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Anyone who hasn't, check out my friend mazzie's journal. She is a simply terrific poet; I admire her very much.
2005-06-14
a sad case of "when in Rome..."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4088702.stm
Microsoft censors Chinese blogs
Chinese bloggers posting their thoughts via Microsoft's net service face restrictions on what they can write.
Weblog entries on some parts of Microsoft's MSN site in China using words such as "freedom", "democracy" and "demonstration" are being blocked.
Chinese bloggers already face strict controls and must register their online journal with Chinese authorities.
Microsoft said the company abided by the laws, regulations and norms of each country in which it operates.
Microsoft censors Chinese blogs
Chinese bloggers posting their thoughts via Microsoft's net service face restrictions on what they can write.
Weblog entries on some parts of Microsoft's MSN site in China using words such as "freedom", "democracy" and "demonstration" are being blocked.
Chinese bloggers already face strict controls and must register their online journal with Chinese authorities.
Microsoft said the company abided by the laws, regulations and norms of each country in which it operates.
shame!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4090732.stm
How can anyone in the Senate stand in the light of day and not support this legislation? Have we not progrseed any further than this?
Maybe not. I was listening to NPR last weekend and heard a story by two journalists, one black and one white, who were travelling to Philadelphia, Mississippi, to cover the Killen trial (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4085238.stm). They stopped to talk to some local residents who waved to them, but as soon as they got out of the car, they were told to get back in and drive away because otherwise they might be shot.
Some parts of this country are still deeply, deeply sick.
The US Senate has apologised for spending decades blocking efforts to make lynchings and mob violence against black Americans a federal crime.
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The text apologises for the Senate's failure to act and "expresses the deepest sympathies and most solemn regrets of the Senate to the descendants of victims of lynching".
The vote was passed without opposition - though 20 of the 100 senators did not put their names to a statement supporting it.
How can anyone in the Senate stand in the light of day and not support this legislation? Have we not progrseed any further than this?
Maybe not. I was listening to NPR last weekend and heard a story by two journalists, one black and one white, who were travelling to Philadelphia, Mississippi, to cover the Killen trial (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4085238.stm). They stopped to talk to some local residents who waved to them, but as soon as they got out of the car, they were told to get back in and drive away because otherwise they might be shot.
Some parts of this country are still deeply, deeply sick.
gaming on the 25th
So, I'm trying to prepare for my game day on the 25th. I'd like to run a historical miniatures game (though there will of course also be boardgaming). What sort of game should I run?
Even if you're not a regular LJ user/poster, please feel free to vote and comment if you're planning on joining in; I could really use the feedback.
[Poll #512903]
Even if you're not a regular LJ user/poster, please feel free to vote and comment if you're planning on joining in; I could really use the feedback.
[Poll #512903]