All, this subject line got by me! AUTHORITARIAN try to use Islam, Christianity, Judaism or ANY religion, or any philosophy for that matter, as their pretext to repress liberty & justice for all.
Eric's attempt is to slander all of Islam in his posting of the above subject line for this message is OFF-topic in this forum. Eric has repeatedly discredited his advocacy by his use of such prejudicial slurs. It is ON-topic in this forum to discuss how authoritarian promotion of religious bigotry can be countervailed by ACTUAL libertarianism. Live&LetLive.1998.05.02: Libertarian national Muslim figure, Dean Ahmad of http://www.minaret.org publishes 'Islam and the Discovery of Freedom' on the 50th anniversary of the creation of the modern state of Israel; and takes live unscreened calls from viewers in this 1 hour TV show. Real Media download/playback http://txliberty.dyndns.org/inetpub/wwwroot/webfiles/LL980502.rm -Terry Liberty Parker AND Find More Free On-demand Playbacks On-line via AustinLibertyInterNet Radio/TV at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LibertyProspects/links VoiceCall 1.512.462.1776 every Sunday 6:30pm (central) to ? I host informal discussion to which all are welcome who want to consider ideas & issues of Liberty & Justice for ALL in Hickory St Grill at 8th & Congress, Austin TX Look for me, MyPicAt http://profiles.yahoo.com/txliberty Live On-line: txliberty via YahooMessenger --- In [email protected], "Eric Dondero Rittberg" <Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.news.com.au/story/print/0,10119,19503274,00.html > > > > Piglet keeps Pooh off air > > From correspondents in Ankara > 17-06-2006 > From: Reuters > > > TURKEY'S public television TRT, controlled by the Islamist-rooted > government, has barred the popular Walt Disney cartoon Winnie the > Pooh from > air because it has a piglet as one of its main heroes, the Turkish > press > reported today. > > Several other cartoons featuring pigs also failed to win the green > light > from TRT management, according to the left-wing Cumhuriyet daily. > > The station initially considered scissoring the scenes showing > Piglet, but > abandoned the idea because the small pink-skinned character, one of > Winnie > the Pooh's closest friends, appeared too often, Cumhuriyet and the > mass-circulation Sabah newspaper said. > > TRT officials were not immediately available for comment. > > Pigs are regarded as unclean by Muslims and Islam prohibits the > consumption > of pork. > > Winnie the Pooh has been aired on other television channels in > Turkey and > its videos are easily available at the stores. > > Employees have recently complained of increasing government > intervention in > TRT's broadcasting policy, including also the appointment of ruling > party > cronies to key posts at the institution, which runs several > television and > radio channels. > > Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development Party, > the > offshoot of a now-banned Islamist movement, is under fire for > seeking to > raise the profile of Islam in mainly Muslim but strictly secular > Turkey. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/yHUd1C/hOaOAA/cUmLAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
