tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571197992337228005.post3000833906170942029..comments2023-08-18T05:36:16.586-07:00Comments on m huw evans — editor — writer — reader: In the interest of the persecuted...M. Huw Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15608919632549675452noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571197992337228005.post-78682267027634641672009-12-15T15:31:43.825-08:002009-12-15T15:31:43.825-08:00Thanks for posting that Areophany. I'd heard ...Thanks for posting that Areophany. I'd heard some mention of the event, but forgot to follow up.M. Huw Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15608919632549675452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571197992337228005.post-30891894658656735082009-12-15T15:29:53.481-08:002009-12-15T15:29:53.481-08:00Amy Goodman, the progressive radio journalist, was...Amy Goodman, the progressive radio journalist, was recently detained at the Candadian border, by the Canadian authorities: <br /><br />http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/11/28-4<br /><br />She was driving into Vancouver to give a talk. The Candadian guards were concerned that she was going to say something negative about the Vancouver Olympics. That was their reason for detaining her. <br /><br />It's getting scary out there. <br /><br />Hope the charges against Peter Watts are dropped. What a travesty.Procyon Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03842768875936693854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571197992337228005.post-5268752994154571412009-12-13T08:37:41.282-08:002009-12-13T08:37:41.282-08:00Here is another site with more gathered informatio...<a href="http://chattahbox.com/us/2009/12/12/scifi-sites-rally-behind-canadian-writer-in-parallel-universe-border-scuffle/" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is another site with more gathered information. Glad to see the SF community rallying. Forward thinking minds are outraged by backward world.M. Huw Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15608919632549675452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571197992337228005.post-46050186936009948432009-12-12T12:28:04.550-08:002009-12-12T12:28:04.550-08:00Abuse of power by law officers (or any government ...Abuse of power by law officers (or any government official) is right up there toward the top of my most despised actions.Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10035688279627905866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571197992337228005.post-48566017075687582292009-12-12T10:32:21.739-08:002009-12-12T10:32:21.739-08:00My best American friend Vivian tells me that the s...My best American friend Vivian tells me that the story is credable and that Dr Watts might be in a lot of legal trouble. Vivian lives quite near that border crossing.George Bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02793939519235087339noreply@blogger.com