When was the last time the US unilaterally invaded a country? Granada?
The US never invades unilaterally, they call their "allies" and tell them they are invading as well.
What was that famous Dubya quote? "Either yer with us or agin us"?
"Homeland Security". Sounds like something from Mother Russia.
I still crack up at the thought of "freedom fries" - and freedom toast you guys must have comedians in power over there (our illustrious leaders love taking orders from the comedians).
Wikileaks broke a federal law. So did the New York Times.
If the New York Times broke a law in the U.S, they are within the juristiction of the U.S. legal framework and there should be arrests. Wikileaks is outside U.S. jurisdiction, why chase one and not the other?
Why have "secret meetings" to come up with a law to pursue Wikileaks if a law exists?
Why not press charges if a law exists?
Wikileaks have not broken any laws in the countries they operate from, perhaps the U.S. declare war on these countries for supporting "cyber terrorists" as one prominent person labelled Assange.
The U.S. government was offered the opportunity to vet the documents and have whatever they considered "sensitive" to be redacted and refused. Major newspapers are deciding what to publish, not Wikileaks, why doesn't the U'S. government chase the Guardian in the U.K.?
Perhaps 80% of people think they understand that the release of most of these documents had nothing to do with holding the government accountable, it appears more likely that they are misguided.
Personal freedom is important, maybe you should read your sig and stop doing backstroke.
And if your book is entitled something about rape and is in the erotica section, chances are that it's promoting rape even if fictionally.
The word rape can connote more than just non consensual sexual intercourse, context is important, censoring because "chances are" is, in my opinion, a dangerous path.
Who are you kidding? It's the ONLY STRATEGY. You know what you call someone who tries to weaken a brutal dictator with the bald-faced truth? A martyr http://allafrica.com/stories/201011152183.html
"Mugabe is a crook. Mugabe is a dishonest person. We do not see eye to eye in cabinet. We don't look at each other. The MDC has given up on Mugabe because of his continued violation of the GPA and early elections are the best option," Tsvangirai said to supporters on Friday."
http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/news/mugabe-is-a-liar-governor-maluleke-booed-and-heckled/
”Sit down you are lying to us Mugabe is a liar who has been lying to us for the past 30 years. We know Save (PM Tsvangirai) will deliver the food to us he is the people’s leader not you sit down, sit down you stooge we do not need your food we know Save (PM Tsvangirai) will give us the food as he promised. What something new can you tell us now when you have been lying to us for the past 30 years,” said some villagers in the crowd.
Seems he has used bald-faced truths, he has been for years, still not a martyr.
He lied to his constituents by saying he was against sanctions as it is hurting the people then encouraged western countries to keep the sanctions in place.
If our politicians say one thing to the people while actively pursuing the oposite in private, I'd sure like to know.
I'm hopeful Mugabe will be voted out at the next election but whether Tsvangirai will be any better, time will tell.
So far, Wikileaks has published approximately nothing that is shocking or surprising or that reveals unlawful activity http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/dec/23/bangladesh-death-squad-legal-challenge
To you this might be "nothing" but to have governments say one thing and secretly (from their own constituents) do the opposite need exposing.
I suspect you are from the U.S. and might want to argue this has nothing to do with the U.S., they quite obviously knew this was happening, liked it, and kept quiet about it - and keep arguing they do not condone torture or human rights abuses (please do not argue but-so-and-so-is-worse).
Note: there are plenty of other items like this, please feel free to look through what has been published to date.
I don't believe the US is dead int the water - far from it, they I believe they are still leaders in technological innovation - but it seems a strange time to come out and say "we're not racing" after you've just been overtaken.
The U.S. has been a willing and active participant in this so call race for the "biggest and best" for a long time, they have just been over taken for number 1 spot and now all of a sudden it is not important.
Far better to say nothing and concentrate on what you believe is the correct path to take.
. 'If we take this step it will not take very long to end up with an internet that's a walled garden of sites the governments is happy for you to see,' he said."
That one sentence will have every government in the world salivating.
which makes locating and arresting him about as hard for a cop as scratching his own nuts.
Hey, you try scratching your nuts when you have a donut in one hand and a coffee in the other... you get some strange looks if you start scratching against furniture.
It is interesting that the leaks "could damage relations with countries like Turkey" and the UK government wants a blackout of the leaks to it's own population - will this blackout stop the so called "countries like Turkey" reading them? How will stopping your own citizens from reading the leaks fix the problems that could arise? Perhaps the countries mentioned only get their news from the UK too.
Do these leaks contain "dirty tricks" done to the countries mentioned ?
Are they lists of "dirty tricks done by the mentioned countries that our governments are helping cover up?
Since this information will no longer be secret, censoring your own people to information freely available will not fix the fallout.
Next we're going to be shocked that 8th grade history students try to memorize the material they think will be on their test rather than seeking a deep and insightful mastery of the subject and its modern societal implications.
This sounds more like the 8th grader got a copy of the answers and memorised them. Unfortunately for the student, one of the questions got changed.
Using 'us', if the writer was from the US, would be imprecise but not wrong.
Why would it be wrong? People use the term "us" and phrases like "all of us" all the time to refer to only certain groups of people. And, yes, this is even done by people *gasp* outside of the U.S.
I believe he is saying it is NOT wrong,
So then you equally whine about stories that are only relevant to people in the UK? Or in Germany? Or in Japan? I can find numerous such stories and I doubt I will see you whining about them.
I have not seen stories from other countries that talk as if it is about the entire world when it is only about their country but I'm with you there (citation please) - if they do, people should complain long and hard about that too, it is very misleading and annoying.
Hulu Plus to all meant I could look at Hulu Plus for me (I'm from Australia). Sadly, it seems I am not all.
Hey - credit where credit is due!
The only reason we were able to spot them is because they were slipping on the oil so they couldn't run away and hide.
Slashdot Mirror
When was the last time the US unilaterally invaded a country? Granada?
The US never invades unilaterally, they call their "allies" and tell them they are invading as well.
What was that famous Dubya quote? "Either yer with us or agin us"?
"Homeland Security". Sounds like something from Mother Russia.
I still crack up at the thought of "freedom fries" - and freedom toast you guys must have comedians in power over there (our illustrious leaders love taking orders from the comedians).
Wikileaks broke a federal law. So did the New York Times.
If the New York Times broke a law in the U.S, they are within the juristiction of the U.S. legal framework and there should be arrests. Wikileaks is outside U.S. jurisdiction, why chase one and not the other?
Why have "secret meetings" to come up with a law to pursue Wikileaks if a law exists?
Why not press charges if a law exists?
Wikileaks have not broken any laws in the countries they operate from, perhaps the U.S. declare war on these countries for supporting "cyber terrorists" as one prominent person labelled Assange.
The U.S. government was offered the opportunity to vet the documents and have whatever they considered "sensitive" to be redacted and refused. Major newspapers are deciding what to publish, not Wikileaks, why doesn't the U'S. government chase the Guardian in the U.K.?
Perhaps 80% of people think they understand that the release of most of these documents had nothing to do with holding the government accountable, it appears more likely that they are misguided.
Personal freedom is important, maybe you should read your sig and stop doing backstroke.
And if your book is entitled something about rape and is in the erotica section, chances are that it's promoting rape even if fictionally.
The word rape can connote more than just non consensual sexual intercourse, context is important, censoring because "chances are" is, in my opinion, a dangerous path.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_n_13?rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Arape%2Cn%3A!1000%2Cn%3A301889&bbn=1000&keywords=rape&ie=UTF8&qid=1293740087&rnid=1000
Virgin Army Boy Deflowered
Male Rape: Breaking the Silence on the Last Taboo
Jolly Rogering (Sequel to Four on the Floor)
This seach on Amazon seems to indicate it is not censoring. Maybe they didn't like his books.... - I'm in Australia, maybe the censoring is location specific.
"Censorship for the public good" always remind me of Joes Garage by Frank Zappa.
Who are you kidding? It's the ONLY STRATEGY. You know what you call someone who tries to weaken a brutal dictator with the bald-faced truth? A martyr
http://allafrica.com/stories/201011152183.html
"Mugabe is a crook. Mugabe is a dishonest person. We do not see eye to eye in cabinet. We don't look at each other. The MDC has given up on Mugabe because of his continued violation of the GPA and early elections are the best option," Tsvangirai said to supporters on Friday."
http://www.zimbabwemetro.com/news/mugabe-is-a-liar-governor-maluleke-booed-and-heckled/
”Sit down you are lying to us Mugabe is a liar who has been lying to us for the past 30 years. We know Save (PM Tsvangirai) will deliver the food to us he is the people’s leader not you sit down, sit down you stooge we do not need your food we know Save (PM Tsvangirai) will give us the food as he promised. What something new can you tell us now when you have been lying to us for the past 30 years,” said some villagers in the crowd.
Seems he has used bald-faced truths, he has been for years, still not a martyr.
He lied to his constituents by saying he was against sanctions as it is hurting the people then encouraged western countries to keep the sanctions in place.
If our politicians say one thing to the people while actively pursuing the oposite in private, I'd sure like to know.
I'm hopeful Mugabe will be voted out at the next election but whether Tsvangirai will be any better, time will tell.
So far, Wikileaks has published approximately nothing that is shocking or surprising or that reveals unlawful activity
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/dec/23/bangladesh-death-squad-legal-challenge
To you this might be "nothing" but to have governments say one thing and secretly (from their own constituents) do the opposite need exposing.
I suspect you are from the U.S. and might want to argue this has nothing to do with the U.S., they quite obviously knew this was happening, liked it, and kept quiet about it - and keep arguing they do not condone torture or human rights abuses (please do not argue but-so-and-so-is-worse).
Note: there are plenty of other items like this, please feel free to look through what has been published to date.
As long as it doesn't move, no problem, I have the patent on "mechanical thingies that move" - and I'm not afraid to sue to protect my IP.
I don't believe the US is dead int the water - far from it, they I believe they are still leaders in technological innovation - but it seems a strange time to come out and say "we're not racing" after you've just been overtaken.
The U.S. has been a willing and active participant in this so call race for the "biggest and best" for a long time, they have just been over taken for number 1 spot and now all of a sudden it is not important.
Far better to say nothing and concentrate on what you believe is the correct path to take.
The TSA is clearly a firm believer in security through stupidity.
Fixed.
*picks up a crowbar and goes off to find the programmer*
KY gel in the other hand? Easier access to logs.
I thought they just followed Jesus around.......
Does he think he can pay for this by subscription revenue only?
What makes you think there won't be ads?
. 'If we take this step it will not take very long to end up with an internet that's a walled garden of sites the governments is happy for you to see,' he said."
That one sentence will have every government in the world salivating.
But generalising is so much easier!
corporatising is easier still and much more profitable.... for some.
What are the applications for a theory that doesn't suggest effects we can detect and verify?
Accumulation of wealth?
which makes locating and arresting him about as hard for a cop as scratching his own nuts.
Hey, you try scratching your nuts when you have a donut in one hand and a coffee in the other... you get some strange looks if you start scratching against furniture.
Is a mass distributed denial of service like a distributed denial of service of distributed denial of services?
No, I believe it's a distributed denial of service caused by U.S. government prayers at sunday mass.
It is interesting that the leaks "could damage relations with countries like Turkey" and the UK government wants a blackout of the leaks to it's own population - will this blackout stop the so called "countries like Turkey" reading them?
How will stopping your own citizens from reading the leaks fix the problems that could arise? Perhaps the countries mentioned only get their news from the UK too.
Do these leaks contain "dirty tricks" done to the countries mentioned ?
Are they lists of "dirty tricks done by the mentioned countries that our governments are helping cover up?
Since this information will no longer be secret, censoring your own people to information freely available will not fix the fallout.
Next we're going to be shocked that 8th grade history students try to memorize the material they think will be on their test rather than seeking a deep and insightful mastery of the subject and its modern societal implications.
This sounds more like the 8th grader got a copy of the answers and memorised them. Unfortunately for the student, one of the questions got changed.
Was she worried about zero date exploits?
Using 'us', if the writer was from the US, would be imprecise but not wrong.
Why would it be wrong? People use the term "us" and phrases like "all of us" all the time to refer to only certain groups of people. And, yes, this is even done by people *gasp* outside of the U.S.
I believe he is saying it is NOT wrong,
So then you equally whine about stories that are only relevant to people in the UK? Or in Germany? Or in Japan? I can find numerous such stories and I doubt I will see you whining about them.
I have not seen stories from other countries that talk as if it is about the entire world when it is only about their country but I'm with you there (citation please) - if they do, people should complain long and hard about that too, it is very misleading and annoying.
Hulu Plus to all meant I could look at Hulu Plus for me (I'm from Australia). Sadly, it seems I am not all.
He was open with his criticism but it didn't seem mask his incompetence.....
Australian Government: By the Politicians, For the Politicians.
Fixed that for you.
Hey - credit where credit is due!
The only reason we were able to spot them is because they were slipping on the oil so they couldn't run away and hide.
Thank you BP.
kiss it better.