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

[Dustin Puryear]

Finally I get some recognition around here..

I mean, finding the perfect phrasing to kill a thread IS HARD WORK.
Like, hello!

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Andrew Baudouin wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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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>     > Identity Management, LDAP, and Linux Integration
>     >
>     >
>     > 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>
>     >> <mailto: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>
>     >>>     <mailto: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>
>     <mailto: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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