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Freetradesucks (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 07:34 PM Original message |
Chavez defends plan for Internet regulations |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. I am sure that he has the best possible intentions to limit... |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
40. Do you find this (photo) acceptable? |
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mommalegga (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #40 |
57. No Problem with it at all... |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Chavez cheerleader brigades inbound in 3...2...1... |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Just the beginning. Wait for some other memorable decrees |
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Creative (831 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
106. Chavez's supporters are the most regressive and hypocritical people I have ever seen. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. I look forward to WaPo's uncoming defense of Wikileaks. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 07:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Should be memorable. n/t |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
90. +5 |
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DemocratAholic (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. Chavez is out of control |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. It will lead to more ignorant blathering on the Internet is my guess. nt |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
43. Maybe it will lead to less of this? (photo) |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
104. So Hugo doesn't like being compared a fascist dictator of the sort |
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SoBronxSchool (64 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #104 |
107. Foot |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 08:48 PM Response to Reply #104 |
113. You are aware that the U.S. has libel laws? |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 12:14 AM Response to Reply #113 |
121. So you want a Ministry of Truth set-up by the government to decide |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 12:38 AM Response to Reply #121 |
122. There are many antichavistas that want to murder him so where is the limit on freedom of speech |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 07:23 AM Response to Reply #122 |
127. You mean people want to rid themselves of a budding tyrant/despot? |
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ttwiddler (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 03:04 AM Response to Reply #113 |
124. This makes no sense |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. DU access will be denied, I'd guess. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 10:38 PM Response to Reply #8 |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. What you mean "us", Kemosabe? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:41 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Zorro riffing on Tonto.... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 02:03 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. "Most" is not "all". |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'd like to know why it got little disrespect among the rightists when it was learned |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 08:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 09:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
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naaman fletcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. coffee shop revolutionary, that is. |
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The abyss (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. You just reminded me of a memorable film quote |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. No, most people who back government power are status quo. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 09:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 10:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. You're wearing the "tu quoque" fallacy out, you are: |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 12:41 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. That's the first page of the Chavez Cheerleader playbook. nt |
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molly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. Judi Lynn |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. New story today: Which are the countries most effective in reducing poverty and inequality? |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Nice threadjack. Directly addressing the OP is problematic for you, isn't it? |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:37 PM Original message |
That's Judi's basic MO, don't you know. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:56 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. Facebook Statement of Rights and Responsibilities |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
68. Judi: Here is the actual text of the law straight from the National Assembly's website: |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 01:04 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. *IF* that translation is correct, DU would be guilty of item #5- and be censored in Venezuela |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 01:37 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Yes that's the key. The other items are reasonable and |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #68 |
108. It's not a good idea. Broad and overreaching. |
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ttwiddler (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 03:09 AM Response to Reply #68 |
125. Hoping the translation is kind of accurate |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. Ah yes, the great "progressive" leader of Venezuela |
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Kurska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. But..but...but he says bad things about the united states! |
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Freetradesucks (313 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Nail on the head. |
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NeoConsSuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 03:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
30. And why is that scary? |
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sharesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. Look on the bright side... |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
33. There's a bright side to censorship? n/t |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
83. Yeah |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-19-10 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
19. If the US did this it'd be OK right? |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 08:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Actually, they're trying to: "Feds Seek Computer Firewall to Block WikiLeaks 'Pollution'" |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Feds are not blocking wikileaks from the United States |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
25. You tell me how this is good for the people. |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #25 |
42. You tell me how this (photo) is good for the people |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
114. Should you be arrested for posting this image on DU? |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
31. censorship. banning messages that disrespect public authorities |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-20-10 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
35. K&R #10 for bwah-ha-HAH !1 That Huguito, always protecting!1 n/t |
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IBEWVET (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. K&R |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
39. Don't go there Chavez or you will loose most of your supporters. Take the critics |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:49 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. No, Chavez supporters understand the situation |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I think I saw quite a few variations of this of Bush on DU... |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. That's no comparison to front page of a newspaper |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I think Mother Jones did that to George W. Bush at least once |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #48 |
50. The Bush family had actual ties to Nazis, though right? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Claiming "no comparison" is a chickenshit, empty argument |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:29 AM Response to Reply #52 |
58. Wow, now *that* is a chicken shit right wingnut argument. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. They have a right to do exactly that, if that is what they want to do |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. No, they don't have a "right" to do that |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Let me know when someone gets prosecuted for that. Here's some reading for you... |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 01:15 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. That homework was easy- Search DU for 'Bushitler' and you get *4000+* hits: |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 06:51 PM Response to Reply #50 |
110. lol. that 's the weakest argument I can imagine. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 08:35 PM Response to Reply #110 |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:02 AM Response to Reply #41 |
46. That's perfectly acceptable to me, as long as it isn't being done with public money |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #46 |
53. So if Fox News decides to start depicting Obama as Hitler |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:26 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Yes, I'd be perfectly OK with that. Fox News isn't getting any public money. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #53 |
70. I would. They most assuredly have that right. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Oh, they're aware of it- they just don't want *those* people expressing themselves. n/t |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #70 |
76. You need to research what constitutes libel. n/t |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:37 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Is that your professional legal opinion? nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:43 PM Response to Reply #77 |
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ttwiddler (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 03:14 AM Response to Reply #76 |
126. Libel doesn't apply to public figures |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:05 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. It's an opinion. A cartoon. Sure, it's acceptable |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #41 |
51. Legally? Absolutely acceptable - Bush, Chavez, Obama, the pope. |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. That billboard got replaced fairly quickly, didn't it? n/t |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Unpopular, controversial opinions have a way of getting quashed by public reaction |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Actually, we have laws against libel and slander. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. Criticizing a politician by making him or her into Hitler isn't liber or slander |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #63 |
80. Fine, go get a job as chief editor of a major newspaper... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #80 |
82. Plenty of people have equated President Obama with Hitler, and not one has been sued for it. |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. LOL. Clearly you need to Google "satire" too. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Barack Obama as Muslim militant = "satire", Barack Obama as Hitler = "not satire" |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #86 |
91. Seriously, could you actually read about libel law before commenting further? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 04:48 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. It's perfectly OK, and not actionable as libel, for political satire to be malicious |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #92 |
97. Again (getting tired of saying this)... that is not a newspaper front page |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. There is no substantive difference. Both illustrations are satirical portrayals of politicians. |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. LOL. Now you are playing games. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. You tell me what the difference is. |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. Oh come on. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #105 |
117. Oh, it's very clear. You support the idea of "Lèse majesté" and describe it as libel |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #105 |
128. Libel requires an intentional misstatement of fact |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. So...you want to control the sinful ways of others and limit their ability to dissent? |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. What do you think libel laws are for? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Libel laws allow people who have been intentionally harmed by written lies to seek compensation |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #65 |
85. Penticton man pleads guilty to hanging libellous posters |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #85 |
87. Not even close to a valid analogy. The fact that you don't understand the difference amuses me. |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. The difference between what? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 04:46 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. The difference between libel, which is a form of defamation, and political satire, which is not |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #89 |
93. No, it's very clear that you don't know what you're talking about. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 04:59 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. Newspapers are permitted to publish editorial opinions in the form of satire |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 05:06 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Again, this is where the issue of malice comes in |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. I've never claimed that Chavez's political opponents did not have malice toward Chavez |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #96 |
99. I think you're starting to get it, at least |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #99 |
101. It's still an opinion piece. |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. First of all, this is clearly beyond mere "opinion pieces", in my view. |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #103 |
118. You sound like Boss Tweed complaining about Thomas Nast |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #103 |
129. Yeah well, that's just, ya know, like, your opinion, man. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 09:40 PM Response to Reply #99 |
116. So, that's the third image you have posted that you think should be illegal, |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 01:36 AM Response to Reply #85 |
123. I don't have to Google to know that Penticton, BC is in CANADA, not the US |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #62 |
73. Apparently, you think libel laws only apply to people who you disagree with. |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #73 |
81. You obviously haven't read a word I've said. n/t |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #81 |
115. I've read the one where you confuse 'libel' with 'Lèse majesté' |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 09:59 PM Response to Reply #62 |
119. Then let him prove libel AFTER the fact, not before it (nt) |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #54 |
67. Was it removed by the government? nt |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 06:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
109. Obama has had to deal with shit that bad |
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IBEWVET (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
75. What would DUer's think |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 02:39 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Of COURSE it's progressive. We know this because a progressive did it, DUH. nt |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
112. They should call it "Net Neutrality", then it would be OK. nt |
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friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-21-10 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
120. This is like watching Stalinists defend the Molotov-Von Ribbentrop pact |
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