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[Aaron]

perception

Or like Aaron wrote before a While, When there is somewhere a Problem,
dont think on the Problem, that you dont give it a Reason to exist,
and it will vanish. Or something like this.
But not sure if it works in any case, especially, when you are to much involved into it,
even, because most Peoples have a secondary Role,
and looks like, you cant say, this Thing dont exist.

That is supposed to be used in the context when someone has a
perception of something in their life like - poverty consciousness -
or some other destructive mindset like that. If they stop focusing on
the problem and start to perceive something constructive, options will
open up and become apparent to them.

What we focus on expands for sure.

That isn't meant to be a concept that means to just pretend that
there isn't something wrong - but of course much of the masses believe
just that, since they value who the best singer is in a contest over
the future lives of their own children - or who has the best batting
average or what actress is dating and other distractions from reality.

[Joit]

But...but... It works in a certain Way.
Just figure when you have a psychical sick Person,
and you distract him from his Problems, they will almost disappear.

Or the Salesman at the Door or at the Phone,
ignore him and he will disappear too

Seriously, it works at a certain Way,
and anyhow i think, it is a natural Way of self protection,
because when you see something, what you dislike,
like it is a Flower a Stone or even a long Walk,
when you dont waste Energy on it, how hard it is,
or how ugly, it will dissapear from your Mind,
and anyhow it works at Persons in a Group too,
ignoring them almost and they will disappear from the Enviroment.

[noises]

Joit you raise a good point., I see it now, but I still disagree. I think there are others putting in more than enough energy and attention for this to not go away.

It's no good to just pretend there's nothing wrong when people are so obviously working so hard to make things wrong, but I also get Aaron's point that it's just as futile, perhaps more so, to feel powerless to effect change (for whatever reason.) My energy and attention is going to what I can do do to help stop censorship and keep information free, to speak out for human rights and for liberty.

It's a fact, an obvious fact, that regardless of what you think or have been told to think of the players and their moves, a play is in process. The objective of the play appears to be to place censorship on the net, everywhere, to protect the financial interests of the entertainment industry (which really, is owned by the same couple of guys who own all of the corporate media,) and further their agenda of dumbing down the consuming masses to keep us pliant. Opposing this play are underground groups on the internet, free press organisations, human rights advocates, lawyers... I've done the list before. One way or another, each of these two groups is going to stop the other from scoring points. I'm saying picking a side and being active is an important part of influencing the outcome. Besides the attitude and intention, it's the most important part. and I tink the intention of the resisting oppression, regulation and censorship has that point won already, morally speaking. another important part is quite litterally, counter propaganda, which is my intention here. (counter prop ops are designed to challenge the prop ops of the enemy directly, to use evidence and logic to encourage others to think for themselves, not have their opinions broadcast to them on the nightly news.) I love that I can do that here and not get shouted down. I love that you guys do think for yourselves.

Anyway, this play and the people behind don't stop just because we don't focus our intention on their actions. Indeed, not paying any attention is the second most helpful thing you could do to help them bring in censorship. The most helpful thing you could do, obviously, is help build up the fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) surrounding wikileaks. There are enough people already focusing their attention on this play with the aim of making it happen for it to happen without any help from you or me. My point is, I feel like people need to show some solidarity so we have the guts to stand up in the open and say a firm, non violent NO to censorship.

I'm encouraged by news of people like senator Ron Wyden (Wyden squashes internet censorship bill - BlueOregon) who are using their positions in the system to resist. I'm encouraged by the statements coming off youtube from anonymous (yesterday they practically declared the internet to be an thinking, autonomous entity deserving of it's own unique rights, man, that was awesome.) I'm glad to see there's even people in the media risking their jobs to speak our for free speech and a free press. What this tells me is this is a fight, literally, between unseen, secretive conspirators and a unified, stateless, borderless mass of humanity. This is shaping up to be an epoch defining time i nworld history. Books will be writtten about what happens in the next couple of months. I don't intend to take a backseat and watch it happen, and I don't intend to let anyone miss the gravity of what's taking place on the internet RIGHT NOW.

I could just be high off all the spraypaint from operation paperstorm,, but I really do feel like this is an important issue, and it's not enough to look the other way and hope only good things happen. Even if it's only little things, I'm going to MAKE things happen. (censored things )

My point is, this fight is on. We didn't start it, but that's not important any more, only winning is. It's all in, and it's already dirty as all get out. Challenging their play isn't facilitating it, or giving it energy it would starve without. It is a matter of personal choice though. I just happen to believe it's a very important battle, one that I want to take part in. I've put the rights of people before the rights of companies or countries my whole life. I'm not about to stop.

Information = ammunition. I'm just passing out the clips.

[noises]

all along, has not the problem been, that the little guy can't have a big idea heard any more? That we don't get to hear anything but the mass produced, mass marketed mindlessness? Newspaper readership is dropping. More and more people are switching off pay tv and tuning out of herd mentalities. The old media has made itself redundant to these people and the internet has exploded with their shared wisdoms and truths.

And people want to slap shackles on that and get me back in the pasture, standing around waiting to be milked all day? I'll pass. All the evidence is in to tell us filters don't really work when it comes to regulating the internet anyway. It's too adaptive. Most people seem to be able to find whatever they're looking for at the moment, anyway. If there looking for, or hosting something that infringes on anyone else's rights as a human being, I'm all for that being dealt with at a local, or national level. Beyond that, if we don't like it, it seems at least we can move to Iceland.

I like it fine where I am, so I guess I'll just have to speak up for web of information and social networks that have contributed so much raw data to my growth as a person, and by proxy, the birthrights under article 19 of the declaration of human rights of every person connected to the internet.

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers

I don't like everything the UN does, but their laws can be made into a weapon to use to defend yourself from oppressive laws, in most countries. So that's what I'm going to do. It's a cut and dried case against any type of censorship in my country. I believe it should be in yours too, in addition to your rights under the constitution.

[Mad Scientist]

It's no good to just pretend there's nothing wrong when people are so obviously working so hard to make things wrong,

I agree. This is a far more of an important issue then many people seem to believe. Without true freedom of speech everything else is pretty much meaningless.
Unfortunately many seem to think that freedom of speech extend only to the point were you might offend someone else. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The whole purpose of freedom of speech is to be able to tell someone something that they might not want to hear or agree with.

[Mad Scientist]

Well it seems to be starting. Headlines from the today's “Drudge Report” the attack on the internet is now underway.

The FCC's Threat to Internet Freedom...
Dems play politics with 'net neutrality' vote...
'Sweeping new rules'...
SHUT: Music Web Sites Dispute Legality of Their Closing...
UK ministers threaten: Censor web, or we will legislate 'to protect children'...
Plan to block all online porn...
Hugo Chavez defends plan for web regulations...

Not that I think anyone here will find that very surprising as it is just the natural progression of events that we have been watching.

[Aaron]

Cenk Uyger interviews Julian Assange 15 15Minutes --DylanRatiganShow-MSNBC

YouTube - Cenk Uyger interviews Julian Assange 15 15Minutes --DylanRatiganShow-MSNBC 12-22-10.flv

[Aaron]

Wikileaks to Release Israel Cables

VOA | Wikileaks to Release Israel Cables | Israel - Palestinians | English

israel today | WikiLeaks: Does Israel have a deal with US to keep settlements?

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other news...

CIA Launches WikiLeaks Task Force, Media Responds 'WTF' | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

Here's How Wikileaks Killed Spain's Anti-Piracy Law

UN WikiLeaks Statement Supports the Right to Distribute Data | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

Russian Newspaper Joins Forces With WikiLeaks - World Watch - CBS News

Always kind of liked apple even though I don't have an apple or iphone
or anything else from them. But them pulling a wikileaks app from their
library is contributing to censorship and that is a bad thing - looks like
Steve Jobs is just another sell out - and if you haven't heard, they also
got a patent to enable peoples iphone cameras, etc... without your
permission for remote surveillance, etc...
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Delists WikiLeaks

Laugh of the day from Bank of America
Bank of America Vainly Tries To Head Off WikiLeaks at the URL Pass | BNET

Sarah Palin Flip Flops And Decides The WikiLeaks Cables On Iran Are Very Useful

http://www.crn.com/news/security/228...s-campaign.htm

[noises]

FCC Passes Net Neutrality Proposal | C-SPAN

There's the FCC meeting where a committee from the FCC passed Net Neutrality laws, without any mentioning of filtering or blacklisting. It's 2.5 hours, I'm just finding the first mention of open internet at around 34 minutes, and it's not too distressing. As far as I know, it's three months until what the FCC decided pass into law. Not a mention of wikileaks, and a tacit declaration recognising and protecting the openness of the internet.


49 minutes in, FCC Commissioner Copp starts speaking, what he says gives me all kinds of hope that if there is a massive conspiracy to restrict the free internet, there's even more massive resistance to such censorship, at all levels of society.

[noises]

Took a few days off from the connected world for summer solstice, nice to know the world didn't go too crazy while I was sitting by a river watching the lunar eclipse.

[Mad Scientist]

YouTube - Cenk Uyger interviews Julian Assange 15 15Minutes --DylanRatiganShow-MSNBC 12-22-10.flv

I watched that video and it is apparent why many in government don’t like him. He is obviously a totally out of control rebel. I mean imagine believing that freedom of speech and the freedom of the press are something worth saving. And when he talks he is able to he is able to put two, three and more sentences together and have them make sense. Plus he does this without the aid of a teleprompter. There is no question that people like this are truly dangerous and must be stopped before their radical ideas start effecting the dumbed down sheeple.

[Aaron]

Wikileaks News

The Real Reason Amazon Dropped WikiLeaks? Taxpayer Money | Criminal Justice | Change.org

OpEdNews - Article: Rove Might Be Trying To "Pull A Siegelman" With Julian Assange

[noises]

Wired.com: Lamo/Manning Wikileaks chat logs contain no unpublished references to Assange or private servers - Boing Boing

Seems Lamo's been up to his old shameless self promotional tricks again, and the case against Assange, not to mention Lamo's testimony regarding PFC Manning, should both be called into serious question in light of the fact (shock horror,) he lied.

[Aaron]

wikileaks news

Few stories from wikileaks twitter...

AlterNet: 8 Smears and Misconceptions About WikiLeaks Spread By the Media

Only "witness" against Bradley Manning appears to be a "pathological liar" Wired's refusal to release or comment on the Manning chat logs - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

Bradley Manning's right to speedy trial violated: The Law Office of David E. Coombs: Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Speedy Trial

Sweden subverted Parliament with secret US deal | Telegraph WikiLeaks: Swedish government 'hid' anti-terror operations with America from Parliament - Telegraph

Julian's Swedish case has been moved to the "terrorism" court at Belmarsh Jan 11 BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Belmarsh - Britain's Guantanamo Bay?

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other news...

Germany planning secret satellite recon? | WikiLeaked

WikiLeaks: U.S. ambassador urged Bush to start trade war with European countries against genetically modified crops | Mail Online

[noises]

operation faceoff: Operation Mahatma

Here's the latest from those so called internet terrorists, Anonymous. I'll let you read it yourself, but the tagline "What happens when a million people share a dream? It becomes a reality," should whet your appetite.


Internet terrorists. Right.