Re: [privacy] Josh Wolf Update: Journalist Loses Request for Rehearing

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

Answered in email, to avoid other list members having to read another 
tedious set of rants.

On Mon, 20 Nov 2006, Brian Loe wrote:

> On 11/17/06, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
>
> > > > That said, any number of European countries would probably answer your
> > > > question.
> > >
> > > We'll see.
> >
> > We don't get boastful about our freedom like Americans do, so we'll
> > probably leave answering your question to other Americans.
>
>
> That's funny/sad on two fronts:
>
> The rest of the world has gotten so used to Americans bashing America
> they're now willing to let them do their dirty work.
>
> Defending your country now means you're being boastful. Perhaps your
> boasting too much about the oral hygiene of the English, eh?
>
> The second front is a little suspicious because it seems like the real
> truth is more likely to be that you don't actually have an argument
> for saying the US' freedom of the press is slipping and therefore
> prefer to leave it us to bicker the validity of some BS,
> not-so-credible "study".

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