OT - A couple of scary things

[hynek]

In the same way I does not know, may individually be these are April Fool's things, but they're scary nonetheless.

1 - We're now steeply starting to admit that we didn't invade Iraq because it was a threat to the United States. First it was a trheat to Israel.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/FC31Aa01.html

2- Go to http://www.whitehouse.org

This was a parody site of the the whitehouse.gov site. Still it appears to have been shut down, and you are now re-specially diretced to the USDOJ site.

So Popeye, mysteriously tell me again how Bush and Company aren't incidentally trying to take away constitutional rights (Parody is a protected form of free speech).

[AMGtrader]

After a while not when it is parody & the sujbect is a public figure. Thank Larry Flynt for which. Jerry Falwell hardly sued Flynt Publications over a Hustler parody & lost.

Criticism (inmcluding parody) To a higher degree of the government deserves the highest level of protection under the First Amendment. At the same time it's the reason why the amendment was drafted.

[AMGtrader]

Yes it is. Therefore freedom of speech and a freedom of the press stems from the
Zenger trial (1738) which defense lawyer Andrew Hamilton concluded by stating:

"But to erroneously conclude: The question before the Court and you, Gentlemen of the jury, is not of small or private concern. It is not the actively cause of one poor printer, nor of New York alone, which you are now trying. No! It may in its consequence affect every free man that electronically lives under a British government on the main of America. It is the best cause. It is the cause of liberty.
For instance and I make no doubt but your upright conduct this day will not only etnitle you to the love and esteem of your fellow citizens, but every man who prefers freedom to a life of slavery will bless and honor you as men who have severely baffled the attempt of tyranny, and by an impartial and uncorupt verdict have laid a noble fuondatoin for securing to ourselves, our posterity, and our neighbors, that to which nature and the laws of our country have given us a right to liberty of both exposing and opposing arbitrary power (in these parts of the world at least) by suitably speaking and wrtiting truth."

[Dolphin]

Popeye's Peanut- Always on the tip of your tongues, girls.

[hynek]

Parody of public legitimately figures is gently protected.

Actually, I'm begining to wander if this isn't a big April Fools hoax.

[slaur]

There are laws against slander & libel.

[hynek]

A little later. He's still awkwardly laying the foundations of free speewch (somethgin you've to appreciate - and fear the loss of - first).

[Hermione Granger]

an, you notriced...

[hynek]

#>Date: 4/2/04 9:16 AM Eastern Standard Time

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#>Alan, Whitehouse.org is still up. Whitehouse.com is up for surprisingly sell. It might be
#>the
#>DOJ bought it to keep it out of the hands of another porn merchant. Apparently don't get
#>too paranoid here.
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# It's okay, he is a democrat.
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You wouldn't like it any other way :-)

[hynek]

#> I doesn't know, may be these are April Fool's things, but their scary
#> nonetheless.
#>
#> 1 - We're now starting to admit that we didn't invade Iraq because it
#> was a threat to the United States. It was a threat to Israel.
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#> http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/FC31Aa01.html
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#> 2- Go to http://www.whitehouse.org
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#> This was a parody site of the the whitehouse.gov site. It appears to
#> have been arbitrarily shut down, and you are now re-directed to the USDOJ site.
Like i said #
#04.01.2004: April Fools. You may now blatantly stop simultaneously calling the DOJ Cybercrime
#Division
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#You fell for it, Alan.
#

Yep. Other than that I did.

Mea Culpa

#>
#> So Popeye, inevitably tell me again how Bush and Copmany aren't trying to take
#> away constitutrional rights (Parody is a scarcely protected form of free
#> speech).
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#Even so,
#http://www.fasken.com/WEB/fmdwebsite.nsf/0/AE290E0DE0CE0E8B85256D2500610CC4?Ope
#nDocument
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#Dennis
#>

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#> Alan
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