Politics & Government - 20 January 2007

I like many others am fed-up with being censored over some innocuous question or comment by people who live in such a feather-bedded world they have to find offence in anything. However, unlike these examples, I agree that denying the Holocaust should not be a crime as the sort of people who do are not to be taken seriously and criminalising it would mean they were being taken seriously. But I believe censorship should exist in other ways - obviously you have to look at your audience and you wouldn't wish a ten year old to see a picture of a particularly nasty corpse and mostly, by publicising 'Happy Slapping' the media did us all a disservice by advertising this particularly nasty pastime to particularly nasty kids all over, just in order to get more news stories out of it. This is really a general question about censorship and would like your views. I also think that rather than a question is removed without trial just because someone doesn't like it, it should be put to the vote.

2007-01-20 00:46:07 · 11 answers · asked by Uncle Sid 3 in Law & Ethics

2007-01-20 00:43:52 · 6 answers · asked by Mullet Head 2 in Politics

2007-01-20 00:40:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Military

2007-01-20 00:38:04 · 17 answers · asked by DNCsucks 1 in Politics

Do you think the fact that liberals and the media constantly attack our country has anything to do with the way the world sees us?

Like if we are always and only broadcasting the bad how can we expect the world to then see the good?

2007-01-20 00:31:54 · 11 answers · asked by Tommy G. 5 in Politics

2007-01-20 00:31:43 · 13 answers · asked by diawithaview 1 in Law & Ethics

http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=06235b80-e0de-4800-8621-8615c09c0c4e

2007-01-20 00:31:40 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

2007-01-20 00:31:18 · 28 answers · asked by Peter 1 in Elections

got new windows put in by pure cowboys trading standards are involved,the windows look pure crap the finishing details are crap ,we have been trying to get things sorted since last september and we are hitting our heads against a brick wall anyway trading standards are on our side helping us they say the next thing we have to do is get an independant person out to look at the windows and report the faults which we know are already there anyway and the cowboys know them to although other faults have now arisen since they were out,the cost of an independant person from trading standards can cost £100-£150 which is expensive,why should i have to pay that when we already know whats wrong and this only means that the cowboys have to come back and try and fix their mess again-we have already had several attempts at that ,am i within my rights that when it comes to us paying our bill we should deduct this fee from it because if the job was done right first time we wouldnt be here

2007-01-20 00:28:56 · 6 answers · asked by julie b 2 in Law & Ethics

They recieve anti-American abuse from one of their military allies?

2007-01-20 00:28:07 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

In 2004 my then fiance' came to the United States, in 2005 we got married..we have yet to file any papers for him to obtain a work visa/green card only because we cannot raise the money to do so, it is only me working since he cannot in this country..my question is this: if he was to return to Canada to go to work and obtain his work visa and or green card, would he be allowed to return to the United States...[with him being in this country for such a long time, would the powers that be allow him to return with proper papers]?

2007-01-20 00:25:48 · 2 answers · asked by Sallie 3 in Immigration

2007-01-20 00:24:28 · 1 answers · asked by Regina M 1 in Law & Ethics

2007-01-20 00:23:57 · 11 answers · asked by Peter 1 in Military

I haven't seen a Jew on CNN criticising the Neocon Jews yet

oh, if you are going to call me an anti-Jew read!!!!

By Joel Leyden
Israel News Agency

"...Jerusalem----April 2.....The American Jewish Congress today congratulated Paul Wolfowitz on his election as the president of the World Bank.

In Israel, The Jerusalem Post had selected Paul Wolfowitz as its Man of the Year for 2002. The Post stated: "On September 15, 2001, at a meeting in Camp David, Wolfowitz advised President George W. Bush to skip Kabul and train American guns on Baghdad. In March 2003, he got his wish.

"When President Bush says, "America will not permit the world's most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world's most destructive weapons" -- that's Wolfowitz talking. When the president calls for "a new Arab charter that champions internal reform, greater political participation, economic openness and free trade" -- that's Wolfowitz's talking, too. ..."

NowI am reported? By paid net surfer

2007-01-20 00:18:34 · 4 answers · asked by mr america 2 in Politics

2007-01-20 00:18:14 · 16 answers · asked by devonlad06 1 in Other - Politics & Government

Or do you like the idea of emptying out trillions from the United States Treasury so investors in Haliburton and the Carlylse Group can launder it by """spending""" it """defending""" Iraq, and pocketing it among themselves?

2007-01-20 00:14:11 · 11 answers · asked by Typical McCain Supporter 2 in Politics

I'm getting excited that the 2008 elections are getting closer and that Bush finalyy will have to go! Who do you like, either party, for our next President And name at least 3 reasons why?

2007-01-20 00:12:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

2007-01-20 00:08:05 · 10 answers · asked by CHRISTINE A 1 in Law & Ethics

It sure isn't S.America, or Canada, or Socialist Europe, Or India/China...
Perhaps Japan and Australia.
While most governments, especially developed do incorporate a free market and elements of capitalism, most are leftist/socialist...even India and China, and their current investment in Africa (which China is using the 1 trillion$ US deficit to finance) is used as a means to develope the 2nd and third world, and to spread human resources, not just to N.Americans, and the G8s....they are embracing capitalism as of current to build infrastructure, so one day they may have a socially just society, regardless of income. God Bless Fidel in this time...
(Had this question removed before. And I'm writing this from Beijing...let's see who has more freedom.)
Hegemony or survival.

2007-01-20 00:06:26 · 8 answers · asked by Happier in China 2 in Politics

2007-01-20 00:05:15 · 1 answers · asked by A True Gentleman 5 in Other - Politics & Government

It is a set of 2 maybe 3 cds and it is something title Country Heart by Time Wise. Have you seen it though? If you haven't, you will recognize it when you do see it. It's several CDs with famous country singers like Vince Gill singing "I still believe in you" and others...My husband decided to order this collection for me, went to the site and attempted several times to order just this collection. It basically 'tricked' (or conned) him, (however you want to phrase it) into purchasing more CDs. When you try to click "No, I do not want to order the other package, it keeps taking you back TO ORDER THE WHOLE OTHER PACKAGES which ended up costing him over 80 dollars. It had already taken all his credit card information and there was no 'cancel order' button for him to cancel the order.AND..... This was the first (and only) time he had used his credit card online, ever! The very next night, someone tried to apply charges to the credit card from some other source! HELP! WHAT DO WE DO???

2007-01-20 00:05:04 · 5 answers · asked by †♥mslamom♥† 3 in Law Enforcement & Police