From: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 14:13:11 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Singapore officials censor U.S. newgroup posting
Message-ID: <199607200006.RAA13627@mail.pacifier.com>
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At 01:00 PM 7/19/96 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>This move by Singapore to censor a newsgroup posting is a good example of
>the overbreadth of government censorship. It's a bait-and-switch maneuver:
>say you're going after porn but censor "offensive" speech.

>The regulations ban contents that "tend to bring the Government into hatred
>or contempt," 


Isn't it too bad governments don't ban THEIR OWN actions  which "tend to 
bring the Government into hatred or contempt"?  After all, I think behind 
every example of "hatred or contempt" for government, you'll find an act by 
government which caused it.

Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com