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cidliz2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 05:49 PM Original message |
Do we live in a free country? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. Diminishingly..............unless something really "revolutionary" happens |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. depends on your description of "Free". nt |
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latteromden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. My first thought: I don't really think so. My second: |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. You are free to choose... |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. Does the government control |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 06:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. The corporates control both the government and the media |
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reichstag911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 06:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. both to q#1, yes to q#2 |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 08:10 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Hi reichstag911!! |
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reichstag911 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 08:21 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. thx |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. Today did shatter the last illusions of even a limited free press |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. nope. nt |
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qwghlmian (768 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. I don't know about you, |
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cidliz2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 06:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Most of the population DOES rely on the mainstream media |
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qwghlmian (768 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 08:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Are you asking if those people who solely |
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cidliz2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 11:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. The question is; Why do people have to research sites like |
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qwghlmian (768 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-05 06:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. My rule of thumb - |
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Undercover Owl (621 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. We must be free..... |
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ermoore (474 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yeah, for the most part. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. In theory. |
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indypaul (896 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. Have you been to |
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GetTheRightVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. No freedom here, no not in America.......... we are running on empty |
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ermoore (474 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. Yeesh . . . |
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qwghlmian (768 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 08:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Hear hear. n/t |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. This has to be the ultimate hypocritical day in this country's history. |
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Heyo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. Wake up.. |
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Goathead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
24. Fuck no n/t |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
25. People are harassed, investigated & arrested for their political beliefs. |
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podnoi (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
26. It's relative... least freedom of our history is now |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-30-05 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
28. I'm bound to find out |
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poe (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-05 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
29. Those who never stray far from the peg do not know how short the leash is |
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ultraist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-05 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
30. "America is the Land of the brainwashed free" Who said it? |
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TheMadHatter (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-05 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
31. Um, I think so, let me check... |
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JoshK (112 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-31-05 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. The system is brilliant, because it tells you how "free" you are, |
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