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LifestreamNow they’re at it again … Germany hopes to make Holocaust denial a crime across the EU as part of a package of laws it wants to introduce during its presidency of the bloc. Berlin is also set to outline plans to ban Nazi symbols like the swastika, which, like denying the massacre of the [...]
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A British woman is charged under anti-terror laws for possessing a “computer hard drive loaded with operating manuals for guns, poisons, mines and munitions.” Police said the charges against the woman were connected with the arrest last month of a man caught at Heathrow airport in possession of a night vision scope and a poisons [...]
At least some people have had enough. Like Swiss Justice Minister Christoph Blocher. Hopefully this will make other European nations a little more likely to bring up the controversial issue and to think about restoring freedom of speech to its former glory. Freedom of expression was essential to democracy, affirmed the minister. “I want people [...]
One could of course argue that things have never been quite alright with Britain, being tainted by its imperialistic, violent past, Puritan-Victorian values and whatnot. But they still manage to surprise, and together with the U.S. and a select few unsavory nations, they continue to cheerlead the erosion of civil liberties — and indeed reason [...]
So, America has already pioneered this brave new technology against civilians, but Britain’s proposed use of spy planes to monitor and intimidate the general public doesn’t even bother with a plausible rationale. Or crime for that matter. Unless displaying anti-social behavior or merely being in an “anti-social behaviour hot-spot” count as a crimes these days. [...]
At least there are a few good people left who can’t be bought or bullied. Microsoft first asked the U.S. government for help in November, and also attempted to bring the U.S. court system into the battle, however they declined. In all cases, the courts ruled the case was between the EU and Microsoft, and [...]
Britain and the march towards genetic determinism. Not so much an ideological issue of whether the state should get involved in everyday life, but rather a mind-blowingly dangerous display of something that frankly smacks of pseudoscience and borders on determinism. Not to mention the frivolous and continuous use of meaningless phrases like “antisocial behaviour”. It [...]
Because obviously we couldn’t leave it alone and just smirk as America succumbs to the weight of its own tyrannical and transparent / deceitful “security measures.” So someone thought we could do one better and limit free speech while we’re at it. [T]hey might begin blocking Internet sites, fingerprinting or iris-scanning airline passengers, and training [...]
Britain never fails to amuse, frighten. Not that this sort of thing couldn’t happen in Sweden as well. I don’t recall the exact wording the law, but it could allow for similar folly. After all it’s only a matter of trying it out in court and getting lucky (via BB). A COMPUTER expert who altered [...]
Don’t try to climb any trees in Tony Blair’s Britain would be my advise. As an avid gardener myself, I wouldn’t stand for vandalizing living matter, but on the other hand this seems a bit excessive. But the afternoon adventure turned into a frightening ordeal for Sam Cannon, Amy Higgins and Katy Smith after they [...]
