On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 09:11:01PM -0700, Paul Prescod wrote:
> Owen Byrne wrote:
> >...
> >
> >Except that parroting the party line doesn't really require much
> >freedom of speech. Now if you had posted something from a left of
> >center source, you would have been shouted down in flames, buried in
> >ad hominem attacks, and probably get your name added to an FBI list.
>
> Do you think it is really useful to combat hysterical right-wing
> propoganda with hysterical left-wing propoganda?
>
Sure it is - it tends to bring out the people who let "hysterical
right wing propaganda" spew forth, while reaching for their gun
whenever a "liberal" enters the room.
my hysterical left wing "propaganda" is generally an emotional
reaction on a mailing list, not an organizaed attempt at converting
people's thinking through lies and distortion (as was the original
article).
Whereas your constant and predictable brandings of my postings are, to
my mind, a deliberate and reasoned  effort to reduce debate, and
discourage left of center postngs.
Owen

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Well I don't think China could force Yahoo! to give up info.  So if they
are so willing to give it, why wouldn't they be willing to give info to
some silly group who may one day decide to get a hair up their ass about
the practice of BDSMers? (not to mention folks who don't even practice,
but who are just interested in information) What about folks who are
interested in talking about software security issues?  Didja read about
the guy in China who got 11 years for downloading and printing out pro-democracy
info?
http://www.democracy.org.hk/EN/2002/aug/news_04.html
I'm confused about what you're confused about.
Cindy
On 18 Sep 2002, Gary Lawrence Murphy wrote:
>
> I'm a bit confused about this boycott thing.  How is what China is
> doing any different than having Scientology and who ever else
> state-side who takes the whim evoking the DMCA to close down foreign
> sites they deem inappropriate?  At least the Chinese make it voluntary
> and ask politely, rather than just sending legal musclemen first off.
>
>
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