Freedom of speech
A community portal about Freedom of speech with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: is enshrined in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is granted formal recognition by the laws of most... [more]
A community portal about Freedom of speech with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: is enshrined in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is granted formal recognition by the laws of most nations. Nonetheless the degree to which the right is upheld in practice varies greatly from one nation to another. In some nations with relatively authoritarian forms of government, overt government censorship is enforced, while among liberal democracies, censorship has been claimed to occur in a different form and there are different approaches to issues such as hate speech, obscenity and defamation laws.
In slogging out this blog over the past two years, there has been a phenomena that some might find strange. Almost all of the homophobic and misogynistic comments have come from those who are politically left of center. Even though I viciously attack George Bush, argue the insanity of our foreign policy, strenuously make the case for same sex marriage, am a PETA supporter and push other issues that are traditionally trigger buttons for conservatives—they continue to come around, make...
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Appeasing Turkey - but maybe the US might find that this is too big an ego to stroke - as the Turkish are very much geared towards Empire - and this oil game is almost over. It will be difficult to force the people to remain on oil in the future - there are just so many factors working against oil at the moment - which are not likely to let up any time soon - 1) access to information - people can readily access information - that means information is no longer controlled by the few...
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Sometime you win the battle - but lose the war. This may be a battle which was won by Muslims in the UN - but ultimately they will lose the war. These Muslims nations have just verified that the barbaric practices - of stoning, female circumcision, and child marriages are indeed Muslim practices. Any nation wishing to import a Muslim population - will view these things as normal Islamic practise - and likely think twice as to whether they wish to take them in or not. Today it can be seen that...
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What we are fighting for!!
What a load of #$%&!! Does this sound like an ally?
Karachi, 23 June (AKI) - (by Syed Saleem Shahzad) - An Afghan journalist accused of distributing an unacceptable translation of the Koran should be put to death, says former Prime Minister Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai.
Former journalist Ghows Zalmay, who was also the spokesman for Afghanistan's Attorney-General, was arrested in November last year for distributing a translation of the Koran into Dari, one of...
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European Muslims - please tell us about your treatment here in Europe again !! In Algeria Christians are locked up for being Christian. Having to pay the court 1000 euros to avoid actually going to jail. Is there a problem with Christianophobia in the Islamic world – perhaps we should go to the UN to get special protection for Christians!! Nowhere in Europe are Muslims treated the way Christians are treated in the Islamic world - yet Muslims remain silent. Algiers, 3 July (AKI) - Two...
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John Wilson, a Ph.D. student in Educational Administration and Foundations presented "Academic Freedom and the War on Terror: Censorship of Criticism about Israel and the Bush Administration" at International ...
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Pigdogfucker has started to eat his own tail. Last week we had this : Everyone should have the right to say appalling and offensive things.
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Truths are now considered "racial remarks"...How much longer do you think we have left to be able to pratice our freedom of speech, or what's left of it? Wouldn't even be a problem if this were a homogenous ...
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Don't expect much Freedom of Speech under an Obama regime. He is already giving a glimpse into our possible future by threating to bringing lawsuits against broadcast stations.
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Freedom of speech, freedom of press, are nice slogans, but not realities. Sure, you can speak your mind ... as long as it doesn't contradict the current orthodoxy.
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"INCONVENIENCE," so wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy, "does not absolve government from its obligation to tolerate speech." Governor Eddie T. Panlilio, or his famous alter ego, should have been reminded of the ...
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The Georgetown County Planning Commission will host a public hearing tonight on whether to revise a sign ordinance to protect freedom of speech.
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Thank you for your message regarding freedom of speech and the protests occurring around the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis Saint Paul.
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ANKARA: Turkey's prime minister and its top media group are locked in a fierce row over corruption allegations that places freedom of speech and the powers of government and business in the spotlight in this EU ...
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ANKARA * Turkey's Prime Minister and its top media group are locked in a fierce row over corruption allegations that places freedom of speech and the powers of government and business in the spotlight in this ...
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