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Truth Wins |
Much needed today in the US.  _____________ "I enter a swamp as a sacred place—a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength—the marrow of Nature." - Henry David Thoreau | ||
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| Avoiding slam fires  |
We can't have that,the GDC's would be out of business. | |||
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Major media outlets would roll up like a carpet ______________________________________________ Life is short. It’s shorter with the wrong gun… | |||
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Don't Panic |
As guidelines, they are good. If the NYT, for example, signed on to these (as if) their rag might become something other than birdcage liner. But, the unwritten bit is 'what happens if this code is not followed' and therein lies the rub. Enforcement. If the theory is that in case of violation, the USG would fall on the violator like a ton of bricks, I would refer folks to the First Amendment, which did not (and does not) apply to other countries. So the occupation forces could legally enforce the code there, while the Constitution would prohibit such things at home. | |||
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As long as there’s honor, honesty and integrity on the side of those issuing such a document, fine. Unfortunately those would be rare in today’s world, even here. See the meaning of the 1st amendment. ———- Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for thou art crunchy and taste good with catsup. | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
This appears to apply only to the Japanese government. The US media would never stand for such a blatant infringement of their rights, assuming they know what “infringement” means. Notice the repeat use of the term “any propaganda line.” Communist meddling was the threat to be suppressed. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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Info Guru |
This is what happens when a **cough**'profession'**cough** fails to police itself. There is no journalism today, just activists pushing agendas. “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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| Big Stack |
The First Amendment didn't apply in Japan. It does here. | |||
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