tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post1250462763635652167..comments2024-03-28T00:01:43.037-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: A Corporatist Constitution Grimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-32008123205832253072014-08-05T13:00:16.063-04:002014-08-05T13:00:16.063-04:00Quite right!Quite right!Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-52477965117247000772014-08-05T12:59:56.820-04:002014-08-05T12:59:56.820-04:00If Islam had spread from Spain, in the long run ca...If Islam had spread from Spain, in the long run caste based societies remain caste based societies. Western civilization is not like other civilizations.<br /><br />Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-36549322041229329922014-08-05T12:39:30.865-04:002014-08-05T12:39:30.865-04:00So if we see journalists being granted a shield la...<b>So if we see journalists being granted a shield law, don't worry: sooner or later that law's protections will belong to everyone.</b><br /><br />Except that's how it was supposed to be in the beginning, and they are using their power to reverse the trend to Absolute Entropy.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-76659331206113366472014-08-05T11:37:42.194-04:002014-08-05T11:37:42.194-04:00I think the proper analogy is not the Middle Ages ...I think the proper analogy is not the Middle Ages in Europe, but the Russian empire. They think we are serfs, to be used and killed for whatever purpose they deem proper.<br /><br />ValerieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-75385269147087265402014-08-05T10:53:41.191-04:002014-08-05T10:53:41.191-04:00"Freedom of the Press" is something that..."Freedom of the Press" is something that actively irritates me. Not the concept, the modern interpretation. From "the press has a right to know" to "you can't keep the press out" to "I'm a credentialed member of the press, I have a right to be here." People... "press" is not a profession. It's a device. Namely, a printing press. The origin of "freedom of the press" is not to create a special class of citizen who reports the news (properly referred to as a journalist), but to guarantee that every citizen's right to print their thoughts and not have them censored by the government was protected. You had that freedom, not because you were a printer, or a journalist, but because every free citizen had the right to publish their thoughts and opinions. But for whatever reason, the government, the courts, and the people have somehow been duped into believing that "member of the press" is some form of protected class of citizen. This is hogwash. If this shield law is NOT extended to bloggers, citizen journalists, and in fact EVERYONE, then I submit it is a violation of the equal protection clause of the Constitution.MikeDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08116809134355184859noreply@blogger.com