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Hardly a standard of freedom?

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Submitted by Peter Hall (Australia), Dec 21, 2011 at 19:05

Well Amin, using your circular logic, if Google and facebook are not standards of freedom, why do repressive regimes go to such lengths to control or block them?

You seem to not understand the point. That social networking, a free media and access to information are the cornerstones of a free society, limiting access to information, controlling the press and building barriers between people is what repressive regimes do.

It does not matter that information is right or wrong, what matters it the ability to seek out different opinions and viewpoints. I have rarely agreed with what you say Amin, but I feel it is important that you can say whatever nonsense you want. If anybody wanted to censor you, that would go against what I believe is right.

I have learnt a lot from you Amin, that is what a free society has allowed me to do. What I have learnt from you is not what you may have intended, but never the less I have found you and educational experience and you do hold onto very strongly your convictions.

What you fail to see, what scares you most is where people do not agree with you. If you were from a free society, this would not scare you, but your comments betray your cultural background, in that you feel you need to be right and everybody must agree with you.

A free society is the right to be different and the right to not agree.

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3Mr. Enein's book [369 words]dhimmi no moreFeb 1, 2012 09:34192955
1What of Obama engaging with the Muslim Brotherhood? [20 words]saraJan 13, 2012 17:26192566
1What now? [51 words]streejerJan 13, 2012 17:24192565
4More atrocities by SCAF [143 words]
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7More atrocities by SCAF [162 words]dhimmi no moreDec 19, 2011 07:32191818
3More disasters from the salafists in Egypt [66 words]dhimmi no moreDec 15, 2011 07:02191711
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8No aid is the answer [98 words]Sally WiltonDec 9, 2011 08:57191542
3What governments cannot do, people can [83 words]PrashantDec 11, 2011 22:31191542
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... Islam [105 words]Amin RiazDec 9, 2011 08:19191539
There might be a reason for that [17 words]JeffDec 11, 2011 19:50191539
2On what basis? [28 words]KayTDec 12, 2011 06:14191539
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Confused Assertions [45 words]Amin RiazDec 13, 2011 02:34191539
4About as secular as the UK [108 words]JeffDec 13, 2011 20:25191539
Basic differences. [112 words]Amin RiazDec 14, 2011 14:55191539
2If wikipedia says it then it must be true [124 words]JeffDec 14, 2011 22:42191539
Little bit of History [118 words]Amin RiazDec 16, 2011 01:59191539
1You must be right [70 words]JeffDec 16, 2011 20:58191539
USA is a tyrannical state. [74 words]Amin RiazDec 18, 2011 09:22191539
3An interesting conclusion [65 words]JeffDec 18, 2011 17:57191539
Good nice to hear it. [5 words]Amin RiazDec 19, 2011 04:41191539
7Sure US is a tyrannical state [71 words]PrashantDec 19, 2011 13:41191539
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Addled brains... [47 words]Amin RiazDec 19, 2011 21:03191539
7Hardly a standard of freedom? [247 words]Peter HallDec 21, 2011 19:05191539
Are you ok Peter? [423 words]Amin RiazDec 21, 2011 20:25191539
4Again you do not read nor understand [182 words]Peter HallDec 22, 2011 18:39191539
4explanations needed [411 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanDec 22, 2011 19:45191539
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4Your poor English again [193 words]Peter HallDec 26, 2011 04:02191539
My superiority! [128 words]Amin RiazDec 26, 2011 22:47191539
1Now Thats funny [358 words]Peter HallDec 27, 2011 19:44191539
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5Heads We Win Tails You Lose [125 words]DaveDec 8, 2011 11:25191520
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6Egypt and more of the same [777 words]dhimmi no moreDec 10, 2011 07:57191491
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8A lot simpler Solution [11 words]Michael Hanni MorcosDec 6, 2011 13:38191490
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9Slayhy, you really are a comedian ! [145 words]Peter HallDec 18, 2011 23:06191488
Remember: Before Israel was Declared a Democracy - It IS a Theocracy [277 words]M. ToveyDec 19, 2011 11:39191488

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