When you restrict freedom of speech so it will not offend segment of the population how do you prioritize which segment’s feelings are more valuable? Is it not OK to insult Muslims for their believes but OK to insults evangelical christians? This is the kind of issues the NY Times usually ignores, mostly because it [...]
There they go again! This time the NY Times questions the merits of the American approach toward freedom of speech. What is strikingly shocking is that the only justification to ban certain form of speech, particularly what many define as “hate speech” is because:
“In much of the developed world, one uses racial epithets at one’s [...]
This is another example why I am not, and will not, be a member of the ACLU. Ownership and allowing consumers to decide for themselves, by making purchasing decisions, is one human right the ACLU choose not to protect for political reasons. Inviting the FCC to regulate more than it does already is invitation for [...]
One of the things I never learned is latin, but I trust this is accurate:
The regulator’s motto is “Dirigo, ergo sum” — I boss people around, therefore I am.
As the rest of George Will’s column about the dreary implications of the McCain-Fiengold campaign finance reform:
Parker North is a cluster of about 300 houses close to [...]
Rogel @ April 26, 2008 # 3 Comments
I’ll open this thread of links with good news, and it is coming from no other than New Jersey. There are many questions about privacy in the era of facebook, It will take time until we will be able to sort the right formulation of privacy and the limits we set on corporations like google [...]
If I was a Canadian I would be worry to learn what Human Rights Commissioner views are on ,hmmmm, Human rights:
In fact, for an organization that is supposed to promote “human rights,” the HRC’s agents seem curiously oblivious to basic aspects of constitutional law. In one famous exchange during the Lemire case, Steacy was asked [...]
Since I already broke my rule about writing on UN issues I feel obligated to link to this post. It is always interesting to note what the UN Human Rights Mockery Council consider human rights. Freedom of speech isn’t one of them apparently:
So prohibiting dissemination of ideas based upon religious superiority “is compatible with the [...]
Rogel @ March 25, 2008 # 3 Comments
I’m having an interesting discussion with Elad about what constitute “Free” and the dangers of regulating virtues for the “public good”. I was looking for a relevant example, and the story about the FCC appeal to the supreme court about previous ruling regarding the enforcement of the indecency act is a perfect match. I wrote [...]
I am reading the stories, about Clinton and McCain, involvement with different lobbies with certain level of amusement. After all, what did we really thought that will happen after we built a system that make lobbying not only beneficial, but crucial? Every time that we added regulatory layer of protection we shifted the focus [...]
It is interesting to note Clinton’s criticism on Obama naiveté, particularly when it comes to special interests. After all Clinton know very well about special interests, her ties to some of them are well documented…
Hillary mocks obama
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As a side note I have to say that the repeat mention of limiting access of special [...]