It may be true that the United States government has only limited ability to censure the internet at this point in time, but this is America, and it is the land of the free, and the patriots of 1776 watered our soil with their blood to nurture the seeds of freedom. Now the government is slowly taking those freedoms away, little by little in doses just enough to prevent an uproar.
We become the proverbial frog's in boiling water, as they take more and more freedoms away in the name of national security. Now we have already become accustomed to the fact that when we go to the airport, we have a choice of either taking a stiff dose of radiation (for which a doctor or dentist will give you a led shield to protect your vital organs) or having our and our children's genitals groped, which is outrageously ridiculous and ineffective. It amazes me when Americans think that these things are of no great concern. The government is not going to stop at censuring the Internet. History proves that when a few people in governments gain power, despotism emerges. Are the American people stupid enough to think that the constitution is immune from tyrannical overthrow from within? Do Americans think that if they go on year after year and neglect their right to vote, protest and exercise control over their government that the government is going to continue on as in innocent little angel with no more than an undying concern for the good of the people? I think a lot of people are in for a rude awakening. On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 6:37 AM, Jeff Lasman <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday, November 29, 2010 03:13:44 pm Paul Saenz wrote: > >> The debate is centered on whether or not the Attorney General will >> have the power >> to take down websites without judicial review, and if the bill will be >> used to silence >> political opponents or critics. > > This morning the attention is on Wikileaks. > > wikileaks.org, wikileaks.net, and wikileaks.com are all down as of this > writing, ABC News (probabably others as well but that's what I've been > watching since 4am), says they were brought down by their hosts, but they > mention easyDNS as one of the hosts. (Does easyDNS host anything besides > DNS?); ABC said they've moved to wikileaks.ch. I've checked, and that's up. > > So evidently other news organizations, though too chicken to release the > records themselves, are willing to let us know where the site is now. They're > helping people find it who otherwise wouldn't be easy to do so easily. > > Switzerland is supposedly a "neutral" country; let's see if they leave it up. > > If they bring it down, it will probably move elsewhere. In otherwords U.S. > government censorship can't control the entire Internet, only the U.S. domain > space. > > I suppose the U.S. could figure out how to block the traffic from U.S. > citizens. While in the case of Wikileaks this won't do anything to help keep > the data out of public hands, this ongoing event will show us all what the > government can do in terms of censorship. > > Jeff > -- > Jeff Lasman > Post Office Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 > Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only > Phone +1 909 266-9209, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
