Bahrain: Bloggers and the Opposition
Via Danish blog Angantyrs hjørne:Bloggers and the Opposition!
For me personally, blogging is a fun activity I do whenever I have the time and access to the Internet is not fucked up in this monopoly kingdom of Wonderland. It is a venue for me to speak freely, without any restraint or censorship to what I presume to be a like-minded select audience. The thrill of being able to 'publish' whatever I feel like without any double-checks in exhilarating and liberating in one go - even for someone like me who has crossed the redlines in conventional media more than I care to boast! What I have enjoyed the most about this blog really is the fact that it is a very positive outlet for all my frustrations. It is therapeutic, especially when you click with people from all over the world who share the same concerns, fears, dreams and hopes for a better tomorrow where people of all colours and faiths will hopefully all live side by side in a tolerant world one day.
The fact that there are so many bloggers out there speaking freely and expressing themselves with no inhibitions or restraints is unheard of. It is alarming for this child-state, which controls its citizens like little children. The fact that people are resorting to the Internet to rant and rave about things is paramount to a system which is losing its grip. This is not acceptable. This is not the norm. This is rebellion. It leads to anarchy and chaos. It amounts to treason. This is the crux of it. They want things in order. They don't want to hear our daily nagging. They don't want us to show any levels of dissent, because in Wonderland everything is booming and their is a boost. The erection is all year long. It never flops.
I personally blog because I am. I blog because it gives me an instant thrill. It gives me a high. If they want to take that away from me, I will not resist it. It's all theirs. I will find another means to speak. For I will not be silenced. I will not shut up for in speaking my mind I am doing a service to my country. It is the cowards who see wrong and don't speak up who should be asked what they are doing for Wonderland and not us. We are patriots and our allegience is for our land. Our Land. The land of our ancestors. The infidels of Dilmun!
posted by Unknown @ 5:45 PM
5 Comments:
fjordman, are they coming for you? If so, get out of Dodge and come over here. I think you'll like it here in the land of the free and the home of the brave.
I know we'll like you!
What's the purpose of posting that video, monkey?
ThBadMonkey said... Censorship is rampant in the US as well.
What the heck are you talking about? Look up the word censorship before using it again please.
I haven't watched any European television to speak of, and I watch little American television, so I need to know what censorship you are talking about.
Only the government can impose censorship. That's why I suggested that thbadmoney look up the definition before using it again. I see that he hasn't taken my advice.
A talk show host has complete control over the subjects discussed on his or her show. It's only sensible to say up front that certain hot button subjects like abortion or celebrity trials are off limits or the show would soon become very boring. A good example is the obsession of some TV talk shows with the missing girl in Aruba.
There's no censorship of the media, except what has been deemed to be pornographic. Television stations themselves have had a voluntary code which they followed in showing violence and mayhem, but I think the line of decency has been crossed and pictures of dead and mutilated victims of accidents and the like are unwelcome and unnecessary parts of local TV news.
ThBadMonkey said... American television doesn't show black people murdering whites. Yet we had what seemed an eternity of the OJ trial which was all about a black murdering, not one, but two whites and there are many other examples of black criminals being treated by the media in the same fashion as white ones.
Before hurtling any more charges, please give a few facts to bolster your arguments.
"Only the government can impose censorship. That's why I suggested that thbadmoney look up the definition before using it again."
erp:
Here's what is says in Merriam-Webster (no mention of government) for censorship:
"1a the institution, system, or practice of censoring b : the actions or practices of censors; especially : censorial control exercised repressively"
Broadcast television in the U.S. is censored for language, nudity, sex, explicit violence and other things. Broadcast radio is censored for language among other things. Both of these industries require a license to broadcast due to government control and regulation of the airways. But, if one goes to cable and satellite television and radio, there is no censorship except that which is self-imposed.
Here is the M-W definition of censor: “to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable”
As far television news (in any country), anyone who thinks it is not censored is living in a fairy tale! But worse than that is the slant – which is worse in many European countries than in the U.S.
As far as what thbadmoney says and his sources, take them for what you think they are worth.
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