Or did they try to say "voluntarily" in the tone of voice used by Mafia dons and IRS agents, but their voice cracked?
I believe what they did was send the gag order *directly* to the Reason editors, instead of their legal counsel, which is considered a huge and threatening breach of process in the legal world.
It is likely to have the exact opposite effect. The readers of Reason are mostly libertarian kooks that are already highly prone to conspiracy theories. Actions like this are just throwing gasoline on the flames.
Disclaimer: I am somewhat of a libertarian kook myself.
Yes, the readers are of course generally provoked. Many have changed their names to incorporate variations on the wood chipper theme.
Wouldn't you like to be a Chipper too?
here's the problem though. there's nothing remotely illegal about the statements that were made.
So it's clear on its face that the comments are free speech and not actionable. so why was the govt looking into taking action? that is the question mark.
Why? BFYTW.
The government hardly confines it's abuse to those who actually break laws. Government thugs abuse their enemies, high among them being those who highlite and oppose government thuggery.
Reason has no responsibility to police its comments, so the govt leaning on them won't push them to do so. It could send a chilling effect among internet commenters, but only if people knew about it, so what was the gag for?
The point is to abuse Reason with legal process so that they shut down their comments sections, eliminating a forum for people who generally disapprove of government power. Also, naturally, to terrorize commenters and make them all think twice about communicating this disapproval in public.
Apixieism has no tradition, stories of faith, or organizational structure (things a religion usually requires), but it is an expression of pure faith. Apixieism might even be considered the ultimate faith: it is defined by a negative, which means it can never be proven true. Never being proven true means it must always be taken on faith. There are no witnesses to apixieism . No prophets or mystics with direct experience of the lack of the divine.
I love working with incompetent people. They make me look good.
Yeah, but you make them look bad, so they're looking for ways to give you the shiv.
"U.S. men have been getting bigger too, gaining nearly 30 pounds from the 1960s to 2010"
Pfftph! I've gained 30 pounds in the last 2 years.
Genuinely curious here, what place do secret courts operated by secret police and underground judges have in a free, democratic society?
Democracy theater. "Oh yeah, it's all above board, see, we've got a Judge signing off on it."
"Respect for, and adherence to the rule of law is the premise upon which the United States was founded, and it has been a cornerstone of my Presidency."
- Barack H Obama, President of the USA, 2015-04-30
The Dear Leader is a great comedian too! All Hail The One!
Dude, it's six months. By the time the Supremes get around to hearing it there won't be a case anymore because the program will have ended.
Democracy theater. All the hardware and software spying on us is going *nowhere*.
Naive?
Plenty of people want a King, particularly if he promises to stick it to their enemies.
I thought they had trademarked BFYTW.
You have fun with the High Tech VR stuff, and hope to the gods you do not play the Seahawks this year.
Go Hawks!
Cowboys beat the Seahawks in Seattle last year. They play them in Dallas on Nov. 1st this year.
Go Cowboys!
Moonraker?
We knew they were cool, but we didn't know how cool!
2.4 statute miles of surgical tubing at Yale U. = 1 I.V.League
