What has any of this got to do with the search for a ToE? Kim
> On 19 Jan 2015, at 11:13 am, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List > <everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > > From: everything-list@googlegroups.com > [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] > > From: everything-list@googlegroups.com > [mailto:everything-list@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of LizR > > Seconded (I am allowed to say that, right?) > > Of course it isn't just France. And some countries go one step further and > actively brainwash their citizens from an early age into thinking they are > wonderful, and thus try to prevent even the possibility of "thoughtcrime". > > If only this was just a French phenomenon… and the rest of the world was > sane! The post 911 US has substantially surrendered itself to a neocon > inspired state of being in permanent war, a war buttressed by new draconian > and sweeping legal powers (delivered by in secrecy, in secret courts, by > secret judges – In truth there is no justice in “secret justice”) We lost our > legal protections and individual freedoms more than a decade ago with the > PATRIOT Act (I & II) subsequently reconfirmed and extended – during Obama’s > tenure. It is sad for me to see this Neocon inspired American nightmare (e.g. > our countries docile descent –like slowly boiled frogs – into > totalitarianism and a growing adoption of an Orwellian mindset) so > enthusiastically embraced in Western Europe. > But also in Australia and Canada as well. I don’t know about NZ, hopefully > for you this totalitarian cultural disease has not infected your society to > the extent it has infected the US and the EU. > The water is getting rather hot.. said one frog to the other…. Then they went > back to watching the game… > -Chris > > P.S. Speaking of watching the game… Go Seahawks! > > On 18 January 2015 at 17:06, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List > <everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote: > It is sad to see, for France has such a heritage, but it seems there is > diminishing actual functioning Free Speech rights in France; when scores of > people are getting arrested and thrown into jail for unpopular free speech, > which in France has now become the new Orwellian thought crime of “supporting > terrorism”. > Either Free Speech applies to all; or it does not apply. If unpopular – and > even repugnant -- free speech is punished with long jail terms; then the > state sanctioned mechanisms are in place for destroying effective right of > free speech, which soon becomes free only when it reflects the desire of > those who rule. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
