theyre just different, and freedom of speech defends the right to pronounce them.
"and anything that involves computers."
Like, hmm, most of Slashdot articles, except this one?
Thats an urban legend. If you actually listened to the feminists, you would know that they dont all think that way.
First of all, you can only get life if you voluntarily cause (or attempt to cause) a death through your hacking. So 2600, honeypot systems, etc., wont be affected by this. But I wonder what would happen if 2600 distributed a program that could (and would) be used for the intentional death of a human; could they be held responsable for the actions of some script kiddie that downloaded the software and used it for murder?
"But of course I'm sure it will soon be illegal to critisize our own gov't- because that will PROVE that we're terrorists."
Any democratic country would never be so stupid to make it illegal to criticize the government; they just make it morally wrong.
"(Please god don't make be become a fucking political activist.)"
What use would that do? Nowadays, most political activists are mocked (except when the vast majority has an interest in their sucess; when the people are starving, for example). Sure you can express your opinions against the government, as long as no one takes them too serious. And honestly, the vast majority of the population just dont have time (or the wits) for politics; thats why so much corruption can go unanswered. Anyways, you would be fighting a lost cause; remember the DMCA?
Dictatorship has new rules.