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When are rights, well, rights and when are they privileges?

http://revolutioni.st/cclass.html

American in focus, but interesting nonetheless.

this is by far the most interesting that you have posted to date
thanks

I don't know whether to be insulted or complimented


I'll go with the latter

A quick summary of liberty:

http://www.isil.org/resources/introduction.swf

Finally:

http://cbs5.com/breakingnewsalerts/loca ... 91331.html

Judge rules parts of the Patriot Act unconstitutional. This opens the door for people to challenge it.

A look at North Korea by the National Geographic:

http://www.videosift.com/video/National ... orth-Korea

Makes everywhere else (even the Middle East) look pretty good.

A look at how the FBI coerced a confession out of an Egyptian by threatening his family:

http://www.psychsound.com/2007/10/a_tal ... r_how.html

Turns out, he was innocent and now the matter of coercion is "classified."

this is why torture and coercion don't work. You can't trust the evidence.

A good look at past presidents who have instituted acts similar to the Patriot Act/Homeland Security Act/Military Commissions Act/etc.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Olberman ... ssions-Act

Yeah, none of them turned out well.

Similar to liberty:

http://www.videosift.com/video/How-Holl ... On-Torture

An overview of torture and interrogation techniques of the US.

A look back at Lincoln and how his views on liberty were not quite what they were once made to be:

http://www.videosift.com/video/Abraham- ... as-a-Saint

China blocks iTunes because of pro-Tibet cd released on it:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=12745

Good discussion in the comments about Germany and Nazis. Seriously.

Thailand censors out websites that say things contrary to their government:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=12855

Amtrack marketing makes up a campaign to have people take pictures of their trains. Amtrack security invokes the Patriot Act on dude when he does:

http://photos.duanek.name/Amtrak%20Problems

They roughed him up pretty good.

Well, I'll be durned:

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/09/17/ ... art_pos=24

Canada actually got a dose of common sense and deemed that linking to someone else's webpage stating libelous claims won't make you guilty of committing libel.