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		<title>Philippines: &#8220;Racist&#8221; BBC show</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mong Palatino</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Filipino lawmaker wants the BBC to apologize for a comedy show which depicted a Filipina maid &#8220;as an object of sexual ridicule.&#8221;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A Filipino lawmaker wants the BBC to <a href="http://tonyocruz.com/?p=1418">apologize</a> for a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL9KrTGx28E">comedy show</a> which depicted a Filipina maid <a href="http://www.manilabuzz.com/bbcs-paul-and-harry-comedy-show-angers-filipinas/">&#8220;as an object of sexual ridicule.&#8221;</a></p>
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		<title>Iran: Ministry of Intelligence banned students to study</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahmad Shirzad, former deputy in Iranian parliament, writes [fa] that Ministry of Intelligence has banned several students to continue their studies in country&#39;s universities. He regrets that Ministry of Science has given such permission to Iranian security services.
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		<title>India: Consequences for West Bengal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Words from the Solitude discusses what effect the recent pullout of the TATA Nano project from Singur will have on the West Bengal region in India.
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		<title>Hong Kong: Netizen Against Introduction of Internet Filtering</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hong Kong government has issued a consultation paper on the &#8220;Review of the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance&#8221; last Friday (Oct 3). The first round of consultation will be lasted until end of January. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Hong Kong government has issued a consultation paper on the <a href=http://www.coiao.gov.hk/entxt/welcome.htm>&#8220;Review of the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance&#8221;</a> last Friday (Oct 3). The first round of consultation will be lasted until end of January. </p>
<p>A most controversial issue is the suggestion on introduction of an internet filtering system in Hong Kong. In part 4 of the consultation paper, it states that the main issue at stake is:</p>
<blockquote><p>Given the emergence of new forms of media, particularly the growing popularity of the Internet, members of the public consider it important that measures are taken to protect youngsters from the dissemination of obscene and indecent materials on such new media systems.</p></blockquote>
<p>The government layouts a number of options:</p>
<p>Option one: co-regulation approach that demands Internet Service Providers to:</p>
<blockquote><p>1. tighten up their service contracts with subscribers by incorporating specific clauses which prohibit subscribers from publishing obscene or indecent articles;</p>
<p>2. formulate measures against repeated offenders, which may involve limiting the bandwidth made available to such offenders or imposing temporary suspension or termination of service in case of contravention of contractual terms;</p>
<p>3. implement a voluntary labelling system and encourage webmasters to label their websites to indicate whether they are suitable for children and youngsters; </p>
<p>4. provide filtering services to subscribers for the purpose of filtering out web content which is not suitable for children and youngsters. </p></blockquote>
<p>Option two is mandatory approach via legislation:</p>
<blockquote><p>to make it mandatory for ISPs to provide filtering service to their subscribers so that<br />
children and youngsters will be protected from web content not suitable to them. This would enable filtering of content from both local and overseas websites.</p></blockquote>
<p>Option three is statutory approach, which targets at content providers:</p>
<blockquote><p>1. websites are required to provide warnings if they display indecent materials;</p>
<p>2.  an access control system is to be established to authenticate the age of the web users. For example, web users are required to input their credit card data before getting access to webpage containing indecent materials to ensure that they have attained the age of 18;</p>
<p>3. empower enforcement agencies, upon receipt of a judicial warrant, to issue a “take-down notice” to the indecent websites or the ISPs concerned; and</p>
<p>4.  prosecute content providers who fail to comply with the statutory requirements. </p></blockquote>
<p>Martinoei criticizes that all the suggestions imply <a href=http://martinoei.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/%E6%83%B3%E6%90%9E%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E7%89%88%E9%98%B2%E7%81%AB%E9%95%B7%E5%9F%8E%EF%BC%9F%E6%94%B6%E7%9A%AE%E5%96%87>an introduction of Great Fire Wall</a> in Hong Kong: </p>
<blockquote><p>蘇錦樑呢條X建聯黨員，話咁快就要在香港引進防火長城，淫審處本來己經被指權力過大，依家權力仲要大到搞過濾名單，係咪想搞香港版防火長城。照香港有大衛像都係淫褻嘅硬膠前科，隨時成個高登都會列入過濾名單，咁樣仲成世界？仲惡過廿三條。</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_So">Gregory So</a>, party member of<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Alliance_for_the_Betterment_and_Progress_of_Hong_Kong"> DAB</a> (translator note: a pro-China political party in Hong Kong), soon after he got into power, he wants to introduce great fire wall in Hong Kong. Obscene Article Tribunal has been known to have excessive power, now they are to formulate black list for filtering. Isn&#39;t that in fact Hong Kong&#39;s great fire wall? As we have the most ridiculous record of turing the David Statue into indecent article, it is very likely that the whole golden forum would be included in the list. What will Hong Kong become? Such kind of policy is more evil that article 23. </div>
<p>Although the government stresses that it doesn&#39;t have any fixed position, erynnyes from<em> Those were the days </em><a href=http://thosewerethedays.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/%E6%89%93%E9%80%A0%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E9%87%91%E7%9B%BE%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%92%E8%81%AF%E7%B6%B223%E6%A2%9D>is still angry at the government&#39;s suggestions</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>當然，政府把一切說成諮詢，政府沒有立場，甚至在文件中提出反對者聲音，以顯示中立，可是在童工角度，有些立場、建議，根本提出也是罪，因為這是削弱香港互聯網自由，完全毋須討論，皆因沒有任何妥協之餘地！那份諮詢文件，就像互聯網的23 條，只想打造一個超越中國的打壓互聯自由的香港金盾！</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">The government stresses that it is just consultation, and it doesn&#39;t have any stand. It tries to show its neutrality by mentioning some of the oppositional voices. However, from our viewpoints, some positions and suggestions shouldn&#39;t be included in the consultation, as it will erode the internet freedom. The very act of putting them into the agenda is a sin as we should not compromise human rights principle. The consultation papers is like Internet article 23 aims at constructing a Golden shield in Hong Kong, competing with what have been done in China. </div>
<p>Hystericireul posts <a href=http://www.xanga.com/hystericireul/676828276/263772447136028229093602821895.html>a large picture of David Statue</a> in his blog to protest against the Indecent censorship policy. He also makes a dozen points on the consultation:</p>
<blockquote><p>10. 淫唔淫，根本就係同洩唔洩一樣，各施各法各隨心。除左少部分好明顯變態嘔心核突既物品之外，根本好多物品就無一個清晰定義去界定點為之「淫」，尤其是當你成班仆街連大衛像都可以覺得係「淫褻」既話，仲有乜野係唔淫？vv物語講西，淫唔淫？西廂記夢中交合，淫唔淫？莫非我地以後創作時就唔可以打破古人既曖昧，照樣講到扑野就「呵呵，哈哈，嗯嗯」算數？</p>
<p>11. 根本個問題係，健立一個健康健全既人格，咁佢睇乜都唔會變壞。而家係你班撚樣搞柒左個社會，成班小朋友未升中先西窿，3456789p玩齊，呢個係佢地腦荀未生埋既問題，我地要做既係好好教導佢地，而唔係一味禁絕囉。</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">10. Whether something is indecent or not, its nature is like whether a kid is naughty or not. It is very arbitrary, everyone has his/her own standard. Except a very limited amount of perverted articles, it is very difficult to draw a line for most articles. Especially the fact that some assholes dare to define the David Statue as &#8220;indecent&#8221;, what else cannot be &#8220;indecent&#8221;? Vagina Monologues is all about vagina, is that indecent? Romance of the West Chamber have a scene on sexual intercourse in the dream, is that indecent? In the future, when we write story about love making, should we follow ancient reticence by omitting the descriptive part and substitute it with &#8220;oh&#8230; er&#8230;&#8230;mum&#8230;.&#8221;?</p>
<p>11. The issue at stake is to help our children to develop a healthy personality, then whatever they read, cannot have negative impact on them. Look at how this group of dick heads rule the society, children are having 34567 P (multiple sexual partners) before they enter high school because they are not mature in their attitudes. We should teach them, not prohibit them from knowing. </p></div>
<p>There are also some discussions from Internet forums, such as from <a href=http://www.pumb.org/archiver/?tid-42879.html>pumb.org</a>:</p>
<p>User169167 criticizes the government&#39;s official ability in governing Hong Kong:</p>
<blockquote><p>雞有病 = 唔俾賣活雞唔使煩<br />
樹有病 = 斬晒佢唔使煩<br />
色情網頁教壞細佬 = block晒佢唔使煩</p>
<p>政府班高薪厚職既天材知唔知咩叫教育？</p>
<p>說穿了其實就係借管制色情網頁為開端，繼而達至更容易收緊其它題材網頁(例如政治、社論)，壓抑社會另類渠道反對聲音。</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">When Chickens are sick = ban all fresh chickens from the market and save the trouble<br />
When trees are sick = cut them all and save the trouble<br />
When pornography websites have negative impact on children = block them all and save the trouble</p>
<p>All these well-paid high ranked government officials, do they know what is education?</p>
<p>The hidden agenda is to start from controlling the pornography websites and then tighten the control of other websites (such as political and social critics) and repress oppositional voices. </p></div>
<p>User george2be said that the government power should stay out of the filtering mechanism:</p>
<blockquote><p>家長同學校想filter, 應該自己裝軟件做.   政府可以提供資源同條件令呢d軟件更易買到 (如跟機可以加).   根本無需要立法賦予政府設立過濾機制既權力.</p>
<p>正如莫乃光講, 現在最大問題係淫審處裁決標準不一, 缺乏公信力.   連定標準既機構都亂七八糟, 在未解決呢個問題前, 點可能立法比佢權力去過濾更多既言論同資訊.</p>
<p>倒行逆施莫過於此.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">The parent and schools, if they want to have filter, they should have their own filtering software. The government can provide informations and resources for them to buy the software. We don&#39;t need legislation to give power to the government for setting up filtering mechanism.</p>
<p>Like what Charles Mok has said, now the problem is about the double standard in the OAT judgment. They have lost their credibility in the public. If they don&#39;t have a clear standard, how can we give the power to the government in filtering information?</p>
<p>This is such a regression in local governance.</p></div>
<p>User P-U-M-B pointed out that the internet would eventually become intranet under such policy direction:</p>
<blockquote><p>咁搞法 !! internet 變左intranet</p></blockquote>
<p>Kay sets up a facebook group on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12292385618">defending internet freedom</a> to follow through the consultation.</p>
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		<title>Palestine: Fatah and Hamas take their fight into schools</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 24 should have seen the start of classes for pupils in Gaza’s government schools, but instead it was the beginning of a week-long strike called by the Fatah-led teachers’ union protesting the interference of Hamas in education. In this post, one blogger, a school pupil himself, gives us his perspective on the political fight getting in the way of his education.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>August 24 should have seen the start of classes for pupils in Gaza’s government schools, but instead it was the beginning of a week-long strike called by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah">Fatah</a>-led teachers’ union protesting the interference of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas">Hamas</a> in education. In this post, one blogger, a school pupil himself, gives us his perspective on the political fight getting in the way of his education.</p>
<p>In the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, the Palestine Teachers’ Union is one of the few remaining strongholds of Fatah, and is supported by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Abbas">Mahmoud Abbas’</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_National_Authority">Palestinian Authority</a> (PA) in Ramallah. It called a strike during the first week of the school year to protest the transfer of dozens of teachers, transfers which it claimed were made so that Hamas could <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/27/africa/ME-Palestinians-School-Strike.php">install its supporters in key positions</a>. Teachers were stuck in the middle of the conflict between Hamas, which controls the administration of Gaza, and the PA in Ramallah, which pays their salaries. They were threatened with having their salaries cut or being fired if they broke the strike, or if they accepted a promotion (indicating loyalty to Hamas); yet if they did strike then they risked <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9829.shtml ">being sacked by Hamas</a>. While Hamas denied they were replacing staff, as soon as the strike started it brought in hundreds of new teachers; Hamas’ Education Minister estimated that 2,000 of the 9,000 government school teachers had been <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/27/africa/ME-Palestinians-School-Strike.php">replaced</a>.</p>
<p><em>Mutasharrid</em> (‘homeless person’ or ‘vagrant’) is a pupil in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Yunis">Khan Yunis</a>, in the south of the Gaza Strip, and explains what happened during the first week of the <a href="http://motshard.blogspot.com/2008/09/blog-post_04.html">school year</a>:</p>
<div class="arabic">- شو.. رايح بكرة ع المدرسة ؟<br />
- لأ ، الأسبوع الأول إضراب للمعلمين<br />
- والله؟ مين حكى .. ولشو الإضراب ؟<br />
- إتحاد المعلمين أقرّ بإضراب مشان اللي بتعمله حماس بالتعليم<br />
- أها.. و شو بتعمل حماس بالتعليم ؟<br />
- نقل أساتذة ثانوية للإبتدائية وتعيين مدراء منها وفصل واعتقال و و<br />
&#8221; الحالة الظاهرة : الظهور دون إتصال &#8220;</div>
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‘So, tomorrow you’re off to school?’<br />
‘No, the first week there’s a teachers’ strike.’<br />
‘Really? Who says? What’s the strike about?’<br />
‘The teachers’ union has decided to strike because of what Hamas is doing to education.’<br />
‘Aha…And what is Hamas doing to education?’<br />
‘They’re moving head teachers from secondary schools to elementary schools, and appointing head teachers from amongst their own, and dismissing people, and arresting them, and…’</p>
<p><em>Status: No communication.</em></div>
<div class="arabic">بصراحة أنا في حيرة من أمري ، من أين أبدأ وأنا لا أعرف بذات الوقت أين سأنتهي بموضوع غير واضح الأفق بتاتا &#8230; أنا طالب ثانوية عامة &#8220;توجيهي&#8221; ، وكغيري من الطلاب في أول يوم دراسي 24 / 8 كانت المدرسة قبلة لنا في ذاك اليوم ، وأقولها بصدق.. لا تحملني إلا رغبة إلى مدرستي التي ألفتها ، ومعلمين وزملاء أحببتهم و عايشتهم سنين ، اعتادوا علينا واعتدنا عليهم وكأننا &#8220;أسرة واحدة&#8221; ، وربما تكون هذه الكلمة مستهلكة جدا بوسائل الإعلام وبتنحكى<br />
كثير .. بس أنا بعنيها فعلا
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<div class="translation">In truth I am totally confused; where can I begin, when at the same time I don’t know where I’ll end? It’s a subject that has decidedly unclear boundaries. … I am a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawjihi"><em>tawjihi</em></a> [final-year secondary school certificate] pupil, and like other pupils, on the first day of the academic year (24 August) the school was a <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qibla">qibla</a></em> [the direction in which Muslims pray] for us, and I say that with all seriousness. Nothing sustained me but the yearning for my school which I loved, and for the teachers and other employees that I was fond of and had been with for years. They had got used to us, and we had got used to them, as if we were ‘one family’. Maybe this term is overused in the media and repeated a lot…but I really mean it.</div>
<div class="arabic">
تفاجأت بأرض الواقع لمّا وصلت المدرسة ، على ما يبدو إنه الإضراب حقيقي وناجح بنسبة كبيرة ، وهذا الشيء لمسته من وجود 5 معلمين فقط في مدرسة طاقمها التعليمي يتكون من أكثر من 20 معلم ، نظرت يمينا ويسارا .. كانت المدرسة فارغة إلا من عدة طلاب و &#8220;أناس غرباء&#8221; ، ظننت في البداية أنهم المعلمين الجدد ، لم أهتم بالأمر فعلا و .. مشيت للبيت عائدا ، ولم أرجع إلى هناك إلا بعد أسبوع .. أي بعد إنتهاء فترة الإضراب الرسمية حسب نقابة المعلمين - فرع رام الله ! </div>
<div class="translation">I was surprised by the actual situation when I arrived at school. It seemed that the strike was real, and successful to a large degree, which I made out from the presence of just five teachers in a school whose normal teaching staff is more than 20 people. I looked right and left…The school was empty except for a number of pupils and some ‘strangers’. At first I thought they were new teachers, and I really didn’t pay much attention. I walked back home, and didn’t return until a week later – that is, after the official strike period as decreed by the Teachers’ Union (Ramallah branch!).</div>
<div class="arabic">عرفنا فيما أن شرطة الحكومة المقالة اعتقلت مدير مدرستنا و فصلته ، ومنعته من ممارسة أي وظيفة في سلك التعليم وهو حتى أمس كان في مستشفى &#8220;ناصر&#8221; بخانيونس ولا أبالغ بحديثي عندما أقول أنه كان في حالة أشبه بـ &#8220;إنهيار عصبي&#8221; عندما زرناه أنا ومجموعة من الأصدقاء ، وحالته النفسية أسوأ مما كنت مهيئا نفسي لأن أراه ، كان مديرا لا يختلف اثنين على حكمته في إدارة مدرستنا لأكثر من 6 سنوات ، وكان مستوى المدرسة طوال السنوات الماضية من أفضل المستويات على مستوى دائرة خانيونس ، سواء بمجال التعليم أو بمجالات رياضية أو أخرى ..
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<div class="translation">Meanwhile we found out that the police of the deposed [Fatah] government arrested the head teacher of our school and dismissed him, and forbade him from working in the education sector. Until yesterday he was in Nasir hospital in Khan Yunis, and I’m not exaggerating when I say that he was in a state something like a nervous breakdown when I and some friends visited him. His mental state was worse that what I was prepared to see. He was a head teacher whose wisdom in managing our school for more than six years no one had ever disagreed with. Throughout the previous years the level of our school had been one of the highest in Khan Yunis, both in academic subjects and other areas like sports.</div>
<div class="arabic">
إلتزمنا بالمدرسة منذ 1/9 بشكل رسمي رغم المفاجآت التي تصدمنا منذ ذلك الحين وبشكل يومي ، بعضها &#8220;على سبيل المثال&#8221; : مدير مدرسة يحمل مسدسا و موظف من &#8220;الأمن الداخلي&#8221; يجوب ممرات مدرستنا بين الحين والآخر يتقن التحديق في عيوننا ، معلمين جدد أغلبهم متخرجين من كلية &#8220;الشريعة&#8221; ! وأحدهم حضر لنا كـ مدرس للرياضيات يطلب منا تحضير أول 20 صفحة من الكتاب في أول يوم لنا ! ، كانت المفآجأت أكبر من أن نستوعبها بهذه السرعة ، هل حقا يجب أن نتعامل مع الأمر كواقع ونبدأ بالتعايش فيه ؟ لا نعرف .. خصوصا في ظل المعركة الطاحنة بين نقابة رام الله و حكومة غزة ، فتلك .. تمدد الإضراب يوما عن الآخر وتهدد بقطع الرواتب ، وهذه تزيد المجاكرة و تتقن فنّ لي الأيدي جيدا ، و لا شيء سوى المزيد من التطوير بأساليب الردح والجرح والقدح ، ونحن؟ بين مطرقة رام الله وسنديان غزة نصلي لله أن ينظر في أمرنا قليلا
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<div class="translation">We officially went back to school on September 1, in spite of the surprises that have shocked us on a daily basis since that time. For example, the head teacher of the school carries a revolver, and an officer of the [Hamas-run] Internal Security Force wanders the corridors of our school from time to time, staring expertly into our eyes. Then new teachers arrived, the majority of whom are graduates of the college of Islamic law! One of them turned up in our class as a maths teacher, and asked us to prepare the first 20 pages of the book on the first day! The surprises were bigger than we could grasp this quickly; do we really have to deal with the issue as fact, and begin to coexist with it? We don’t know… Especially in the shadow of the ruinous struggle between the Ramallah union and the Gaza government… The extension of the strike from one day to another, and the threat of salary cuts, just increases the taunting, and perfects the twisting of arms, and is nothing more than a development of the methods of wounding and defaming others. And us? Caught between the hammer of Ramallah and the oak tree of Gaza, we pray to God to pay a little attention to our problem.</div>
<div class="arabic">و في الوقت الذي ينبغي فيه أن نكون قد قطعنا شوطا كبيرا بهذا المنهج دسم المحتوى ، لكم يا أصدقاء تلخيصا لما درسناه وتعلمناه في الأيام الماضية .. حتى هذه اللحظة :<br />
- تعلمنا كيف يكون إنتهاء الدوام مع بدايته في صبيحة كل يوم<br />
- تعلّمنا جيدا كيفية الجلوس في الفصل بهدوء تامّ دون وجود معلم لعدة حصص<br />
- درسنا أيضا أن هذا المعلم قطع راتبه أما ذاك فليس بعد</div>
<div class="translation">This is the time in which we should have made great progress in our substantial curriculum; instead I will give you an outline of what we have studied and learnt in the past days, until this moment:<br />
-we learnt how lessons could end at the same time they began every morning<br />
-we learnt very well how to sit in a class, perfectly quiet, without the presence of a teacher for a number of periods<br />
-we also learnt that this teacher had taken a cut in his salary, but some other teacher had not yet</div>
<div class="arabic">في الحقيقة .. تعلمنا أشياءً كثيرة ، بيد أننا ما زلنا نفتقد الهداية لشيء يدق ناقوس الخطر في عقولنا ، الشيء الوحيد الذي نهتم لمحاولة معرفته في هذه الضياع الذي يعصف بنا كطلاب :<br />
أين نحن من كل هذا ؟!</div>
<div class="translation">In fact, we learnt many things, although we are still missing the answer to the question sounding an alarm bell in our minds, the one thing that we are interested in trying to understand in this tempest raging round us as students:</p>
<p>Where do we come in all of this?!</p></div>
<p>At the time of writing some teachers are still on strike.</p>
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		<title>Korea: From Hero to Eccentric Man</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2004 a student, Kang Ui-seok, was expelled from Daegwang High School for disobeying an order to attend chapel service at the school. He filed a petition with the National Human Rights Commission of Korea and went on a hunger strike that lasted 36 days to urge the school to give its students the freedom [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 2004 a student, Kang Ui-seok, was expelled from Daegwang High School for disobeying an order to attend chapel service at the school. He filed a petition with the National Human Rights Commission of Korea and went on a hunger strike that lasted 36 days to urge the school to give its students the freedom of religion.</p>
<p>After a <a href="http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_entertainment/297616.html">long battle</a>, he could return to the school and the school agreed not to force chapel service on non-Christian students. He received much attention in public and his courage was complimented.</p>
<p>However, since that time, he has received continual media attention (intentionally or non-intentionally) with his noticeable activities – short career as a boxer, taxi driver, <a href="http://blog.daum.net/_blog/BlogView.do?blogid=0A18G&#038;articleno=16105219&#038;categoryId=68602#ajax_history_home">women-serving-man</a>, <a href="http://blog.sisain.co.kr/111">documentary director </a>(‘Military Service?’)[kr]– and has turned from a young and brave boy to an eccentric man. Another performance of his in public on the 30th of September touched one of the most sensitive issues, protest against military service, and has led to many comments from netizens. </p>
<p><a href="http://link.allblog.net/13619065/http://www.cyworld.com/sysche/1723178">Many netizens </a>analyze a series of his actions. </p>
<blockquote><p>돈키호테가 되고 싶은 강의석</p>
<p>용기있는 학생이었다. </p>
<p>물론 그때도 돌 얻어맞을 모난 정으로 보는 사람도 있었고 어린 녀석이 까졌다고 생각하는 사람도 있었지만, 나 역시 반강제적으로 학교 종교행사에 참여해야 했던 미션스쿨을 다녔던 경험탓인지, 아닌 건 아니라고 당당하게 말하는 그 학생을 보면서 저거 너무 튀는거 아냐?라는 생각보다 베짱 좋네, 용기있네. 라는 생각이 더 강했던 것 같다. </p>
<p>강의석군에서 강의석씨가 된 그 학생. </p>
<p>참 재미있는 사람이다.</p>
<p>국군의 날을 하루 앞둔 30일 강남 테헤란로에 빨간 강의석이 나타났다. 군대를 없애야 한다며 퍼포먼스를 벌인 그 모습이 인터넷 뉴스등을 통해 알려지면서 강의석에게 군대가 필요한 이유에 대해 열변을 토하는 이도 있고 못마땅한 심기를 고스란히 드러내는 이들, 인신공격을 퍼부으면서 강의석을 어쩌지 못해 안달난 사람들도 꽤 보인다. “모두가 총을 놓으면 세계 평화가 가능하다”는 강의석의 주장에는 나 역시 공감하는 바이다. 다만 나와 강의석의 차이라면 나는 그것이 현실적으로 실현 불가능하지만 그렇게 되도록 노력해야 하는 이상이라고 생각한다는 것이고 강의석은 그것을 이상으로만 생각하는 사람들을 이상하게 본다는 것이랄까? 세계평화를 위해 다같이 총을 놓고 군대를 없애야 하는데 왜 그렇게 하지 않느나며 사람들에게 변화를 요구하는 강의석. 사람들이 모두가 똑 같은 생각을 할 수는 없는거니까, 이렇게도 생각하고 저렇게도 생각할 수 있는 것이니까. 그가 어떻게 생각하든 “아, 그렇게 생각할 수도 있겠네”라고 대수롭지 않게 넘겨버리면 그뿐이지만. 부디 그 ‘요구’가 ‘강요’가 되는 불편함은 없어야 할텐데.</p>
<p> […]</p>
<p>굳이 강의석씨에게 군대가 필요한 이유에 대해 ‘가르쳐주고’ 싶은 생각은 없다. 그에게 애국심을 ‘강요’하고 싶지도 않다. 그저, 어떻게 생각하든 그것은 그의 자유일 테니까. </p>
<p>특별히 하는 일이 없었던<br />
에스파냐의 시골 귀족, 아론소 기하노는 밤낮으로 기사도 이야기를 탐독한 나머지 정신이 이상해져서 소설과 현실을 구분하지 못하게 되고 세상의 부정과 비리를 도려내고 학대 당하는 사람들을 돕고자 ‘돈키호테 테라만차’라고 자칭하고, 갑옷을 입고 로시난테라는 앙상한 말을 타고 스스로 기사가 되어 길을 떠난다. 스스로의 망상으로 둘시네아라는 공주를 만들고 그 공주를 위해 모험을 하는, 공주를 떠올리며  스스로 산속에서 고행을 하는가 하면, 양떼를 군대라 여기고 전투를 하거나 지나가는 사람을 거인이라며 시비를 붙이는 등 기행을 일삼으며 사람들에게 미친놈이라 손가락질 받고 계속해서 현실과 충돌함에도 조금도 꺽이지 않았던 돈키호테. </p>
<p>강의석을 보며 이상, 아니 망상에 사로잡힌 돈키호테가 떠올랐다. 종교의 자유를 외치며 1인 시위를 벌였던 학생 강의석군의 행동은 학생들에게 수업외의 종교행위를 강요하지 않도록 교칙을 수정하는 변화를 가져오게 했었고 옳지 못한 것을 바로 잡은 한 학생의 용기를 지금도 기억하고 있다. 그러나 거기까지였다. 자신의 뜻이 적힌 피켓을 들고 묵묵히 서있던 그 학생은 온 몸에 시뻘건 칠을 한 기이한 모습으로 뛰쳐나왔다. 그의 행동이 더 이상 변화를 바라는 마음, 요구로만 보이지는 않는다. 그저 반대를 위한 반대, 불신과 불만 불평.</p>
<p>그가 주장하는 세계평화를 위한 변화의 요구가 아닌, 그저 “나 군대가기 싫어요”라는 앙탈로만 보인다. 사실 강의석씨의 행동이 나 사는데 크게 지장있는 것도 아니고, 그가 세상을 발칵 뒤집을 만한 영향력을 가진 사람도 아니니, 그가 무슨 생각을 하든, 어떤 행동을 하든 (보기 껄끄럽고 못마땅 하긴 하지만) 그것이 공적인 영역으로 들어와 나에게까지 영향을 끼치지 않는 이상 그의 생각과 행동은 온전히 그의 자유로 맡겨두고 싶지만. 그의 넘치는 에너지가, 그의 개성이 보다 발전적이고 긍정적인 에너지로 축적되지 못함이 안타까울 뿐이다. </p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">Kang Ui-seok: a man who would like to be Don Quixote</p>
<p>He was a brave student. </p>
<p><img src="http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/nrkf00001558_1.jpg" alt="" title="nrkf00001558_1" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-50858" /></p>
<p>Of course, at that time there were people who harshly criticized him and thought him sly. In my case, I also had an experience that I forcefully had to attend religious activities at the mission school I had been. Observing him talking about his opinion with dignity, I thought that he was brave and had guts rather than that he tried to be noticeable. </p>
<p>He became Mr. Kang Ui-seok from student Kang Ui-seok.</p>
<p>He is an interesting person. </p>
<p>On the 30th of September which is a day before the Soldiers’ Day, red Kang Ui-seok appeared at Teheran-ro, Kangnam (one of the most crowded areas in Seoul-editor). He had a performance against military service. His performance was introduced to internet news services and there were opinions that some people explained why the army is necessary, some were not happy about his performance, and others even poured personal attacks against him. Kang Ui-seok said, “If everyone gives up guns, world peace is possible.” I agree with him. But the difference that I have from him is that we have make efforts to make such a world even though it is impossible in reality. Kan Ui-seok doesn’t agree with people like me who think it impossible. He demands a change to people that in order to have world peace we have to give up guns and get rid of armies. People can’t have the same thoughts and opinions. Therefore, we can take his idea as another idea “Right, some people can think that way.” However, I wish that his ‘demand’ doesn’t turn to ‘force.’ </p>
<p><img src="http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/2008093037587_2008093051031.jpg" alt="" title="2008093037587_2008093051031" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-50859" /><br />
[…]</p>
<p>I don’t want to ‘teach’ him why the army is necessary. I don’t want to ‘force’ him to be patriotic. How he thinks is his freedom. </p>
<p>Alonso Quixano, a retired country gentleman in Spain, was obsessed with books of chivalry day and night. Due to his obsession, he couldn’t distinguish novels and reality. He called himself ‘Don Quixote’ in order to punish corruption and injustice and to help the abused and started travel with a skimpy horse, Rocinante. With a wild fancy, he makes a neighboring farm girl as his princess-love, Dulcinea. Dreaming of her, he practices asceticism in a mountain, has combats with crowds of sheeps, and treats passers as giants. His eccentricities contribute to him being regarded as a psycho. Regardless of the reality and conflicts, he doesn’t give up himself. </p>
<p>Looking at Kang Ui-seok, I thought about Don Quixote. I remember a student’s courage when he had a hunger strike by himself for freedom of religion, he led changes that students don’t have to forcefully take religious classes or activities and schools regulations changed. But it was appropriate at that time. A student who hung a picket on his neck at that time ran out on the street with a strange look with a whole red body. His behavior doesn’t look like a demand that looks for changes. It seems like objections for objections, distrust, dissatisfaction, and discontent. What he insists for world peace just looks like a fuss, “I don’t want to go through military service.” Of course, his actions don’t influence my life and he is not a person who can change the world with his action. As long as his actions and thought will not influence people in public, it is his freedom how he thinks and what he does. But I feel sorry that his vigorous energy and personality are not used in more progressive and positive ways. </p></div>
<p>He has <a href="http://link.allblog.net/13614986/http://elfrog.net/article/145">fans</a> for his courage to express what he thinks in public. </p>
<blockquote><p>강의석군과 나는 동갑이다. 고등학교 시절, 그가 종교자유를 외치며 단식투쟁을 했다는 소식을 들었을때 나는 강의석군이 정말 존경스러웠고 동시에 나는 지금 뭐하고 있나라는 사춘기적 반항심을 태우기도 했었다. 난 강의석군만큼 실행력이 강하지 못하다. 아니, 솔직히 그런 생각도 못했다. 단식 투쟁, 일인 시위&#8230; 단지 변명밖에 되지 않겠지만 폭력적이고 강압적인 아버지 아래서 나는 그저 묵묵히 학교를 다니는 것 외에는 답이 없었을 뿐이었다. 어쨌든 이번엔 그가 군대문제에 대해 얘기하고 있다. 대한민국에서 군대에 대해 얘기를 꺼내기는 정말 어렵다. 특히 군대의 무용을 말할 때에는 더 그렇다. 나는 그런점에서 개인적으로 강의석군의 이번 행동을 높이 산다. 나 또한 강의석군의 생각과 100% 같다! 군대는 없어져야 한다. 군대를 대체하고 세계 질서를 유지할 만한 대안은 얼마든지 있다. 북한이나 지리적 요건 따위 변명에 지나지 않는다. 우리들은 군대를 폐지하고 사람들에게 두려움과 공포를 주는 대신 평화와 희망을 줄 수 있다. 나는 이런 문제로 사람들과 토론하는걸 좋아하지 않는다. 보통은 이런 주제로 대화를 하면 상대방이 흥분해버리기 때문이다. 그들은 저 멀리 거슬러 올라가면 세계의 부를 모두 차지하고 있는 그 누군가가 사람들을 이기적인 테두리안에 가두어놓아 부려먹기 쉽게하기 위해 만든 이념인 민족주의나 애국심같은 감정적인 두뇌를 사용한다. 그러나 이성과 감정, 이 둘은 모두 사람을 피폐하게 만든다. 강의석군 또래들은 대부분 군대문제에 대해 고민을 할 나이이다. 따라서 강의석군이 하필 지금 군대에 태클을 거냐고 말해도 어쩔 수 없는 것이다. 이것은 마치 중고등학교 학생들에게 왜 두발자유를 외치냐고 따지는 것과 마찬가지다. 그리고 이 모든 것은 &#8220;자유&#8221;로 일치된다. 나에게 군대를 가라고 강요하는 것은 엄청난 폭력이다. 사람들은 이것을 잘 모른다. 폭력에 익숙해졌기 때문이다. 공포를 이용한 대중 세뇌작전은 완벽히 먹혀들었다. 억지로 학교에 보내고, 머리를 마음대로 못기르게 하며 특정 종교의 예배를 받게 하는 것도 폭력이다. 기본적으로 나 자신을 한 사람의 인간으로 취급하지 않는 행위인 것이다. 강의석군은 고등학교 때부터 지금까지 이러한 폭력에 맞서 사회에 외치고 있다. 그의 주장에는 일관성이 있고, 동시에 행동력이 있다. 그런 점에서 난 그를 존경한다. 자유에는 책임이 따른다. 사람들이 좋아하는 말이다. 나도 동감한다. 하지만 동시에 사람들은 이 말을 오용하는 것도 좋아한다. 그들은 보통 &#8220;책임&#8221;을 더 강조한다. 기본적으로 모든 사람들에게는 자유가 보장되어야 한다. 자유가 먼저이다. 그리고 그 자유로 일어나는 일은 개인의 책임이다. 그러나 군대는 완전히 반대이다. 자유는 묶어두고 책임만을 강요한다. 그런데도 군대폐지를 외치는 사람에게 무슨 책임이 있어야 한단 말인가? 아무튼 이런 문제에 대해 생각하고 말하는 것만해도 힘이든데, 이렇게 엄청난 행동력을 보여준 강의석군은 나의 모델이다. 내일 그가 무슨일을 할지는 모르겠지만 그의 행동 하나하나가 대중의 무지함을 일깨워줄 수 있기를 기대한다. </p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">I am the same age with Kang Ui-seok. When I was in high school, I respected him for his hunger strike for freedom of religion and I reflected on what I am doing on the other hand. I don’t have the ability he has. Honestly speaking, I even didn’t think about those things, such as hunger strike and one person strike… It could be my excuses, but under a violent and forceful father, I just went to school without any complaints. Anyway, this time, he talks about military service. It is really difficult to talk about military service in the Republic of Korea. Especially the issue of whether military service is necessary or not is more sensitive. In my perspective, I compliment what he does. Military service should disappear. There are other alternatives in order to keep world order instead of armies. About North Korea and geographical circumstances, they are all excuses. We should abolish military service and instead of fears and anxieties that people might have we can give peace and hope. I don’t like to have discussions with people because these kinds of topics lead them to become emotional. They don’t look at this world with broader perspectives. They are imprisoned by ideologies, such as nationalism and patriotism, which a few people who have power and wealth created in order to control people without difficulty. However, emotion and reason, both of them impoverish people. Young men of the similar age of Kang Ui-seok are thinking about military service. Therefore, if someone says why Kang Ui-seok talks about military service in the age when he should have military service, I don’t know what to answer. This is like asking why secondary students cry out for the freedom of hair styles. They all have a common thing, “freedom.” Forcing me to go to the army is very violent. People don’t know because they’re already so used to it. Brainwashing the masses using fear was completely successful. Being sent to school, not letting people have freedom of length of hair, and being obliged to attend a specific religious service are all violence. That means that they basically don’t treat me as a human. Kang Ui-seok has been against this violence from high school until now. His argument is consistent and he practices at the same time. Therefore, I respect him. When you emphasize freedom, you also have to consider the responsibility. That’s what people like. I agree. However, at the same time, people like to misuse it. They usually emphasize “responsibility” more. Basically, people are guaranteed to have freedom. Freedom is prior. Then the next part is individuals’ freedom. I am opposed to military service. They bind freedom and force responsibility. Why do we have to talk about responsibility to the person who cries for the abolishment of military service? Talking about this issue is not easy, but Kang Ui-seok shows how to speak out. He is my model. I don’t know what he will do tomorrow, but I expect that what he does can give lessons to the ignorant masses.</div>
<p>His continual noticeable activities in public make him regarded as a <a href="http://link.allblog.net/13615045/http://daydreamers.tistory.com/entry/%EB%8C%80%ED%95%9C%EB%AF%BC%EA%B5%AD%EC%9D%98-%EC%A7%84%EC%A0%95%ED%95%9C-%EC%86%8C%EC%9D%B8%EB%B0%B0-%EA%B0%95%EC%9D%98%EC%84%9D">serious exhibitionist</a> among some of <a href="http://media.daum.net/breakingnews/view.html?cateid=1011&#038;newsid=20080911180417881&#038;cp=kukminilbo">his classmates</a> [kr] at Seoul National University and others. </p>
<blockquote><p> […]솔직히 말해서 제가 이렇게 강의석 씨를 속된 말로 &#8216;까대 봤자&#39; 이미 사회 유명인사에 이름을 올렸고 뭘 해도 성공할 겁니다. 또한 강의석 씨는 추후 정계 진출까지 고려하고 있다는데, 이미 전국적으로 이름을 날린 시점에서 홍정욱 씨 Season 2가 안되리라는 보장은 없다고 봅니다. 솔직히 저는 제가 백날 이런 글을 올려봤자 소용이 없으리라고 생각합니다. 하지만 최소한 대한민국 사회의 한 구성원으로써, 이런 극단적으로 이기적이며 기회주의적인 사람이 존재하며, 매우 불행히도 한국 사회 내에서 &#8216;성공&#39; 을 쟁취했고 우리가 반드시 경계해야 한다는 점을 알리고 싶습니다. </p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">[&#8230;]Honestly speaking, even though I criticize him, he’s already a celebrity in society. He will succeed whatever he does. In addition, I heard that he would consider stepping into politics in the future. His name is already known in the whole country and therefore it would not be difficult for him to be the second <a href="http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%99%8D%EC%A0%95%EC%9A%B1">Hong Jung Ook </a>[kr]. I know even though I put my opinions and perspectives on him so many times, it is not necessary. However, as a person in this society, I would like to warn society that a person like him, selfish and opportunistic, grabbed ‘success’ here. </div>
<p><a href="http://www.realfactory.net/719">Realfactory</a> shares his opinion of why his behavior is negatively shown to public. </p>
<blockquote><p>많은 사람들이 강의석을 주목한다. 그리고 더 많은 사람들이 강의석을 깐다. 마지막으로 그보다 더 많은 사람들이 강의석을 싫어한다. 대체 어째서 한 때 그 강한 기성 종교의 희생양이었던 소년이, 한 사람의 순수한 투사로 여겨졌던 그가 이렇게까지 되어 버린 것일까? 답은 간단하다. </p>
<p>깝쳐서.</p>
<p>한국 사회에서의 미덕은 &#8216;겸손&#39;이다. 묵묵히 자기 역할을 다 하는 사람이야 어디서든 사랑받지만 한국에서는 튀는 것, 축에서 빠지는 것이 매우 금기시되는 행동으로 여겨진다. 물론 유쾌하게 튀는 사람들도 있지만 그것은 상당한 기교가 필요한 일이고 그런 재능을 가지고 있지 않은 사람은 왠만한 상황에서는 적당히 따라가는 게 좋은 곳이 한국 사회이다.<br />
강의석은 튀기는 좋아하나 그것을 포장하는 기교가 전혀 없는 전형적인 스타일이다. 더군다나 언제나 말이 앞선다. 물론 부상이 있을 수도 있지만 세계 챔피언이 된다고 너무 쉽게 이야기하다가 단 한 경기도 출전하지 못하고 물러남이 좋게 보일 리는 없다. 그 때까지만 해도 별로 주목받지 못하는 잊혀진 인사라 별 반응이 없었지만 이번에 군대와 관련해 박태환에게 편지 형식의 글을 쓴 이후 엄청난 주목과 까임을 받게 되었다.[…] 여자에게 공개 고백, 한 달간의 택시 기사, 일주일간의 호스트, 권투 선수에의 도전과 포기. 덤으로 이번에 박태환과 군대를 엮은 글까지. 나는 강의석의 진정성이 어떤 것인지는 모르겠지만 그것이 사회에 미치는 영향을 생각하지 않고 그저 떠들어대고 살짝 부딪히고 빠지는 행위를 &#8216;객기&#39; 이상으로 판단하지 않는다. 그는 미디어의 속성을 이미 충분히 깨달았을 것임에도 절대 그것을 염두하지 않는다. 그저 자기 하고 싶은 일 하고 무책임하게 방관하며 변명은 않는다. 그리고 사태는 더 나빠진다. 자신뿐 아니라 사회에도 그러하다. 그런데 이게 별로 좋아 보이지는 않지만 역으로 굳이 나쁘게 볼 이유가 있는지도 의문이다. 이러쿵저러쿵 해도 강의석은 20대 초반이다. 객기 좀 부리고 살 법한 나이고 그걸 친구들과 술안주 삼는 게 전혀 어색한 나이가 아니다. 그런데 이걸 그렇게까지 씹어야 할까? 난 이번 일들을 보며 강의석보다 기존 언론이 참 한심해 보인다. 그들이 소재의 선정성을 버리고 진정 중요한 이슈에 주목할 것까지는 바라지도 않는다.[…]사실 강의석과 기존 언론은 놀랍도록 닮아 있다. 뒷 일 생각 안 하고 튀려고 한다는 점이나 근거가 약한데도 주장은 강하다는 점에서 아주 똑같다. 단 그 영향력이 기존 언론이 더 강하고 그들은 경험치가 꽤나 축적되어 있어 어떻게든 자신들은 욕 먹지 않으려는 면피의 자세가 되어 있다는 차이는 있겠지만. 뭐, 이러한 기사를 바라고 있는 우리들도 이들 언론의 주요한 스폰서일지도 모르겠다. 어쨌든 나는 정말이지, 강의석이 불쌍하다. 얘가 싫기는 하지만 그래도 불쌍하다. </p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">Many people pay attention to Kang Ui-seok. And more people put him on the cutting board. And more people dislike him. How come? He was the victim of strong conservative religion one time and was regarded as a pure fighter. But why not anymore? The answer is simple. </p>
<p>He behaves frivolously. </p>
<p>Virtue in Korean society is being ‘modest.’ The people who do what they do in silence are loved, but being noticeable and being out of norms are regarded as very prohibitive behaviors. Of course there are people who are pleasantly noticeable, but those have techniques. People who don’t have those skills would be better to appropriately follow what other people do. Kang Ui-seok is a person who likes to be noticeable, but who doesn’t know how to decorate himself well. In addition, his talk is faster than his action. He said that he will start boxing and will be the world champion, but he didn’t even fight one match and gave up. It didn’t look good. At that time, there was no big response because he was getting forgotten. This time he talked about Park Tae Hwan (gold medalist at the Beijing Olympics) regarding military service on his blog. He got so much attention and was criticized a lot. […] proposal to a girl to ask to be his girl friend in public, being a taxi driver for a month, being a serving man for a week, the challenge to be a boxer and giving-in, and a letter to Park Tae Hwan about military service. I don’t know how sincere he is and don’t take his acting that doesn’t think about social influence and his easy talk seriously. He already learned what media means, but he still doesn’t care. He does what he wants to do and irresponsibly looks on it without any excuse. And it gets worse for society as well as for himself. While what he does doesn’t look good, I also question why we don’t have to look at it as so bad. Anyway, he is still in his early twenties. He is at the age that he can be carried away by ill-advised bravery and talks about what he does with his friends. Do we have to bite him so hard? I am rather disappointed with media. I even don’t wish the media to focus on more important issues rather than this kind sensational news anymore.[…] As a matter of fact, Kang Ui-seok and media resemble each other. Both of them don’t think about aftermaths and just want to be noticeable. They have the strong arguments based on little evidence. However, the influence of the media is stronger and they have experiences. They know how they have to deal with issues without receiving blames. Maybe we ourselves might be important sponsors to wait for sensational issues from media. I feel sorry for Kang Ui-seok. Even though I don’t like him, I feel sorry for him.</p></div>
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		<description><![CDATA[Central Europe Activ cites an item from &#8220;an award-winning Hungarian language blog of Serbian expats&#8221; on the fake Javier Solana obits that appeared &#8220;on Kosovo Street and around the Serbian parliament in downtown Belgrade.&#8221;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Central Europe Activ</em> cites an item from &#8220;an award-winning Hungarian language blog of Serbian expats&#8221; on the <a href="http://central.blogactiv.eu/2008/09/30/serbs-mourn-solana/">fake Javier Solana obits</a> that appeared &#8220;on Kosovo Street and around the Serbian parliament in downtown Belgrade.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Iran: Mr. Ahmadinejad in New York</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/09/30/iran-mr-ahmadinejad-in-new-york/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hamid Tehrani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinjad, addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday declaring that "the American empire'' and "Zionist regime" [Israel] are nearing collapse, pro-democracy Iranians and 3,000 people mobilized by a coalition of mostly Jewish groups, protested against Ahmadinejad's threats toward Israel and Iran's human rights record.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinjad, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7821469">addressed</a> the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/24/ahmadinejad.us.iran/">declaring</a> that &#8220;the American empire&#8221; and &#8220;Zionist regime&#8221; [Israel] are nearing collapse, <a href="http://iranian.com/main/singlepage/2008/nazanin-afshin-jam">pro-democracy Iranians</a> and 3,000 people mobilized by a coalition of mostly Jewish groups, protested against Ahmadinejad&#39;s threats toward Israel and Iran&#39;s human rights record.</p>
<p><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/shankbone/2883561448/in/set-72157607458185521/"><img src="http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/2883561448_06569b19ae.jpg" alt="" title="United Nations Protest against Ahmedinejad" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-50804" /></a><br />
<em><small>Protesters erected these statues in front of the UN to protest against Ahmadinejad. Photo by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/shankbone/2883561448/in/set-72157607458185521/">David Shankbone</a>.</small></em></p>
<p>Iranian bloggers, diverse as usual, published several posts about Ahmadinejad&#39;s visit to New York and his interviews with American media, such as <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjuCXuESyyA&#038;feature=related ">CNN</a> and <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2008/09/23/editorial_pages/oe-ahmadinejad23">Los Angles Times</a> where he denied that there are any <a href="http://iranppa.blogspot.com">political prisoners</a> in Iran, and <a href="http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=70506&#038;sectionid=351020101">conveyed</a> message of peace to the USA.</p>
<p><em>Mojtaba Saminejad</em>, a former jailed blogger who had been in prison for more than 20 months because of his writings, <a href="http://ghomaaar.blogspot.com/2008/09/blog-post_25.html">says</a> [fa] the Iranian president, as usual, denied the facts and reality in his interviews, especially when he says there is no political prisoners in Iran.</p>
<p>This blogger writes:</p>
<blockquote><p>Maybe Ahmadinejad is talking about another country&#8230; The President says that there are no political prisoners in Iran, but that there are many political prisoners in the USA. Denying this reality of all these political prisoners in Iran can only be a sign that the Islamic Republic knows it is violating human rights. If not, there is no need to talk about the USA when questions are being asked about Iran.</p></blockquote>
<p><em>NikAhnag</em>, a Canada-based Iranian cartoonist and blogger, has <a href="http://nikahang.blogspot.com/2008/09/blog-post_2397.html">published </a> a cartoon to show his feelings about Ahmadinejad&#39;s claim that, &#8220;there is absolute freedom in Iran.&#8221; In this cartoon while Ahmadinejad stands in front of cameras, a guy hanging over the edge of a cliff says, &#8220;[freedom just for dying].&#8221;</p>
<p><em>Latidan</em> <a href="http://www.latidan.blogsky.com/1387/07/04/post-43/">says </a>[fa] that once again Ahmadinejad has attacked Israel condemning it in support of Palestinians but the question is where were the Muslims and Palestinians when he was in New York? The blogger writes that the irony is that the only group that demonstrated to support the Iranian president, <a href="http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/110549.html">were some anti-Zionist fervently Orthodox Jews</a>.</p>
<p>The blogger <a href="http://www.latidan.blogsky.com/1387/07/04/post-43/">asks</a> where are our Palestinians brothers and sisters that we pay this cost for?</p>
<p><em>Sharokh</em> <a href="http://shahrokh59.blogfa.com/post-75.aspx">writes</a> [fa]:</p>
<blockquote><p> I was excited when I learned that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_King">Larry King</a> from CNN would interview Ahmadinejad and I hoped he would challenge him. But I was disappointed when I watched the interview. Larry King not only did not challenge Ahmadinejad, but by asking very ordinary questions, let him to use the program as a platform to talk about the destruction of Israel and preach about freedom&#8230; Larry King showed that he does not know Iran.</p></blockquote>
<p><em>Haji Washington</em> <a href="http://hajiwashington.com/blog/1387/07/02/">says</a> [fa]:</p>
<blockquote><p>Larry King was not ready for this interview, and Ahmadinejad showed he has made a lot of progress in answering questions. It does not mean that I agree with whatever he said, but the way that he replied was more rational&#8230; Ahmadinejad&#39;s position among Muslims and Arabs became more strong after this interview.</p></blockquote>
<p><em>Amir Hosein</em>, an Islamist blogger in Iran <a href="http://amirihosain.blogfa.com/87071.aspx">writes</a> [fa] that he wishes that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayatollah_Khomeini">Ayatollah Khomeini</a> was alive to see how Ahmadinejad in the USA shouted that America is on the edge of collapse.</p>
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		<title>India: Plagiarism continues in MSM</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/09/30/india-plagiarism-continues-in-msm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rezwan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Travel Tales from India informs of yet another case of plagiarism of a blogger´s content by an Indian popular news daily. Sudipta thinks that Bloggers should wake up and react.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Travel Tales from India</em> <a href="http://www.gonomad.com/traveltalesfromindia/2008/09/times-of-india-plagiarizes-again.html">informs of</a> yet another case of plagiarism of a blogger´s content by an Indian popular news daily. <em>Sudipta</em> <a href="http://sudiptachatterjee.blogspot.com/2008/09/wake-up-bloggers.html">thinks</a> that Bloggers should wake up and react.</p>
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		<title>Belarus: Parliamentary elections no way to reforms</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/09/30/belarus-parliamentary-elections-no-way-to-reforms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vilhelm Konnander</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A Fistful Of Euros writes about Sunday&#39;s parliamentary elections in Belarus, where all seats were won by the Lukashenko regime, and sees little hope for change in comparison with other countries that have undergone transition.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>A Fistful Of Euros</em> <a href="http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/governments-and-parties/elections-in-belarus-um/">writes about</a> Sunday&#39;s parliamentary elections in Belarus, where all seats were won by the Lukashenko regime, and sees little hope for change in comparison with other countries that have undergone transition.</p>
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		<title>Taiwan: Run The Rainbow Way</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/09/30/taiwan-run-the-rainbow-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oiwan Lam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the Typhoon, the LGBT community had their annual rally in Taipei city. peopo.org has put up a video on the event with coolloud.org.tw&#39;s citizen report.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Despite the Typhoon, the LGBT community had their annual rally in Taipei city. <em>peopo.org</em> has put up<a href="http://www.peopo.org/civilmedia/post/24043"> a video on the event</a> with <em>coolloud.org.tw</em>&#39;s citizen report.</p>
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		<title>Pakistan: Media propaganda</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/09/29/pakistan-media-propaganda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rezwan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Teeth Maestro is furious because without concrete evidence the international media suggested that the two Somali suspects arrested in Germany were intending to join terrorists in Uganda and Pakistan.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Teeth Maestro</em> is <a href="http://www.teeth.com.pk/blog/2008/09/27/do-all-terrorists-lead-to-pakistan">furious</a> because without concrete evidence the international media suggested that the two Somali suspects arrested in Germany were intending to join terrorists in Uganda and Pakistan.</p>
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		<title>Tajikistan: Another Journalist Targeted</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adil Nurmakov</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ian says that another journalist has become the target of the Tajik government’s ire: the state prosecutor is charging him with slandering the president and destabilizing the country.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Ian</em> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BeyondTheRiver/~3/400974402/">says</a> that another journalist has become the target of the Tajik government’s ire: the state prosecutor is charging him with slandering the president and destabilizing the country.</p>
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