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European totalitarianism

Someone once told me that he felt entitled to live in a country governed by some European convention on human rights.

He’s welcome to it, for what little it seems to be worth.

…Whereas weblogs are an increasingly common medium for self-expression by media professionals as well as private persons, the status of their authors and publishers, including their legal status, is neither determined nor made clear to the readers of the weblogs, causing uncertainties regarding impartiality, reliability, source protection, applicability of ethical codes and the assignment of liability in the event of lawsuits,…

[The European Parliament] suggests clarifying the status, legal or otherwise, of weblogs and encourages their voluntary labelling according to the professional and financial responsibilities and interests of their authors and publishers; …

Translation: “reasonable” limitations on freedom of expression, a fundamental human right. And likely, that’s just the beginning…because what the government giveth in legislation, the government can taketh away in legislation.

Remind me why we sent young men to die in the cause of Europe’s liberation…twice?

Update: Welcome, Steynians!