Posts Tagged ‘freedom_of_speech’

9rules Round 5.5

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

9rules round 5.5 - okay, you are probably looking at me like I’m weird(er) thinking (or saying) “Kyle, there is no such thing as a half-round in 9rules” And normally, I’d agree with you. But Tyme announced that she is going to re-review the submissions from round 5 based on several very important factors - one of which being hosting problems. Considering that I moved my blog after round 5 started, there was a problem. And that’s why I was rejected for round 5. (more…)

Just when you think he couldn’t get worse

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007

Today, I made a few posts on the Pirate Reports forums advocating for Bittorrent and Mr. Howard Spinks took what I said and twisted it into something completely awful. Mr. Spinks does not value the freedom of speech, despite the fact that his clients, Jelsoft and phpFoX, would not be where they are now without the creativity that they gained from the freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is very important in our society and it is what had made countries like Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States so very desirable to live in. The erosion of Freedom of Speech and habeas corpus is the reason that more and more US and UK citizens are immigrating to Canada, where human rights are still being respected. (more…)

You CAN’T ignore problems

Monday, March 5th, 2007

A friend of mine back in the states is a member of the Marines and unfortunately, his sister does not want to hear about how the United States military is corrupt. While I would normally stop talking about this and just shut up, Nate is a good friend of mine. I cannot see him serving in the US military because he’s just too good of a human being. The US military is so very corrupt and that is because it is currently run by a very corrupt administration. But with people like Nate’s sister unwilling to look at the problems in their public servants, just because it might put their family in a bad light, this creates a lot of problems. (more…)