tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post111884097564424594..comments2023-10-11T09:22:33.136-04:00Comments on Paperback Writer: It's not just RWAUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1119893341801556032005-06-27T13:29:00.000-04:002005-06-27T13:29:00.000-04:00Thoughtful comments, PBW. Thanks for the info.This...Thoughtful comments, PBW. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the info.<BR/><BR/>This is meant as a kindly fyi-- you have a typo..it's Reagan, for former president Ronald, and Regan for Don Regan, Reagan appointee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1119780419941060602005-06-26T06:06:00.000-04:002005-06-26T06:06:00.000-04:00A timely warning, thanks PBW. We've similar insidi...A timely warning, thanks PBW. We've similar insidious events happening here, with our government growing exponentially and getting its grubby little fingers into areas of life it really has no reason to touch.<BR/><BR/>Latest in a long line of 'great ideas' from President Blair is a law banning incitement to religious hatred. Now at first glance this seems like a good idea - no more National Front attacking Jews, no more tirades against all muslims based on the actions of just a few - but it doesn't draw any distinction between religious hatred and religious ridicule (or indeed any kind of religious criticism at all). So saying publicly that you think Muslim fundamentalists are misguided in their thinking, or that some teachings of the Koran (or the bible for that matter) are wrong, will now be a criminal offence.JamesOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332376784689207703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1119778019477402412005-06-26T05:26:00.000-04:002005-06-26T05:26:00.000-04:00It's disturbing how many of America's freedoms are...It's disturbing how many of America's freedoms are being slowly whittled away. Whether it's a 'security measure' or because some influential religious nut - sorry, morally concerned citizen - it's frightening that there is little explanation but for a 'we know what's good for you' speech. I think it's time Americans stood up for their beliefs and said 'no more'.<BR/><BR/>Worse, I can see the undermining of your rights from here and I'm not even on the same continent! (Just because I live in the land down under, doesn't mean I'm looking up your kilt, either!)<BR/><BR/>I'm sure many other citizens who live in this global village are also worried about what's happening over there. <BR/><BR/>Gird your loins fellow villagers, because I doubt the fight will be fair or easy.<BR/><BR/>Jaye PatrickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1119723660917487772005-06-25T14:21:00.000-04:002005-06-25T14:21:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Phoenixwallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00896928536500926320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1119706444116187902005-06-25T09:34:00.000-04:002005-06-25T09:34:00.000-04:00Fantastic post PBW. Some scary shit happening acro...Fantastic post PBW. Some scary shit happening across the border (I'm in Canada).vanessa jayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11059178422559443067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1119705003408102502005-06-25T09:10:00.000-04:002005-06-25T09:10:00.000-04:00Thanks from me, also. I'm just about at my limit ...Thanks from me, also. I'm just about at my limit of what I can stand from this repressive government, and I just can't see how Americans can stand idly by and watch our basic rights being taken away one by one. It's terrifying and the implications are so broad that every American who believes in the Constitution should be willing to go to the mat to stop this juggernaut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1119696691023369322005-06-25T06:51:00.000-04:002005-06-25T06:51:00.000-04:00Thanks for posting this.Nico> Apparently not. *sig...Thanks for posting this.<BR/><BR/>Nico> Apparently not. *sigh*Nonny Blackthornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02921408573581637909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1119684575189949362005-06-25T03:29:00.000-04:002005-06-25T03:29:00.000-04:00Freedom and USA are not what I'd consider complime...Freedom and USA are not what I'd consider complimentary terms anymore. I'm just stunned at the daily revoking of basic freedoms in small pieces that's occuring there. <BR/><BR/>What the heck is going on down there? Does the government not have anything better to do but bully its own citizens now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1119679058806777152005-06-25T01:57:00.000-04:002005-06-25T01:57:00.000-04:00Thanks for making everyone aware of this.Did my bi...Thanks for making everyone aware of this.<BR/>Did my bit.<BR/>This is getting scarier all the time, folks. I'm of a generation who still remembers how hard it was to GET some of these personal freedoms. We're losing them one by one.<BR/>The expression of independent political thought is a first amendment RIGHT. The FEC has no damn business interfering.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com