Free Speech

This is a great explanation of how and why the Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R.3261) is going to do a lot of damage to the Internet: And this is what you can do about it. Make waves. Talk to people. Tell your congresscritters to vote against it. If you want to know more, you can read more about SOPA at Wikipedia, you can see its progress at GovTrack, and you can find out more … [Read more...] about Why SOPA is Bad and What You Can Do About It

Apparently, Professor James Miller at the University of Wisconsin (Stout campus) is a Firefly fan, because he had on his office door a poster of Nathan Fillion as Captain Mal Reynolds, with the quote "You don't know me, son, so let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you'll be awake. You'll be facing me. And you'll be armed." That sentiment so enraged the morons in … [Read more...] about You Know Your Threat Assessment Team is a Bunch of Pussies When…

(I've been hanging onto this for a few days in the hope of figuring out a better way to say what I'm trying to say, but it's just not coming to me, so I'm going with what I've got.) In the wake of the tragic shooting of Representative Gabrielle Giffords last weekend, we've been hearing the usual scolding from public figures worried about the anger and hatred in our … [Read more...] about To Hell With Toning It Down

Over at the Legal Satyricon, Charles Platt is a little annoyed at Julian Assange over the whole Wikileaks business: I'm getting an uneasy feeling when I watch Julian Assange using pretentious phrases such as "my philosophy" and "my work." ... It's the same feeling I had when I saw the World Trade Center going down. A feeling that I am watching a golden opportunity for people … [Read more...] about Free Speech At the Fringes

I was reading yet another story about the good old fashioned book burning organized, then cancelled, by Pastor Terry Jones. President Hamid Karzai was quoted as saying:"We have heard that in the US, a pastor has decided to insult Korans. Now although we have heard that they are not doing this, we tell them they should not even think of it."By burning the Koran, they cannot harm … [Read more...] about Eating Babies and Missing the Point