govt is trying to censor politcal cartoons...

Post by **Freakaloin** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:19 pm

wow...police state to the extreme cumming soon...

heres the letter pentagon sent to the washington post...

http://americablog.blogspot.com/tolesletter.pdf

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:24 pm

what's the big deal geoff? There was no threat in the letter or any censorship.

granted, the pentagon missed the point of the cartoon entirely.

Post by **S@M** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:25 pm

reads like the military did not understand the cartoon - its a go at the politicians, not the military, or service personel the way i read it

Post by **Freakaloin** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:29 pm

the big deal is the military is not supposed to get into domestic politics...

Post by **Juelz** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:40 pm

I can't believe it either. I'm gonna move to Canada and grow weed. Fuck it. Anyone seen "I Grow Chronic?" Filmed in Beautiful British Columbia?

Post by **Tormentius** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:43 pm

Juelz wrote:I can't believe it either. I'm gonna move to Canada and grow weed. Fuck it. Anyone seen "I Grow Chronic?" Filmed in Beautiful British Columbia?

Haven't seen it but growing is pretty much a provincial hobby here.

Post by **Juelz** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:46 pm

Tormentius wrote:
Juelz wrote:I can't believe it either. I'm gonna move to Canada and grow weed. Fuck it. Anyone seen "I Grow Chronic?" Filmed in Beautiful British Columbia?
Haven't seen it but growing is pretty much a provincial hobby here.

It's a lil old (eb and flow, drip irrigation) they have newer ways of growing now (dwc) but it is still very good to learn clowning and sexing and stuff. I loved it.

Thumbs up for Canada!

Post by **bitWISE** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:47 pm

We're a nation of easily offendable pussies. No shock there.

Post by **Juelz** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:48 pm

^^^My n****!

Post by **Dave** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:03 am

hmm.. random pdf posted on a random blog. the pdf contains no metadata that is tracable back to a source except the name of the program it was created with.

But even if they did write it, the JCS are just as much at liberty to write a letter to the editor as you or I.

Post by **Freakaloin** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:41 am

americablog doesn't post non-legit stuff...so stop with the bs dumbo...and again u completely miss the point...braindead alert?...

Post by **seremtan** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 12:59 am

Dave wrote:But even if they did write it, the JCS are just as much at liberty to write a letter to the editor as you or I.

there's a difference between them writing as individuals and writing in an official capacity as the joint chiefs. in an official capacity it counts as a letter from an arm of the state, which is a different ballgame

also: geoff is over-reacting. moron alert?

Post by **R00k** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:05 am

Yea, this is far from censoring. But I'd say impropriety is a good word for it.
You don't use JCS letterhead to write a personal opinion letter to the editor. This is an official statement from the Joint Chiefs, about a cartoon.

Now that I think on it though, impropriety isn't a good word for it either. They just completely missed the point of the cartoon, and misunderstood it to be taking pot-shots at wounded soldiers, which is the exact opposite of the statement the cartoon was trying to make -- that our government is kicking wounded soldiers when they're down, not our newspapers.

Post by **R00k** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:08 am

TBH I'm blown away by the idea that our Joint Chiefs could miss the obvious meaning of such a simple cartoon. Especially with the "stretched thin" remark at the bottom.

How hard is it?

Post by **Dave** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:57 am

seremtan wrote:
Dave wrote:But even if they did write it, the JCS are just as much at liberty to write a letter to the editor as you or I.
there's a difference between them writing as individuals and writing in an official capacity as the joint chiefs. in an official capacity it counts as a letter from an arm of the state, which is a different ballgame

also: geoff is over-reacting. moron alert?

no there's not.. freedom of speech is freedom of speech. you can't start making rules about who can say what.

Post by **Dave** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 2:02 am

Oh and before anyone brings it up, I realize I'm walking a fine line between the Sheehan thing and this. The only reason the Sheehan thing evoked a bit of skepticism on my part was that I thought the Capitol had a business casual dress code for the public in the galleries.

Post by **Freakaloin** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:08 pm

wow dave..ur really dumb...read up junior...the whole world thinks ur an asshole...