[vladog]

The best parts of Communism have never died, they seem to have been reborn as something called 'hate speech'. Soon it will be against the law to say, "I hate cabbage", the cabbage growers will sue and win!

[gcruse]

. Soon it will be against the law to say, "I hate cabbage"

Been there, done that.

AMARILLO, Texas (CNN) -- A former government expert on mad cow disease testified at Oprah Winfrey's trial Tuesday that he was "ambushed" on her show.

Testifying for a group of Texas cattlemen in their $10.3 million-plus beef-defamation case against Winfrey, William Hueston said, "I was dismayed by the show. ... It created a lynch mob mentality."

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A District of Columbia court and the Supreme Court both rejected a suit by the apple growers against CBS, claiming that Alar was not a threat to health. The Columbia Journalism Review reported these events in its September-October, 1996, issue.