See, this is exactly why there is so little opposition to this: People only see that part of the argument and don't get the implications (can't say I blame you though).

What makes this so outrageous is that this filtering is done directly by the BKA (basically the German FBI), without any other instance (uhm, some judge perhaps?) reviewing them. Up until now we used to have this thing called "separation of power", but it seems that this is way too crazy a concept to base a government on.

Also, the list is secret. Good call. Otherwise people might see how these lists pretty much always contain false positives (Finnland and Australia come to mind).

All these things are rather abstract, especially for the average Joe. Which makes this all the more dangerous.

Nice try, but I say you need to work on your EMOlation skills.

Incedentally: Emacs Philips or Vim Carrey? I could never decide ... the latter seems more agile, but the former is a lot more consistent.

How? As long as there is no banner on the Scientology page (in WP, I mean) explaining this, then how are people to know? Most folks don't really do background checks on most things, now do they?

Good going. Let's sqash those damn religions! What good have they ever done for us? Let's ban them all, so free speech is guaranteed for everyone who deserves it.