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Monday, November 12, 2007

Don't Google Yourself

Tonight was my first final Learning Community Group (I have my last final LCG on Wednesday.)

We (my LCG) went to a local Greek restaurant and at one point in the discussion Marta (my mentor partner on Mondays) mentioned that New York has recently passed a law making it illegal to say a particular obscenity. (It starts with b and is derogatory to women.) This launches me into a tirade about the first amendment and has me pulling out my copy of the Bill of Rights (much to the class's surprise) and quoting it directly.

We continue the discussion and it wanders all over the political field, I am enjoying the discussion as I usually do.

I get back to my room and decided to check my auxiliary email accounts (I have about 6 that I don't use regularly) one of these is based on my name and it inspires me to Google myself.

I find the usual things: a paraplegic Olympic gold medalist, the designer, the professor and the musician in England, but a new one pops up. This name twin has apparently written a book called (I wish I was making this title up) Saving Our Children From the First Amendment. Holy frakking frak Batman! Is this man the opposite me? I b rows through his book using Google Books and in the introduction he poses the question "Isn't this censorship? Yes, it is. But is censorship always an evil?" That is a direct quote my friends. YES, censorship is always an evil! Free expression is exactly that, anything different isn't!

This is actually maging me so angry it is getting hard to type so I think I'll leave it at that, but I must say I am slightly ashamed of the way my name is being used out there in the real world right now.

I'll C U next Tuesday, baby

Labels: an, First Amendment, Google, government, greek food, LCG

¶ 11/12/2007 10:36:00 PM

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