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Steven wrote:
<> Go find another common name.

How's "Biff?"
You okay with THAT?!
Sheesh, can't even use my own name.
Oh well, anything for peace... --Biff

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Quote:

"A wall is the defense of a
 country that values inaction.
  But a wall imprisons the
   people of a country as much
    as it protects them. ... One
     can't be free without action.
      ... Change comes through
       action. ... There's no such
        thing as a conservative hero."
         --[Chpt 16] "-LAMB a novel-
          The Gospel According to Biff,
           Christ's Childhood Pal"
            Copyright(c)2002
             Christopher Moore
              ISBN 0-380-81381-5 (pbk.)
               http://www.chrismoore.com/

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How many Chinese citizens are in 'legal' custody?
Where exactly are they located?
What becomes of them?
How many die annually?
What is done with their bodies?
Where are their autopsy records?

China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau)
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61605.htm

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices  - 2005
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights,
and Labor [March 8, 2006]

The People's Republic of China (PRC) is an
authoritarian state in which, as specified
in its constitution, the Chinese Communist
Party (CCP) is the paramount source of power.
Party members hold almost all top government,
police and military positions. Ultimate
authority rests with the 24-member political
bureau (Politburo) of the CCP and its 9-member
standing committee. General Secretary Hu Jintao
holds the three most powerful positions as CCP
general secretary, president, and chairman of
the Central Military Commission (CMC).
The party's authority rested primarily on
the government's ability to maintain social
stability; appeals to nationalism and
patriotism; party control of personnel,
media, and the security apparatus; and
continued improvement in the living standards
of most of the country's 1.3 billion citizens.
Civilian authorities generally maintained
effective control of the security forces.
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61605.htm

The government's human rights record remained poor,
and the government continued to commit numerous and
serious abuses. There was a trend towards increased
harassment, detention, and imprisonment by
government and security authorities of those
perceived as threatening to government authority.
The government also adopted measures to control
more tightly print, broadcast and electronic media,
and censored online content. Protests by those
seeking to redress grievances increased
significantly and were suppressed, at times
violently, by security forces.
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61605.htm
[...]
A high female suicide rate continued to be a
serious problem. According to the World Bank
and the World Health Organization, there were
approximately five hundred female suicides
per day, estimated to be nearly five times
the global rate.
[...]
In April cyber dissident Yan Jun was released
in Xian after serving a two-year sentence.
Yan reportedly fled to Taiwan after his release.
In June cyber dissident Huang Qi was released
after serving his full five-year term for
running a Web site discussing the 1989 Tiananmen
massacre. Upon release he was supervised and
his movements restricted. Some who supported
Huang during his imprisonment, including
previously detained university Internet
essayist Liu Di, continued to suffer harassment
and house arrest around sensitive political
occasions. In August Shanghai petitioner
activist Ma Yalian was released from a
reeducation camp, where she had been held
after posting articles online stating that
individuals were committing suicide in front
of government petitioning offices.
[...]
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61605.htm

Suicide is the main cause of death among young adults in China.
Estimated at 250,000 people a year.  According to the China Daily,
an additional 2.5 million to 3.5 million make unsuccessful
attempts to kill themselves each year.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1536088,00.html

How many Falun Gong members are there in China?
How many are in 'legal' custody?
Where exactly are they located?
What becomes of them?
How many die annually?
Where are the autopsies?

Report 2006:
The state of the world's
human rights 2005 was
defined by hope, wrestling
against the duplicity,
double speak and failed
promises of governments.
http://www.amnesty.org/

In China - the country
that accounts for around
80% of all executions - a
person can be sentenced and
executed for as many as
68 crimes, including
non-violent crimes such
as tax fraud, embezzlement
and drug offences.
1,770 executions were
reportedly carried out in
China during 2005. However,
a Chinese legal expert was
recently quoted as stating
the true figure for
executions is more like 8,000.
  http://www.amnesty.org/

Oh yeah, let's not forget
that there are 2.1 million
Americans in prison right now.
Perhaps one day the good old USA
will be imprisoning religious freaks
and free-thinking activists too, along
with the druggies, rapists, murderers...
       -- Prison Planet
http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/rsrch/regional/summary9807e_e.shtml

"Tibet or not Tibet"
http://ftrsummary.blogspot.com/2006/05/ftr-548-tibet-or-not-tibet.html

ANTI-FASCIST ARCHIVES
http://www.spitfirelist.com/rfa.html

Surveillance: http://www.stumbleupon.com/tag/surveillance/
Das Total Information Awareness System / Seite 1:
http://kai.iks-jena.de/miniwahr/tias-iao1.html
Poindexter, Echelon, Total Information Awareness, TopSail :
http://tinyurl.com/hdzzo
The Total Information Awareness Project Lives On:
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=16741&ch=infotech
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2006/05/1727645.php
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): http://www.eff.org/
ECHELON: http://www.fas.org/irp/program/process/echelon.htm
Echelon Watch: http://echelonwatch.org/
Rear Admiral John Marlan Poindexter, (Ret.), Ph.D. (1936 - ):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Poindexter
Information Awareness Office ("IAO"), ("DARPA"):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Awareness_Office
DARPATECH 2002 Presentations - Transforming Fantasy:
http://www.darpa.mil/darpatech2002/presentation.html
Defense Tech - "TIA" Reboots:
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002165.html
Analysis, Dissemination, Visualization, Insight,
and Semantic Enhancement -- ("ADVISE"): "It is
reported to be a massive data mining system with
the ability to store 1 quadrillion data entities."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADVISE