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Today is the international day of free press and the German newspaper association invites one artist every year to design the front page for this special day. As many newspapers as possible are asked to print it as the first page then. This year the artist was … Yoko Ono!
This is the cover she created; a simple yet powerful message of free speech:
In case the letters were hard to decipher, this is the sentence:
Free you
Free me
Free us
Free them
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Martha said
Today is the international day of free press
Well, that wasn’t reported on here in Australia! How ironic… (Yes, I know ASJ… wrong use if ironic…)
For once (Yes ET…), Yoko actually did a really good job! Very symbolic.
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5.25pm
18 April 2013
Offline Today in America a woman was thrown in prison for a year because she laughed at the Attorney General.
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27 November 2016
Offline Expert Textpert said
Today in America a woman was thrown in prison for a year because she laughed at the Attorney General.
Please tell me that’s a joke…
Otherwise USA is becoming North Korea.
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18 April 2013
Offline Not a joke. She was convicted today.
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Offline However, according to what I’ve read, she has not been sentenced yet.
While the conviction is outrageous, it is always the risk taken by protesters, and until sentencing we do not know if she, and the other two convicted with her, will be given the maximum sentence (which is a year).
I somehow doubt they will receive the maximum sentence.
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5.46pm
18 April 2013
Offline I hope you’re right.
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10.19pm
13 November 2016
Offline The article I read had the jury foreman stating that she was not actually convicted for laughing.
However, the foreman of the jury that convicted her insisted to the Huffington Post that Fairooz’s crime wasn’t the giggles, but rather how she conducted herself when being taken out of the hearing.
“She did not get convicted for laughing. It was her actions as she was being asked to leave,” the foreperson said. “We did not agree that she should have been removed for laughing.”
Here’s the article: http://fusion.net/a-woman-migh…..1794888306
7.43am
18 April 2013
Offline Of course, they would never try to spin a situation to make it look like they weren’t convicting a woman for laughing.
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1 November 2013
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Or the other way round, the press taking a grain of the truth and spinning it for more buzz.
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13 November 2016
Offline Expert Textpert said
Of course, they would never try to spin a situation to make it look like they weren’t convicting a woman for laughing.
You make a very good point, I am definitely not denying the stupidity of convicting someone for simply laughing. But she did disrupt a congressional hearing as they escorted her out.
Here is a video showing what happened:
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Offline The video is here.
You can hear her laugh and then get louder. Wouldn’t surprise me if her laugh got her noticed, some officious idiot told her to be quiet and it resulted in her getting louder.
I felt it was my responsibility as a citizen to dissent at the confirmation hearing of Senator Jeff Sessions, a man who professes anti-immigrant, anti-LGBT policies, who has voted against several civil rights measures and who jokes about the white supremacist terrorist group the Ku Klux Klan.
She’s an utter idiot for doing it.
A year in prison would be way out of proportion (highly doubt she will get that) but she can’t be too surprised if she gets some action taken against her (cue derision, claims of freedom of speech and oooh isn’t Trump awful, Obama would have given her a $50 gift card and a bedroom in the White House).
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1 November 2013
Offline It is like shouting bomb in an airport. A disruption that can be prosecuted.
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I can’t wait for Pence to meet him on Paddy’s day 
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Offline The Guardian has got hold of Facebook’s internal rulebook about how to react to sexual, violent and terrorism related posts.
While I believe in Free Speech, I also believe there is a responsibility that comes with it, and as a publisher (which is what they are) they are showing no responsibility.
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9 March 2017
Offline I think people should be allowed to say and do whatever they want on the internet as long as they aren’t threatening anybody.
I will follow with some examples, remember that I am using these claims as examples and don’t want to offend anybody, so they will be in spoilers.
If John Doe decides he wants to post on Facebook Elton John is a f*****g faggot, he should be allowed to because even though that is a very offensive statement and is not a nice thing to say, he is not being threatening.
If Jim Doe makes a racist post on Twitter regarding Martin Luther King, he should be allowed to because although that’s very offensive and if you said that in an area like the Bronx, it wouldn’t be taken nicely, you’re not threatening anybody.
If Mike Doe went on Myspace and wrote my name is Michael Kevin Doe Jr., I was born on February 8th, 1967, I live on 78 Penny Lane in Encino, California, my phone number is 555-555-5555, my social security number is 555-55-5555, and my credit card number is 555-55-55555-5555, he should have the right to do this because even though he is being very stupid, he isn’t being threatening.
If Jane Doe went on AOL and posted a nude picture of herself with the caption f**k me, she should be allowed to because although some people may not like it, she isn’t being threatening.
If Ron Doe went on a BBS and said I hate anybody who isn’t a straight white male, he may be offending lots of people but he should be allowed to do this because he isn’t being threatening.
If Bob Doe decides to go on Pinterest and say I am going to slit your f*****g throat you shitty ass c**t, he shouldn’t be allowed to say that because he is being threatening, the threat being to slit someone’s throat.
If Paul Doe went on Instagram and posted a picture of a naked bound and gagged 8 year old girl and said I am going to f*****g rape and kill this girl if you don’t get me $50,000 and full access to Area 51, he shouldn’t be allowed to do this because he is being threatening, his threat is to rape and kill a little girl, which he will do unless if he gets his ransom. This man should have his IP address connected to an address and have armed police officers come to his house.
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I am only referring to general sites like Facebook and Twitter, specialty forums like this one are different. For example, if Ron Nasty said I f*****g hate those cocksucking Americans, that shouldn’t be allowed because that is offensive and on this forum, every user sees everything whereas on a site like Facebook or Twitter, only people who know you see these things.
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1 November 2013
Offline Jane Doe is breaking a law and that chat could have children on it. She should not be allowed to do that.
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Offline Dark Overlord said
I think people should be allowed to say and do whatever they want on the internet as long as they aren’t threatening anybody.I will follow with some examples, remember that I am using these claims as examples and don’t want to offend anybody, so they will be in spoilers.
If John Doe decides he wants to post on Facebook Elton John is a f*****g faggot, he should be allowed to because even though that is a very offensive statement and is not a nice thing to say, he is not being threatening.
If Jim Doe makes a post on Twitter stating Martin Luther King is just a watermelon eating s**t colored N—r, he should be allowed to because although that’s very offensive and you would get beat up if you said that in an area like the Bronx, you’re not threatening anybody.
If Mike Doe went on Myspace and wrote my name is Michael Kevin Doe Jr., I was born on February 8th, 1967, I live on 78 Penny Lane in Encino, California, my phone number is 555-555-5555, my social security number is 555-55-5555, and my credit card number is 555-55-55555-5555, he should have the right to do this because even though he is being very stupid, he isn’t being threatening.
If Jane Doe went on an AOL chatroom and posted a nude picture of herself with the caption f**k me, she should be allowed to because although some people may not like it, she isn’t being threatening.
If Ron Doe went on a BBS for his Commodore 64 and said I hate anybody who isn’t a straight white male, he may be offending lots of people but he should be allowed to do this because he isn’t being threatening.
If Bob Doe decides to go on Pinterest and say I am going to slit your f*****g throat you shitty ass c**t, he shouldn’t be allowed to say that because he is being threatening, the threat being to slit someone’s throat.
If Paul Doe went on Instagram and posted a picture of a naked bound and gagged 8 year old girl and said I am going to f*****g rape and kill this girl if you don’t get me $50,000 and full access to Area 51, he shouldn’t be allowed to do this because he is being threatening, his threat is to rape and kill a little girl, which he will do unless if he gets his ransom. This man should have his IP address connected to an address and have armed police officers come to his house.
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