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Richard Stallman's Political Notes

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Children's books aimed specifically at girls or specifically at boys

mardi 25 mars 2014 à 13:00

A reviewer refuses to review books aimed specifically at girls or specifically at boys.

NSA focused specially on cracking Huawei systems

mardi 25 mars 2014 à 13:00

The NSA focused specially on cracking Huawei systems, including Huawei's own systems.

Ironically, this is the same thing that the US government has criticized Huawei for doing to the US. (That criticism might be valid for all I know.)

Promises Broken by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, 25 Years Later

mardi 25 mars 2014 à 13:00

Promises Broken by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, 25 Years Later.

Guards at Guantanamo prison planning for operating into 2017

mardi 25 mars 2014 à 13:00

The guards at Guantanamo prison are already planning for operating into 2017.

To clear the name of the United States of America, we must put an end to imprisonment without trial. Each prisoner is entitled to a fair trial or release. If that means a risk that a few of them will engage in terrorism, that does not change what justice means. But Americans need not worry about this, because it will not amount to much. It will be much less than the terrorism that the Guantanamo prison inspires in the millions of Muslims that the US has not yet imprisoned.

Chinese man sentenced to prison for filing application to hold protest

mardi 25 mars 2014 à 13:00

A Chinese man has been sentenced to prison for filing an application to hold a protest about the Tiananmen Square massacre.

You could draw the conclusion that "In China, don't ask, just do it." On the other hand, by asking he proved an additional point about Chinese repression.