Singapore officials censor U.S. newgroup posting

[jim bell]

At 01:00 PM 7/19/96 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>This move by Singapore to censor a newsgroup posting is a good example of
>the overbreadth of government censorship. It's a bait-and-switch maneuver:
>say you're going after porn but censor "offensive" speech.

>The regulations ban contents that "tend to bring the Government into hatred
>or contempt," 


Isn't it too bad governments don't ban THEIR OWN actions  which "tend to 
bring the Government into hatred or contempt"?  After all, I think behind 
every example of "hatred or contempt" for government, you'll find an act by 
government which caused it.

Jim Bell
jimbell at pacifier.com