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The politics of the Internet

If aliens were to land on Earth tomorrow, and tap into the Internet to try to determine the political values of this planet's denizens, they'd get a pretty distorted picture. But then again, if they monitored our television and radio broadcasts, they'd get a different but equally distorted picture. Here's why. [Sean Gallagher: the dot.communist]

| | Nº372 Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 3:26:52 PM. Words: 70.

Bush silent protesters threatened with arrest

Graduating students threatened with arrest for silently protesting Bush's grad speech. Ohio State students who protested Shrub's presence at their graduation by silently turning their backs to the stage were led out of the auditorium by the police, who told them that they would be charged with disturbing the peace if they didn't leave the premises.

Earlier, they had been threatened with arrest and withholding of their diplomas if they engaged in their First Amendment protected right to silently protest the President's policy.

(For contrast, Clinton's presence at an Ohio State grad ceremony enjoyed no such protection—he was heckled and jeered and simply toughed it out like a grownup). [Boing Boing Blog] [via Ambiguous]

| | Nº370 Posted: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 3:19:47 PM. Words: 129.