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Monday, September 15, 2003 |
AP: New terror laws used vs. common criminals. In the two years since law enforcement agencies gained fresh powers to help them track down and punish terrorists, police and prosecutors have increasingly turned the force of the new laws not on al-Qaida cells but on people charged with common crimes. [Dan Gillmor's eJournal]
6:53:45 PM 
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The Age, Anti-abortion killer executed:
Florida put to death anti-abortion militant Paul Hill today for the shotgun murders of a doctor and his bodyguard at an abortion clinic in an execution Hill had said would make him a martyr.
So, let me get this straight. Paul Hill considered abortion to be murder. To stop this murder, he murdered two people. Then to show that killing people is wrong, the state of Florida killed him.
Please tell me I’m not the only person who finds this ludicrous. [Luminosity: Thoughts]
11:43:28 AM
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For its repeated and unremitting stupidity, the music industry has earned my contempt as a business person. For its willingness to infringe rights, corrupt the political process, and attack other businesses to save its own sorry neck, it's earned my direct enmity. It's a sorry, dying beast, but quite able to savage us and our society as it goes. As money is energy, the best way to limit the damage is to cut off the profits, and the cash flow. I'm boycotting the RIAA, please join me. [Due Diligence]
11:20:51 AM
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Sensible, pragmatic viewpoints and a willingness to try new ideas when the old ideas aren't working -- I don't expect to see that from any politician in the US. It's not just sad; in this case, at least, it's tragic. [pseudorandom]
11:04:41 AM
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