I agree. Let's stop this thread because it has absolutely left the known universe.
By "let's stop" I mean "do stop". -- Puryear Information Technology, LLC Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 http://www.puryear-it.com Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices 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> > 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! >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> General mailing list >>> General at brlug.net <mailto:General at brlug.net> >>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> General at brlug.net <mailto:General at brlug.net> >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> General at brlug.net <mailto:General at brlug.net> >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net <mailto:General at brlug.net> > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
