Freedom of Speech

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• QCs view: Media must fight harder for its freedom

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  " We do not have free speech in Britain, we have expensive speech … Defending a libel action in Britain is vastly more expensive than in any other European country – lawyers will rack up a million pounds in fees for a short trial and our cash-strapped media is increasingly choosing to settle rather than to fight ...
  5 hours ago

• Freedom from Fear in the Health-Care Debate

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 629
  There comes a moment when we can say a word or speak a concept so often that it loses meaning and simply becomes sound.  The concept becomes exhausted, thin, one-dimensional.  Such was the case with the word and the concept…
  6 hours ago

• English libel law stifles freedom of expression worldwide

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Our libel law is out of kilter with the rest of the democratic world, encouraging libel tourism and the erosion of free speech in other countries, writes Simon Singh I have just returned from the launch of Free Speech is Not For Sale , the report of a year-long inquiry into the impact of English libel law on ...
  10 hours ago

• State Declines to File Brief in State v. Drahota (the Nebraska Free Speech / Cyberspace Law Case I’ve Blogged About)

  
  The Volokh Conspiracy — Authority: 765
  As I mentioned before , I’m litigating a pro bono free speech / cyberspace law case before the Nebraska Supreme Court. My client, Darren Drahota, was convicted of two counts of breach of the peace for sending two rude messages to William Avery, who had earlier asked him to stop sending such messages. Avery was ...
  10 hours ago

• University of Massachusetts Welcomes Terrorist Bomber…

  
  Mcnorman's Weblog — Authority: 439
  A terror bomber who served 18 years in federal prison will be allowed to speak at the University of Massachusetts on Thursday — after his speech had been canceled — because a group of faculty members decided to invite him and the university maintains it must fulfill its commitment to “academic freedom.”Raymond ...
  11 hours ago

• The subject line reads: Obama goes full Nazi...from Atlas Shrugs blog

  
  Life on Sleepy Creek in Words and Images — Authority: 453
  http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/11/obama-goes-full-on-nazi-.html A Democratic strategist appeared on Fox News and got an ominous warning. Nazi style or Chicago style - Guess it doesnt matter. You get the point, dont you? Like - its all about freedom of speech.
  12 hours ago

• Cuba: Of Victims & Violence

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 720
  In the aftermath of her seizure by state authorities, Generation Y admonishes those who may be adopting a “blame the victim stance, while Claudia Cadelo says she prefers being a victim to being the executioner. Havana Times , meanwhile, posts a piece about the march against violence on the way to which ...
  12 hours ago

• The Barefoot Bum strikes back and the ethics of blogging.

  
  Anarchoblogs — Authority: 154
  Image by Bearman2007 via Flickr …Sort of. In response to my internet drama post about banning me from his blog and my thoughts about it and his past actions he’s come out to clarify his position and why nobody deserves to call him an enemy of free speech or whatever. Of course that would actually be a ...
  13 hours ago

• Teabaggers invade Kelly Ingram Park

  
  Bessemer Opinions — Authority: 121
  The remnants of the Republican Party in Jefferson County gathered yesterday in Kelly Ingram Park to rally around the U. S. of KKK. All that was missing was the white sheets. Most of the teabaggers have a very narrow view of things. This is representative of some of the Christianist love that was being spread ...
  14 hours ago

• Catholic school suspends student for shaving head

  
  Wallaby — Authority: 459
  The title of this post says it all. See the SMH’s article for more detail. (By the way, SMH, I fixed that passive-voiced headline for you! Look, I’m not pissed off that the Catholic school has suspended the student for shaving her head as a fundraiser for cancer. I’m pissed off that the Catholic school has ...
  19 hours ago

• Stop Hypocrisy at the United Nations

  
  Living Journey — Authority: 126
  I have been getting quite a few emails in regards to the corrupt U.N. Security Council lately… The United Nations Human Rights Council spends a great deal of its time condemning Israel while ignoring real human rights abuses. Recently, the Council approved a resolution endorsing the one-sided, biased report of ...
  21 hours ago

• Consent will be required for cookies in Europe

  
  raving lunacy - oxymorons for the 21st century — Authority: 113
  A step in the right direction. Consent will be required for cookies in Europe | Pinsent Masons LLP Cookies are not a required part of any website’s functionality. Anybody who says they are is: 1. Lying, 2. is too fucking lazy to use log files, 3. has ulterior motives to sell your ass to the first available ...
  23 hours ago

• Hero: Italian feminist calls Muhammad a pedophile on TV

  
  Infidels Are Cool — Authority: 596
  I hope this woman doesn’t end up like so many who dare to insult islam. Either having to live under 24 hour guard (Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Geert Wilders), or dead (Theo van Gogh, countless others). This woman deserves a medal! Italy: Mohammed called a ‘paedophile’ in TV spat Milan, 9 Nov. ( AKI ) – Italian ...
  23 hours ago

• Hungary: Comments on the Interview with Imre Kertész

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 720
  The German newspaper Die Welt published an interview ( GER , HUN ) this weekend with Imre Kertész , a Nobel Prize-winning Hungarian author living in Berlin. Kertész celebrated his 80th birthday on the same day as Germany celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The journalist asked him ...
  23 hours ago

• Ukraine: Flu Stats, Panic, Gauze Masks (and Some Lingerie)

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 720
  GVs H1N1 Outbreak 2009 special coverage page is here . Last weeks coverage of the flu epidemics in Ukraine: Oct. 31 ; Nov. 1 ; Nov. 2 ; Nov. 3 ; Nov. 4 ; Nov. 6 ; Nov. 7 . According to Ukraines Health Ministry (UKR), 1,031,597 people in Ukraine have fallen ill with “flu, acute respiratory illness and ...
  1 day ago

• ALA Controls Nicholasville, KY; Freedom of Speech Denied by Library; Library Director Says Kids Have First Amendment Right to Inappropriate Material

  
  SafeLibraries — Authority: 451
  How many times has SafeLibraries pointed out how the American Library Association [ALA] controls local libraries? Well, heres an article that proves it and details how its done: " Child Protection or Censorship? Library Employees Lose Jobs Over Book ," by Amy Wilson , Lexington Herald-Leader , 8 November 2009. ...
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• Freedom of Speech Valued First Among Muslims

  
  CalAware Today — Authority: 121
  FREE SPEECH -- The deepest and broadest survey ever taken of Muslim attitudes worldwide shows that when asked what item they would put first in a constitution, the overwhelming response was freedom of speech, according to a report on the study in the Toledo Blade. Details on the study and the documentary.
  1 day ago

• Freedom of speech

  
  Anglican Mainstream — Authority: 152
  Letter to The Times Sir, Today the Government looks set to ask the Commons to repeal an important protection for free speech. It was inserted by the Lords into the new homophobic hatred offence in May 2008 and, after twice trying and failing to remove this free speech protection, the Government reluctantly ...
  1 day ago

• Why I pulled the post on Cao

  
  Political Byline — Authority: 622
  Quite frankly, I did not want my server to crash. Plus, I know how the left likes to play the whole McCarthyism game with those who they find offensive. So to stop the madness. I pulled it. Quite frankly, I find all this head-exploding nonsense to be quite humorous. But hey, I made Andrew Sullivan . So, I’m ...
  1 day ago

• The scum also rises

  
  Through The Scary Door — Authority: 121
  There are people who are desperately worried about the state of free speech. They seem to be particularly worried about free speech for racists, I might opine thats all they seem to worry about. Meanwhile, on planet earth, free speech does not exist in a vacuum. If a nazi puts out continual provocations and ...
  1 day ago

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