Dagmar wrote:
Well, if you had any doubts left as to whether or not Bush had any respect at all for Freedom of Speech, this CNN article should clear that right up for ya'.

She wore a t-shirt with an anti-war slogan on it. They asked her to cover it up, she refused, they arrested her for "unlawful conduct".

I'd like to know exactly when fashion went from being a matter of personal taste, to carrying the force of law.

In the UK at the Labour Party conference a small, frail old man was manhandled out of the hall by bouncers twice his size and half his age, to be interrogated by police and security guards. Why? For calling out "Rubbish" at a speaker.

A woman was arrested for walking on a cycle path.

A police constable (read, ordinary Joe) soon will be able to decide if web content is related to terrorism (including Memestreams).

My US friends no longer want me to say these things in email in case they are arrested or monitored more closely. They already assume that their email is being monitored.

While I still can I will continue to say that these are losses of freedom that would have horrified your forefathers and mine. Arrested for wearing a t-shirt? Arrested for expressing a view? Wake up. Fear is destroying our way of life far effectively than any bomb.

RE: Cindy Sheehan arrested for... wearing a shirt!