Taking sides on the right to be a complete jackass
Thursday, 21 May 2009 by Mike Gogulskipeople | 68 Comments »
It was suggested to me some time ago that my blogroll linkage to Keith Preston, of the Attack the System blog, placed me in the uncomfortable position of endorsing someone whose values I do not share. More than anything else, Keith ...
Lèse majesté
Sunday, 15 February 2009 by Mike Gogulskiart, prison | 28 Comments »
Australian writer Harry Nicolaides was sentenced on 19 January 2009 to three years in prison for breaking Thailand's lèse majesté law, which establishes criminal penalties for denigrating Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej or members of the Thai royal family. Apparently Nicolaides ...
What is “fraternité” really all about?
Sunday, 27 July 2008 by Mike Gogulskicrime, mind control | No Comments »
From The Times Online: French face prosecution for 'insulting' civil servants The offence — which carries a maximum sentence of six months in prison and a €7,500 fine — dates from Napoleonic times and is designed to protect “the dignity ... of ...
Adam Kokesh, Enemy of the State
Tuesday, 22 July 2008 by Mike Gogulskipeople, politics | No Comments »
Though I disagree entirely with some of the underlying premises here, this is still one hell of a speech in the context of 2008 America. If Adam's words could be put into real practice it would certainly be a great ...
Christian Michel: Why I am not a democrat; I prefer freedom
Saturday, 5 July 2008 by Mike Gogulskipeople, philosophy | 3 Comments »
I recently had the immense pleasure of meeting Christian Michel, organizer for the Libertarian International, the Libertarian Alliance, and ISIL, the International Society for Individual Liberty as well as founder of the website liberalia.com. It is not often, here, that I ...
Thoughtcrime NYC: The Assassination of Free Speech
Wednesday, 4 June 2008 by Mike Gogulskimind control, police | No Comments »
Be sure to click on the link to see the exciting photo series of the offending words being dutifully hidden from the public eye. Whew! I feel safer already! From The New York Times: This morning, a Boston-born performance artist, Yazmany Arboleda, ...
Fuck the troops!
Friday, 23 May 2008 by Mike Gogulskimind control, war | 95 Comments »
Back when I was a long-haired hippy freak with a hand-scrawled peace symbol on his jacket holding signs up in protest of Gulf War I, the Orlando peace activist organizer types would always enjoin us in preparing for rallies, protests ...
