[ILUG] Rather OT... ISP's assets could be seized

[Brian O'Donoghue]

I don't mean to be an orwellian scare-monger,  but the entire notion 
that the "side" we live on is somehow morally endowed withe the secptre 
of fortitude is one of the ways that our quasi-totalitarian leaders keep 
themselves in the ascendancy.  War,  ethnic conflict,  serve as much as 
an engine of geographic-industrial acquisition  engines as they do to 
keep the population of country/ies X &Y etc distracted,  undereducated 
and subrogated,  & I don't mean our enemies,  the real enemy is on our 
doorstep.  In this respect could the internet not be viewed as some-kind 
of intricated orwellian matrix,  a device to keep the "free" subjugated 
and encapsulated?

>It is very proabal that net freedom will become very hard under the current 
>atmosphere. The Governments are going to rely on the negitave side of the net 
>for their war on terror campaign and justification of the restriction of the 
>rights of the individual. 
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>Aj
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>On Tuesday 16 October 2001  5:20 am, Richard Eibrand wrote:
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>>Hello all,
>>
>>I came across this article the other day, and it struck me as a little odd.
>>http://scripts.ireland.com/search/highlight.plx?TextRes=FBI%20AND%
>>20ASSETS&Path=/newspaper/ireland/2001/1013/north6.htm .
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>>It is not that I condone the any terrorist activity or any such thing,
>>but is it just me, or it is the FBI flexing its muscles a bit too much.
>>
>>Could the same thing happen here in Ireland? As in, who regulates the type
>>of material that ISP's are allowed to hold? Finally, what is the current
>>standpoint on the "Freedom of Speech of the internet", is it very
>>subjective to each country...
>>
>>Regards,
>>Richard
>>
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