Comments on: Restrictions on Free Speech

By: raincoaster

raincoaster — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 11:45:41 +0000

Works in the case of journalists.

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By: Jack Target

Jack Target — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 12:06:28 +0000

Politician’s opinions are often reported quite widely too, especially senior ones. Yet they need have no more qualifications than celebrities and rock-stars. I suspect Bono could get himself elected pretty quickly if he chose! Would we suddenly give credance to the things that the same man is saying because he’s now an MP?

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By: raincoaster

raincoaster — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 11:00:04 +0000

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See, the post is now up. All you have to do is cry “Conservative Conspiracy” and you get what you want.

A lesson which should be more widely known in my country.

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By: raincoaster

raincoaster — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 22:48:04 +0000

But idlex, it’s far more amusing to complain about repression of freedom of speech in this thread. It is ONLY freedom of speech supporting Bono, too. So it’s obviously a Tory plot; perhaps I shall file a FOI request for my missing post…

I think that famous people have as much right to their opinions and freedom of speech as obscure ones; that their remarks are reported more widely means that they’ll have more impact, so when I see someone like Bono, who actually knows what he’s talking about and gets good things accomplished, I want to applaud.

Also, when I see eedjuts blabbering on and showing how clueless they are, I want to applaud, too, for the world should KNOW they are eedjuts before it takes their advice.

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By: Jack Ramsey

Jack Ramsey — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 16:13:18 +0000

Slightly off topic but not much so I don’t altogether apologise for forwarding this to you all.

Here is URL you might like to look up

http://www.pro-test.org.uk/March.aspx

Our next march will take place on Saturday, 3 June in Oxford. The march
will start at 11.45am at the corner of Parks Road and Broad Street -
please assemble at 11.30am – and should last about 90 minutes. Speeches
will take place at Parks Road and outside the lab building site. This will
be another major, peaceful protest in support of animal research and the
Oxford lab, and a great chance for you to stand up for science. Please
spread the word as widely as possible and encourage friends, colleagues
and relatives to participate. You can download a poster here. Why not
BYOB: Bring Your Own Banner! If you are interested in helping to steward,
get in touch!

We are keen to link up with supporters from outside Oxford. For
information about travelling to Oxford for the march, or if you are
thinking about bringing along a group of people to participate, please
contact us for any advice you may need.

Pro-Test looks forward to seeing you there!

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By: idlex

idlex — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 13:52:14 +0000

I’ve seen no sign of Melissa for a while, raincoaster. And she’s the one that gives these things the nod, I believe.

I ran into the problem a while back with a long posting. Fortunately, I’d written it using some text editor, and so I just chopped it in half and tried again using two postings. It got posted up immediately. The original followed about 4 days later.

Of Bono, I think that he is very active in at least one excellent cause – AIDS in Africa -, and can get the ear of more or less any politician he wants about it, and can even make things happen in some degree.

But I have some reservations about rock stars using their fame/status in these ways, all the same.

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By: raincoaster

raincoaster — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 13:00:50 +0000

Still waiting…

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By: Jack Target

Jack Target — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 09:48:01 +0000

In allowing the Blair regime to decimate English Common Law and take the country to the brink of dictatorship we have disgraced all those ancestors who fought and died for our liberty.

Take a look at this (on the BBC):

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4770231.stm

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By: raincoaster

raincoaster — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 01:29:38 +0000

I’m still patiently waiting for my pro-Bono piece to be approved by the webmaster. Does this count as restriction of freedom of speech?

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By: idlex

idlex — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 01:08:36 +0000

So why does Blair find it so necessary?

Because, apparently, “Everything changed after 9/11.” Which, of course, it didn’t. Or at least, no more than everything changed after the Brighton bombing.

And one does indeed have to credit Thatcher.

And I see no sign so far of the Tories seeking to roll back the legislation.

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