Recently a 17 year old blogger in the US posted an offensive entry relating to homosexuals and muslims which was subsequently removed, the details of the post are not relevant here. The blog Bene Diction pondered on the issue of otherwise mature adults reducing the quality and maturity of their discourse to the level of the original post when responding.
It seems that certain members of the US military are similarly incapable of retaining a mature attitude when confronted with some immature adolescent behaviour. Agence France-Presse report the capture of a 17 year old boy in Iraq whose crime it appears was heckling the soldiers. Apparently, he was arrested as a warning to others who may be considering exercising their right to free speech. A right that the Iraqis clearly have not been granted by the occupying forces.
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or read the most recent entries here.The people are totally free, provided that they exercise their freedom in a manner of which we approve.
Posted by: dan at June 26, 2003 03:12 PMThat is true for all of us. Most of us are so good at stopping before we run into the bars of the cage that we tend to forget that they are there.
Posted by: chris at June 26, 2003 03:15 PM
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