Getting Away With Murder

In a real indication of what a nasty arrogant nationalist regime is controlling China ....

Four Chinese Consulate Thugs Destroy Democracy Posters

... they now believe that Chinese communist laws and censorship applies equally to Chinese descent people (and presumably to foreigners if they get in their way), who they don't approve of.

Putin's New Russia

Independent Moscow Newspaper Novaya Gazeta has published pictures of Russian primary school children ....

Novaya Gazeta Published Pictures Of Children Arrested .....

...... who had been arrested by the police in Moscow. 

The Blood Feud

Piers Morgan, the journalist sacked ..... 

Sympathies Are Split Over These People

.... for daring to suggest that the then Prince Harry and Meghan, were not being truthful about Meghan's treatment inside the Royal family, has not forgiven or forgotten them. But then again he has a tradition of keeping feuds going.

Inside A Pub Again

Well, our lords and masters have finally said that we can go back inside a pub again this week ....

The Pubs May Be 'Open Inside' Again,
.... But Still Under Some 'Covid' Isolation Rules.

 ... so hurrah for small mercies in our time of troubles.

Little Pink Keyboard Tigers

The Rise of the 'Little Pinks' (“Xiǎo fěnghóng”) in China, has been lightly touched upon before in this blog, when Chinese students or even journalists have tried to prevent free speech in countries outside their own ...

China's Little Pinks Are A Force On The Chinese Web ..... And The WWW

.... So who are the 'Little Pinks'?

OK To Be White?

In October 2018, Pauline Hanson, a right wing Australian politician ....

Pauline Hanson Asked The Question - Is It All Right To Be White?

..... introduced a motion into parliament that essentially and actually, said "It is OK to be white".

Back To The Future

It appears that everyday, companies and organisation in the UK tighten the noose of self censorship around our necks.

Dewsbury ASDA Missing A Greeter Now ....

For instance Supermarket giants ASDA have a social media policy, even for their staffs private accounts.

State Censorship In The West

First they came for the news websites, and I did not speak out—

Because I was not running a news website.

Then they came for the Newspapers, and I did not speak out—

Because I was not running a Newspaper.

Then they came for this blogging comment site—

and there was no one left to speak for me.

Donald Trumps 'fake news' and 'enemies of the people' jibes at the press reports he doesn't like (whether reports are accurate or not), has prompted over 300 news and blog sites to write editorials on the 16th of August, objecting to the attacks, and the risk to democracy that they represent.

Self Censorship Is A Dangerous Path ....

We should not think that this is purely a US matter.

New British Crime?

Today marked a new era in UK legal jurisprudence, when District Judge Derek Chalk, apparently decided to introduce a new crime in to the UK ......  "Theatrical Bigotry", for which the sentence seems to be 70 days (30 days for stealing the book and 70 days for upsetting the Muslims - note that stealing got the lesser sentence), when a non Muslim, called Andrew Ryan burnt the stolen Koran in public ...

Burning Books Has Been Seen Before.

..... apparently we are now 'entitled to protest, but not in that manner'