Not Pilgers fault I know, but still, the whole goddamn family seems to have a problem with the sides they choose.
A bit sarky from Michael Coren tho, to slip it in like this.
“It is not worth the while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar” - Henry David Thoreau
Not Pilgers fault I know, but still, the whole goddamn family seems to have a problem with the sides they choose.
A bit sarky from Michael Coren tho, to slip it in like this.
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Free speech is about the state dictating what is or is not acceptable, it is not about free people freely expressing contempt for contemptible behaviour.
Refusal to finance a platform for thugs to spew their venomous bile does not constitute censorship.
Financing a platform constitutes support.
paraphrased from Lord Vetinari
"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
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This is a good start.
Perhaps we should take a leaf out of Assange’s book and start digging up these interesting facts about those who make a living spoon feeding us dirt on the world’s celebrities and leaders.
The “new media” have continued the traditional gentlemen’s agreement on not reporting the sordid details about each other, in this brave new world where censorship takes a back seat, it’s about time that kind of thing ended.
A website that can expose the sexual conduct of newspaper editors who freely sign those cheques for kiss and tell stories, just how much journalists are earning when they write about the “greedy” banker bonuses, and how much cash in hand they pay their nannies and gardeners whilst wittering on about minimum wage and tax avoidance.
A kind of “watching the watchers”, using the anonymity methods of Wikileaks.