Senator Wants 'Terrorist' Label On Blogs 370
itwbennett writes "Terrorist suspect Jose Pimentel had a blog on Google-owned Blogger. And so it follows that Senator Joe Lieberman sent a letter to Google CEO Larry Page taking him to task because 'Blogger's Content Policy does not expressly ban terrorist content.' Lieberman also pointed out that YouTube does ban terrorist content and added that 'Google's inconsistent standards are adversely affecting our ability to counter violent Islamist extremism online.'"
Congress Shall Make No Law ... (Score:4, Informative)
... but unfortunately that doesn't stop individual Sith [icanhascheezburger.com] Senators from trying to use their influence to curb free speech.
Ironically, some of his speeches on Iran would probably have to be censored if he had his way. I guess YouTube already won't host his Beach Boys parody, BOMB-BOMB-BOMB BOMB-BOMB-IRAN.
Re:Hey, guess what! (Score:5, Informative)
In fact, the official content policy of the United States [wikipedia.org] expressly allows things that could be considered terroristic, or even things that advocate Islamist extremism.
Re:Hey, guess what! (Score:4, Informative)
American revolutionaries are considered heroes today. But they were looked at as terrorists by the British at the time. It's a shame our representatives today have little knowledge or understanding of history.
I don't think American Revolutionaries fit the traditionally, pre-9/11-label-everything-as-terrorism definition of terrorism. AFAIK, the American Revolutionaries made no attempt to induce mortal fear (i.e., terror) into the general British population.
Re:Hey, guess what! (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Guess the Party (Score:5, Informative)
He once was a Democrat but the last time he ran for office he was defeated in his party's primaries by a candidate that Connecticut Democrats apparently felt better reflected the values of their party. Subsequently Lieberman ran, and was re-elected as, an independent.
Re:VOTE! "WHO'S WRECKING AMERIKKKA?" (Score:5, Informative)
What's funny is that even people on the Right can't tell you why they hate Soros so much. The man is a self-made billionaire who grew up in Hungary during the time of Nazi Germany, and is one of the most successful capitalists in the world. He is largely credited with being crucial to the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe [wikipedia.org], where he pumped millions of dollars into supporting pro-democratic programs and independent media. On top of that he is an incredible philanthropist [wikipedia.org] contributing millions of dollars to organizations all over the world in support of spreading democracy, egalitarianism, and toppling oppressive regimes.
As far as I can tell, the reason they hate him is because he made getting George Bush out of office his top priority in 2003 [wikipedia.org], arguing that America, as leader of the world, was taking the world off course with the War on Terror. He also supports death with dignity through assisted suicide and drug policy reform. The man is obviously a monster.
Jon Stewart also had a fantastic takedown of right-wing conspiracy theories about Soros [thedailyshow.com].
Re:Hey, guess what! (Score:3, Informative)
There are many such "civilian" things that are considered valid military targets by the U.S.: telephone networks [cursor.org] (when the enemy military has it's own comms networks, so destroying the civilian system does not affect them), civilian electricity infrastructure [cursor.org] (electric plants, city substations etc.), civilian fuel supplies, factories that manufacture everything from baby milk powder to paint, the foreign embassy of a non-combatant nation [wikipedia.org] (an "accident" - the only bombing in that war directed by the CIA. Hmm.), and even "unfriendly" media [wikipedia.org] (actually Al Jazeera has been bombed several times, their Kabul offices were bombed, their Baghdad offices were bombed, their Basra offices were bombed, and the Basra Sheraton was bombed when the only guests were Al Jazeera journalists.) Precision guided bombs, hardly ever miss, right? And it was only 70 years ago when the Allies considered carpet bombing of the civilian population to be a valid military tactic (justified because civilians were obviously working in the factories making war items).
Also there are plenty of people who consider police stations valid targets - the Israelis have hit police stations in Gaza and the West Bank, killing numerous policemen, the IRA used to target police stations, etc.