It seems that at least two Universities in Canada have banned a poster with a drawing depicting a gunship with the word “Israel” on it firing a missile at a young boy.

To my mind, a college campus can ban no poster on the basis of its content and still claim to promote a free-thinking environment.  Even if this poster is a little over-the-top, there is no reason for a ban.  If it’s really that offensive, other students will ensure that it is removed.  After all, it’s college!

Haaretz reports.

I just stumbled upon a wonderful blog called “Photography is not a crime” by Carlos Miller. A very abridged version of Mr. Miller’s photo:  He was arrested and charged with a number of criminal offenses for taking the very photo that appears in the header of his blog.

As many of my readers and viewers know, I have been harassed several times for documenting police actions.

As the new paradigm of the information age enables increasingly frightening government surveillance, so to it enables all of us to document government action in ways never before imagined.  If we settle for any mitigation of this right, we will be doomed to a police state for sure.

Has everyone heard about this?  I just stumped upon it, but I see it’s already on Yahoo News, so I suppose I’m a bit late.

This guy was using some of his sat. dishes to broadcast Hezbollah, and apparently that’s a crime.  Unless I’m missing something, that seems pretty scary.

Heard about this?