The reason for Abu Nusaybah's arrest was making statements of his views and helping the publication of other statements.

Comparing his opinions with those of the Conservative Party, which are worse? Both advocate oppression, and call for acts that can kill people, but which one is likely to oppress and kill more? Obviously the Conservative Party.

Thugs in Bangladesh attacked protesting workers from the factory that collapsed.

The IMF has privately recognized that imposing austerity in Greece did harm.

Estimating that austerity has led to 10,000 more suicides in Europe.

The Obama regime is secretly collecting records about all phone calls made on Verizon Business Services. I expect it's the same for other major phone companies.

This has been going on since 2006.

These records allow the government to find out who you know and who you talk with.

These records allow the regime to catch any whistleblowers who might talk with reporters about the regime's dirty work. That's the effect that really matters. If this makes it possible to catch some criminals as well, that's a minor side issue. Small benefits cannot justify great harm.

I am glad that the mainstream media are starting to recognize that limiting the use of information the state and corporations collect about you is not enough. We must limit the information that they can collect.