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> 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". > > > > -- > > 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 > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.brlug.net/pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20070920/be815765/attachment.html
