Would that we could legislate niceness

Hell, we can't even legislate legislation.  I suppose one response is to learn to suck it up, but parents, teachers & kids (bullied & bullies alike) have been dealing with meanness forever and probably have some better ideas up their sleeves for limiting or counteracting it.  Yeah, YouTube, Facebook and the like make nastiness more efficient, but not really all that different.  Anyone besides me remember slam books?

Blasphemy: back on the censorship menu

Blasphemy is another matter altogether (apparently, it is and that's scary)

really unintelligent design

It's a pain to have to defend dumbness

17 journalists dead (and who's counting?)

Murder: the sincerest form of censorship

we know what sites you visited last summer

Some days you just want to go fishing

When the government decides what press is fair press

What's journalism worth in Sri Lanka?  Apparently, 20 years of hard labor.

The offense that keeps on giving

This is no longer funny (if it ever was).

SPCT

Society for the Protection of Children fromTintin

Oldies but goodies

"There is something called freedom of expression for the media, and it's a good thing, but there should be some rules." Mohammed Falak, Iraqi Shi-ite cleric

Health insurance is a matter of life and death (but make sure nobody gets to talk about it) Does it surprise anyone else that the new culture war is about which set of paperwork we use to pay doctors, hospitals and drug companies? (added 5-10: boy, was I naive!)

Actually, we are in favor of censorship

The truth shall not set you free

What we talk about when we're really talking about something else?

Taming that wild, wild internet

Rats have right