[dfwgator]

and we see wholesale shutting down of dissident media like Free Republic and WE are the ones who will be jailed for refusing to give the government our sources, we'll remember his example.

Josh would be one of those cheering the shutdown of Free Republic.

[oldfart]

I don't really want to get too far into this subject since it tends to get too emotional too quickly. Suffice to say that it has been explored many times in many places by many people. In closing (and this will be my last post on this subject,) may I suggest the following: http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/whiterose.html
By the way, the people responsible for these pamphlets were all beheaded... quite legally. While I freely admit it does not bear directly on this situation I think it speaks to the blanket appologism of and for government actions.