Athiest Banned from YouTube

Nick GisburneReligion is one of those topics I normally don’t want to touch with a 10 foot pole. I’ve found that no one ever agrees when it comes to this topic. Heck, I’ve seen Christians arguing with one another over the meaning of a particular passage of scripture, so you know no good can come of a debate with an Atheist.

Having said that, I was very disturbed to learn that some YouTube staffer decided to ban a member on religious grounds. Nick Gisburne, an outspoken member of the YouTube community recently posted a video comprised solely of a slide show of quotes taken from the Qur’an. All of the quotes deal with the negative aspects of being a non-believer – such as going to hell, being killed and burning for eternity.

Clearly this video illustrates just one side of the discussion, and I would imagine an appropriate Islamic response would have been a video depicting passages of love and peace from the same book. But no one had the chance to issue such a response.
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Senator Ted Kennedy Supports Net Neutrality

Ted KennedyRegardless of political affiliation, Ted Kennedy issued a nice little speech in support of freedom on the Internet a few months ago. It’s worth taking a look at to make sure that you understand what’s at stake.

Also, if you’re unfamiliar with Net Neutrality please see my previous article, The Importance of Net Neutrality.
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Freedom of Speech

George Washington

“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”

George Washington

10 Years in Jail for Chinese Blogger

Police TakedownImagine a knock on the door after you have been on the Internet, blogging, and the next moment you are under arrest. Amnesty International launched a campaign in defence of Internet bloggers in many countries – including China, Tunisia and Iran who have been arrested for expressing views which have upset their governments.

But how have they been tracked down? It turns out that they have been turned in by major Internet providers such as Yahoo and Microsoft, who have supplied foreign governments with the information they need to pursue them.
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The TSA is Going to Photograph You Naked!!!

Naked Security ScannerWow.This is not a joke! The US Transportation Security Agency has already installed a machine in the Phoenix airport that literally sees through 100% of your clothes down to your bare skin and can display high resolution images of you in all your naked glory.

Assuming that all goes well with the initial run of the backscatter at Sky Harbor, similar technologies will be introduced to a number of other major U.S. airports early in 2007.
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Torture: America’s Brutal Prisons

Video CameraDamn! This British news video demonstrates yet again evidence of police brutality. They claim that their investigation uncovered abuses at every level of the prison systems, and they present enough evidence in this video that I believe their claim.

This 50 minute program is NOT appropriate for children.
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The Importance of Net Neutrality

Congress is pushing a law that would abandon the Internet’s First Amendment — a principle called Network Neutrality that prevents companies like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast from deciding which Web sites work best for you — based on what site pays them the most. If the public doesn’t speak up now, our elected officials will cave to a multi-million dollar lobbying campaign.


Save the Net Now

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Police Taser UCLA Student

Tazer

WESTWOOD, CA (AP) — A student shocked with a Taser gun by a campus police officer after refusing requests to show his ID card thought he was being singled out because of his Middle Eastern appearance, his lawyer said.

Attorney Stephen Yagman said he plans to file a federal civil rights lawsuit accusing the UCLA police of ”brutal excessive force,” as well as false arrest stemming from the Tuesday night incident at a campus library.
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Freedom

John F. Kennedy

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”

- John F. Kennedy