"J.Venning" <J.Venning@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Tom" <dantPAYATTENTIONomel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> People who think others to be rounded up and shot should be rounded
up
>>>> and shot.
>>>> That will solve all the problems.
>>> Yeah, just like in Iraq.
>> Is that you think is happening in Iraq? I don't think so.
>
> Be grateful that you may think and express yourself the way you want
> and how you want, no matter how ignorant.
As your posts indicate, considering the ignorance they display.
Have you thought to check out the record of freedom of speech in most any
Middle Eastern countries at all? World-wide, journalists have dubbed the
Middle Eastern "the arc of silence" due to the extreme repression.
Egypt and Lebanon have a freedom of the press clause in their constitution
but it is rarely put into practice. The Egyptian government owns the
three
largest newspapers and all printing and distribution. In Lebanon, they
just
intimidate their re****ters with bully-boys.
In Palestine, security forces have closed down newspapers and broadcasters
for dissident views and have been known on many occasions to beat both
Palestinian and foreign journalists while destroying their recordings.
The
Palestinian infomation officer was quoted as saying, "Palestinian national
interests come before freedom of the press."
In Saudi Arabia, any criticism of the royal family is illegal and the
press
is heavily censored.
In Syria, the press is owned by the government and all speech that is
deemed
to be in opposition to "the goals of the revolution" are punishable by
lengthy prison terms.
Iran seems to be a little more tolerant recently, but enforcement seems to
be arbitrary. The more effectively a dissident view is expressed, the
more
likely it is that the government will crack down.
So is the free-speech situation in Iraq significantly worse, do you think?
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