Goodbye Free Speach...

[eleusis]

in Venezuela. Whatever next? YIKES!

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6911246.stm

[harpsichordcuddler]

scary stuff

[eleusis]

So nobody thinks this a scary thing. Russia's good buddy has thrown out free speach and no one sees that as potentially damaging?

DOUBLE YIKES!

(Escept for you of course, harpsi)

[Lio]

I'd love to join in, but then again I might want to visit Venezuela one day...

[theman]

no just free speech for foreigners.
a bit like the other thread complaining about muslims holding up placards saying "british police - burn in hell".

[Heathcliffscathy]

boooo. i think chavez is a bit of a hero in terms of really thumbing his nose at the bush administration (did anyone see that documentary about the coup....amazing stuff).

however, this is terrible.

[Heathcliffscathy]

obviously we're allowed to arrest and detain people, and prosecute them for what they say in this country.

so we're not in a position to feel too smug.

[theman]

didn't britain lock up the guy with the hook hand for what he was saying?
the only place in the world that has anything close to free speech is america and that's only if you are a citizen their, if not you are off to guantanamo.
in germany it's illegal to deny the holocaust.
most places will hammer you for what you say if the govt. doesn't like it and just label it "national security"

[eleusis]

But he closes down opposing tv stations and abolishes opposing polital parties. DO you think he'll win again, I mean when there is no one else to vote for?

[Kevlarhead]

Scary... but not as scary as Silvio Berlusconi.

[eleusis]

Eh? And how does he figure into the picture?