Comments on: US Releases AP Reporter http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/19/us-releases-ap-reporter/ News, Insights, and Humour Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:17:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Miss Cellania http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/19/us-releases-ap-reporter/#comment-128655 Miss Cellania Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:50:36 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/19/us-releases-ap-reporter/#comment-128655 There are certain people in this country (meaning mine) that would be not only comfortable but happy with a perpetual war, in order to do away with those pesky laws about due process, habeas corpus, innocent until proven guilty, jury of peers, etc etc. You know, the laws we are supposed to be founded on. There are certain people in this country (meaning mine) that would be not only comfortable but happy with a perpetual war, in order to do away with those pesky laws about due process, habeas corpus, innocent until proven guilty, jury of peers, etc etc. You know, the laws we are supposed to be founded on.

]]> By: Aurelia http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/19/us-releases-ap-reporter/#comment-128571 Aurelia Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:08:38 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/19/us-releases-ap-reporter/#comment-128571 Interesting thing about online grief support groups and memorials is that quite often, people get more support and more kindness from strangers on the net than they do from friends and family in real life. Kind of a sad thing in our society when we have no idea what to say to each other anymore in a time of crisis, and even shun those who mourn, but we can do it online. Or is that the few people left on earth who can say the right thing have managed to find each other online? I don't know....I just know that this is the best part of the web to me, where people going through tough times can find each other and climb out of the hole together, you know? Interesting thing about online grief support groups and memorials is that quite often, people get more support and more kindness from strangers on the net than they do from friends and family in real life.

Kind of a sad thing in our society when we have no idea what to say to each other anymore in a time of crisis, and even shun those who mourn, but we can do it online. Or is that the few people left on earth who can say the right thing have managed to find each other online? I don’t know….I just know that this is the best part of the web to me, where people going through tough times can find each other and climb out of the hole together, you know?

]]> By: gfr http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/19/us-releases-ap-reporter/#comment-128252 gfr Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:30:10 +0000 http://www.abandonedstuff.com/2008/04/19/us-releases-ap-reporter/#comment-128252 Totally off topic, but did you read about <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080419.CALGARY19//TPStory/Environment" rel="nofollow">this</a>? Note the big brother, Orwellian names again, "Friends of Science." Totally off topic, but did you read about this?
Note the big brother, Orwellian names again, “Friends of Science.”

]]>