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You can only have respect for a man like Dana who obviously deeply believed in reporting the truth despite the risks. It must be so much easier to bury your head in the sand, as most of us do. Thanks for bringing his story to our attention.

It has everything to do with political correctness Vs free speech, in that for some people to say anything that goes their against their views is unacceptable, and find the least comment insulting. People who oppose freedom of speech are notoriously humourless. Anyway, who are you to say who I...

Reread the 'attacks' and see if you can recognise the clear use of irony. And I was questioning the application of board policy, not the policy itself. Is questioning board policy against board policy? Aren't free speech zones just another form of censorship? "When Bush travels around the...

No matter what we think of each other, its important to allow one another to air our views. This is not what the Bush Administration has been all about, but they are not going unchallanged: “A US court has struck down part of the Bush administration's controversial anti-terror Patriot Act...

I 100% agree that this is a worthwhile topic. I can't believe that the second thread got closed - a much tamer thread - just because it continued the discussion we were having - against the rules :rolleyes: Let it go, Evo. Don't go banning the Freedom of Speech and Censorship threads unless...

Really? Are you bringing in some Patriot Act type measures? I wonder what other members think of this change of attitude.

What are the conditions under which censorship should exist in a free and open society? I cannot believe that the Political Correctness & Freedom of Speech thread has been closed twice. I can see the case for a misunderstanding in the first thread, but what was the problem with the second...

You know we ring a bell to give notice of 'last orders'? Pavlov would love it :biggrin:

Guys, take heart and say what you feel, if not in public then at least here on PF. I've been told that when you are in the minority be brave and remember Burk's words: "The only thing necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing." When you have the luxury of being in the...

This is a bit embarrassing... I have version 1. :redface: I suppose you have version 58.3. :rolleyes: Go on then, make fun of me... :cry:

Every culture is different, and giving the UK the same laws as in France etc doesn't mean we all start drinking like the French. And remember, there are more kinds of correlation than the linear i.e. longer drinking hours doesn't necessarily mean more drunkeness. It will be interesting to see...

True. If you are a wino, you're still a wino whether in Suadi or in France, and will find drink accordingly. Also, the rapid drinking up time in pubs here (last orders 11pm, kicked out 11.20pm) is blamed for a lot of the drunkeness as people have to drink that much quicker, and kicking everyone...

:rofl: Good one. I suppose you are saying that society can't be trusted not to drink to excess if bars were open 24 hours. My local shop is open 24 hours; do I buy more than I want because of this?

Like I said, 24 hour drinking isn't going to be compulsory. What about freedom of choice? What about shift-workers?

Probably true, but interesting that it never made much impact in the news - perhaps a sort of censorship in itself - as it appears to be an interesting move. Any idea who is responsible for pixellating suspected porn on American people's behalf? In the UK we call this sort of government...