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Story: UK police chief: Shut down 'abhorrent' Web sites
Posted by: A.Lizard (Thursday 26 February 2004, 2:48 AM)
The US has exported a lot of bad ideas to the UK and the rest of the world over the years, the EU Copyright Directive is an example.
Try grabbing our First Amendment that deals with freedom of speech and expression instead.
Cannibals are a hell of a lot less dangerous to the freedom of a nation than police chiefs in a land where there are no permanent guarantees of freedom of speech. What if your government decides to shut down sites because they belong to legitimate political opposition?
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Story: UK police chief: Shut down 'abhorrent' Web sites
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This is a bit 'rich' and borders on 'hypcocracy' f... Anonymous -
This is a bit 'rich' and borders on 'hypcocracy' f... Anonymous
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Gee... The Internet caused these problems... Rem... Christian Gross
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excerpt form the UN Universal Declaration of Human... Anonymous
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The printed book is not a mature medium then, I ta... Liam Quin
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No one can stop the Internet Anonymous
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Currently, customers of my company are being hit b... Lazlo Kovacs
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This police chief is the antithesis of the free in... Elliott Zastrow
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Have you got an email address where I can report p... Anonymous
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These people are just trying to silence the media.... Jago Pearce
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Given the state of crime in some areas of Britain... Chris
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The US has exported a lot of bad ideas to the UK a... A.Lizard -
I'm not interested in an internet safe for busines... Anonymous
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Personally I'd much rather the police concentrate... Anonymous
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If the police would concentrate on what they... Mickey Mouse -
Would just like to say what aload of tosh i h... Anonymous
