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Why Copyright?
December 4, 2008 in copyright/left, openmovement
From Michael Geist:
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October 8, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Dan Parsons
hugh, do they torture people in canada? :) about the only atrocity left for my country to commit would be another nuclear attack.
October 10, 2007 at 10:18 pm
zura
Geez… nice to see that the American government does not sanction torture. Also nice to know that the definition of “torture” is secret and ambiguous.
October 12, 2007 at 7:44 am
Hugh
@dan: no we just tip the CIA off when they are changing flights in the US, then the CIA sends them to other countries where they get tortured.
@zura: yes, “we don’t do the acts signified by the word you are using, only we get to define the word ourselves the way we like, *and* we won’t tell you what that definition is.”