On Apr 2, 12:16 pm, Karel Kriz <ka...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> kujebak <kuje...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Karel Kriz wrote:
> > > In article <fsvrkn$hh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > Frank Bures <f...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > If you are appalled by the apparent disregard of freedom of speech
by some
> > > > Western governments related to the banning of the movie Fitna,
> > > > please sign the petition at
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> > > >http://www.petitiononline.com/wilders/petition.html
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> > > > Thanks
> > > > Frank
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> > > This is total nonsense! The petition reads like it's written by a
> > > 12-year old, it is vague, misleading and it's threat pathetic. You
think
> > > to bring a government of a tiny European country down by a dozen
people
> > > NOT buying Gouda for a week or so?
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> > > Besides, you are barking up the wrong tree. Nobody "banned" the
> > > cretinous movie, so who, exactly committed this free speech
violation?
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> > What do you mean "nobody banned" it?
> > Did you read Youtube's assinine explanation last week
> > why its link was taken down? Now it can only be viewed
> > by "registered users". I would not provide personal info.
> > to such an anally retentive, greedy outfit, if my life depen-
> > ded on it. Besides, the film is available from plenty of
> > other places.
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> Youtube is a private organization that has it's own rules. Just like
> Yahoo, Ebay, and others. Lobbying the Dutch government in an effort to
> change an US cor****ation (Youtube) internal policies would seem like
> asking the Japanese Emperor to help with a local zoning problem. No, I
> have not seen the youtube explanation. No doubt there are many items
> there that are available only to registered users. Last time I looked,
> registration was free, so what is the problem? We supply our personal
> information to greedy outfits on daily basis, why is Youtube different
> from Orbitz, Ebay, Amazon?
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> Are they an agent of some terrorist organization? Is their aim to
> undermine our values by not making readily available, nay, NOT promoting
> images of nasty muslims waving Kalashnikovs and chanting death to the US
> (like we have not seen that before). Do you think a 15 minute splicing
> of some disagreeable images will alter the world?
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> Think not...
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> Like you wrote, it's available in many other places, again, what is the
> problem?
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> > > Nah, if you want your personal phobias to hit mainstream, you really
> > > have to do a lot better than this half-hearted effort.
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> > > K.
> > > I did not see the movie. I might when it hits the local flick
house...
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> > Perhaps you can provide a more informed opinion after
> > you see it:
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> >http://tinyurl.com/2knwku
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> Did you ever see Lewis Black talking about the Superbowl half time
> entertainment?
> "And there was Britney Spears...singing, but all I saw was: Titty,
> titty, titty...ass, ass, ass....titty, titty, ...ass, ass"
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> It's kind of the same with this "do***entary", which is more like a
> second rate PowerPoint presentation. All I got, was: "Muslim, Muslim,
> Muslim...bad, bad, bad...Muslim, Muslim, Muslim...bad, bad, bad". All of
> which is exactly what I expected to see, except badly presented.
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> Goebbels would be proud, it's straight out of his propaganda school.
> "Take all the bad stuff, make a cocktail out of it, hit a few nerves, a
> few common phobias, build in a few threats, mismanage some statistics,
> show a few nasty Jews huddled together" and bingo. You've got yourself a
> nice inflammatory piece to use over and over again. Oh, I forgot, the
> bloodied kids...that is a good image too...Now substitute Arabs for Jews
> and you are done.
> Like we did not know that there were nasty people in the world...it's
> such a ****ing surprise...
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> Sorry, pal, this is crap!
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> You can petition whoever you want to hearts delight, but this little
> piece will sink like a rock - except for the local Skinhead Beer Fests
> and Recruitment Drives.
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> Karel- Hide quoted text -
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Since you have not seen the movie, let's not get bogged down
in the particulars. Youtube's policy of flagging anti-jihad videos for
containing "content that is inappropriate for some users", and
hiding them behing registerded user login, is a form of censor****p.
Regardless of the issue of prerogative.
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