Baralier ([info]baralier) wrote,
@ 2006-03-17 17:20:00
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Current mood: cynical
Entry tags:copyright & censorship, politics, social definitions

Some links before the weekend.
The British Parliament is about to legislate itself out of existence (and also make it that much easier for someone with "not good" intentions to take over). Even The Times is concerned.

The USAnian Senate decides that a little more debt is good for America. How much? Up to $9,000,000,000,000 in fact! This makes each citizen's share of this debt is US$27,686.85. Nice.

Meanwhile American issues with homosexual marriages takes a bitch-slap: "Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You did not place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible."

In Australia it seems the Government still hasn't found its sense of humour. Richard Neville's satirical website that "featured a soul searching "apology" speech for the Iraq war has been shut down under orders from the Australian Government."

RIAA says future DRM might "Threaten Critical Infrastructure and Potentially Endanger Lives" but even that's not reason enough to allow you to circumvent it.

Lastly Isaac Hayes quits Southpark. Why? It seems that 10 years of slagging off other religions is OK but once you start laying into $cientology "there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins". Uh Huh. First Church of Hypocrisy is the one I think he belongs to.


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[info]damien_wise
2006-03-17 12:58 pm UTC (link)
The day after they screened the anti-$cientology ep of South Park, I discussing the show with some mates. One said that Isaac Hayes was obsessed with Thetans and posed the question: "I wonder how much longer he'll be with the show?"...seems the answer was "about a week or two, tops." ;)
TBH, Hayes' career had died long before South Park found him and made him a star again. Then, for the past two or three seasons, Chef hasn't featured much in the stories. So, for him to go from hardly-in-the-show to not-in-the-show isn't such a big step. If Isaac Hayes wanted to retire then it wound't be a big issue, so I don't know why he's causing such a stink -- other than (as you said) being a hypocrite.

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[info]hasimir
2006-03-17 08:51 pm UTC (link)
There's a lot more censorship on the Australian front than just that, but it's a good indication of the direction J-Ho wants to take up. The moving of the OFLC into the AG's department is possibly more worrying.

Oh, I've posted a workaround to the method of shutting down that site. ;)

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[info]baralier
2006-03-18 03:09 am UTC (link)
Opednews is now hosting a mirror of the speach. Wonder how long it will take to be blocked?

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