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>the Federal Communications Commission aka the FCC, which is a
>censorship strong arm of the politicians in the United States
>of America, has successfully restricted its licensing against
>non-christian organizations especially in the short wave
>department!

It would be helpful to us on the list if you'd present case
examples of this behavior by the FCC.  This forum can be and
generally is used for more than opinion/editorials.  The FCC
has certainly engaged in censoring behavior, as when it fined
Pacifica station KPFA for broadcast of obscene material.  On
the other hand, the FCC was presented with a challenge by the
Amercan Legal Foundation (ALF) to the license of WPFA, a
Pacifia O&O in Washington, DC.  The FCC dismissed most of the
claims by ALF out of hand, and granted WPFA its license
renewal.  If its goal were only to censor dissent, the FCC
would have approved the license challenge, and taken away
WPFA's legal right to broadcast.

>Since the Internet is now perceived as some kind of threat,
>attempts are being made to control it but so far without much
>success!!! We are sure that they will come up with some ruse
>to control it so that the truth does not get out!!!

There have been rumors of imminent takeover and regulation of
the Internet by the FCC circulating around the net for years.
These rumors have been baseless, and quite often simply pranks.
 The U.S. Congress is in the process of passing content
restrictions on material available to children on the 'Net, but
this has nothing to do with the FCC.  Even if the FCC is given
the task of enforcing these new restrictions, they certainly
don't deserve the blame, Senator Exxon does.

>It is interesting to see the postings about how information
>is controlled by various govenments except the United States
>of America!

Actually, there are occasional posts on community radio in the
States and the problems they face.

I get the impression from your remark that you're surprised
this list isn't dominated by US news.  Why?  The participants
are from different parts of the world, DevMedia's "home" is in
Onario, Canada, so why should participants be more inclined to
talk about what apparently interests you?  If you have news
about censorship and control of information in the States,
don't wait for others to post the news.  Post it yourself.

>then point fingers to other nations of the same
>crimes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But maybe with a few less exclamation points.    <g>

-B.Tremblay
btremblay@delphi.com