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American "Citizen Journalists" Detained In Beijing

Wed, 2008-08-20 21:36 — motogrrl

At least eight Americans as well as other Western nationals have been detained by the Chinese government, according to Reuters, for expressing political speech related to Tibet. We Americans take our right to "free speech" as a given, although this right is not a global one.


Easter Sunday

Sun, 2004-04-11 06:43 — carlp
From: Carl Paukstis
Subject: Religion on Easter Sunday
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2004 06:43:08 -0700

It's easy in THIS crowd, and perhaps most other groups of people with
mostly above-average education & income, living within a couple hundred
miles of an ocean in this country, to regard my earlier statements as
sarcasm.  I think perhaps that a lot of us are just a little too hasty
in dismissing of people with a deep Christian faith that isn't just
intellectual philosophy but really guides real-world actions. And,
worse, much too hasty in dismissing guidance that comes expressed in
terms of such faith - irrespective of the guidance itself.