New Law

Just read a story on Al-Jazeera regarding the legal proceedings arising from a protest against Guantanamo Bay that happened back in January. Naturally we don't hear about such things on the news which is run by the corporations that get rich off war and fear. But Al-Jazeera will sometimes cover it (rich Middle Eastern kings apparently will still get rich even if they annoy the American state).

Anyway the point is what these protesters (totally nonviolent and therefore largely ineffective) are being charged with. All they did was walk up and sit on the steps of the Supreme Court. That's it. Al-Jazeera reports that they are to be charged with "unlawful free speech". In case you didn't get that I'll write it again more clearly:

UNLAWFUL FREE SPEECH

Yes there's a law against that despite the fact that it's a total oxymoron. Free speech by definition can't be unlawful.

Good luck to all of us as laws like these spread like so many sweatshops around the world. I guess it makes sense to have such laws in a time of endless, growing scarcity. People have been used to so much and now will have to do with less, forever. But thankfully everyone will still obey the law, even though it has nothing to do with justice.