Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I say thanks to the people that invest their energy in trying to speak up for the weak or protests against governments who deny peaple of the most basic human rights. I dont care if they are amnesty international - - doctors or reporters without frontiers - the pen organisation etc. It is never an attack on a country or the people living in that country - it is an aid to the people of that country pointing out internationally that things could be better. Theres is no political agenda nor a wish to single out Americans as the bad guys - it is just nice that things like freedom of speach for the press is monitored and I dont think it is horse shit sam wrote: > The information at the end of the link is perhaps a bit of horse shit. > The list of questions was not stated, and the people to whom they were > given were not named. No matter how many times I reread the "about us" > link, I still don't know who these people are. > > The lack of information about their methodology makes their > conclutions suspect. I wouldn't be surprised if they have an ax to grind. > > > Sam S > > > > Daniel Ridings wrote: > >> Did you read the link? I wasn't making the claim, "Reporters without >> borders" were. The article documents how they arrived at their >> conclusion >> and rankings. >> >> I already named 13 European nations, over and above that, there were >> three >> non-European nations (Canada, Australia and Costa Rica). So I've named >> more than one. Kind'a hurts, doesn't it? >> >> Once again: >> >> http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=4116 >> >> On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Eric Welch wrote: >> >>> That is a ludicrous claim. Name one nation that has more press freedom >>> than the U.S. >> >> >> >> Finland, Iceland, Norway, Netherlands, Canada, Ireland, Germany, >> Portugal, >> Sweden, Denark, France, Australia, Belgium, Slovenia, Costa Rica, >> Switzerland ... and then comes the US. >> >> Truth hurts. >> >> Daniel >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html