[brlug-general] Fwd: Alarm! Political Censorship of Email.

[Andrew Baudouin]

This is not a democracy.  It's a benevolent monarchy with King Dustin as
its  titular head.


On 9/20/07, Tim Fournet <tfournet at tfour.net> wrote:
>
> stop censoring us!
>
> Dustin Puryear wrote:
> > I agree. Let's stop this thread because it has absolutely left the known
> > universe.
> >
> > By "let's stop" I mean "do stop".
> >
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> > Andrew Baudouin wrote:
> >
> >> No, it's a very horrible example. Advancing the opinion that a
> >> most-likely-Al-Qaida-supported Arabic/Muslim news site could possibly
> be
> >> unbiased towards the U.S. occupation in Iraq is silly at best and
> worthy
> >> of personal attack flame at worst..
> >>
> >> But this is horribly off track and should stop now.
> >>
> >> On 9/20/07, *Petri Laihonen* <pietu at weblizards.net
> >> <mailto:pietu at weblizards.net> > wrote:
> >>
> >>     Yes. I know it is sensitive topic around here.....like many other
> >>     things.... that's why I picked it up as a very good example. :-)
> >>
> >>     Petri
> >>
> >>
> >>     Andrew Baudouin wrote:
> >>
> >>>     Al Jazeera: The unbiased news of the Middle East.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>     :(
> >>>
> >>>     ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >>>     From: *Petri Laihonen* < pietu at weblizards.net
> >>>     <mailto:pietu at weblizards.net>>
> >>>     Date: Sep 20, 2007 12:44 PM
> >>>     Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Alarm! Political Censorship of Email.
> >>>     To: general at brlug.net <mailto:general at brlug.net>
> >>>
> >>>     Another example of censorship is blocking the access to the
> >>>     websites outside of us for unskewed information. For example, Al
> >>>     Jazeera during the height of the Iraqi war. (Now the access is
> >>>     "enabled" to the parts not censored out.)
> >>>
> >>>     A friend of mine, Born and bread here in New Orleans, was trying
> >>>     to keep up with the real information from the region, and was
> >>>     unable to get it directly from US. He had to go via proxy servers
> >>>     in other countries in order to access the website.
> >>>
> >>>     Petri
> >>>
> >>>     PS. hmm new word....  I had to look up the word "insidious" from
> >>>     the web....
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>     willhill wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>     Censorship is insidious.  There will never be a more clear sign
> than the
> >>>>     TruthOut case.
> >>>>
> >>>>     Network and software freedom are the only cure.
> >>>>
> >>>>     On Thursday 20 September 2007 11:33 am, Tim Fournet wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>     ...And surprisingly enough...... it arrived without being
> censored!
> >>>>>
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