Donald Hank
Government's back door censorship
By Donald Hank
If you are censored and told what you may or may not say, it probably will not be the result of government action. The government still has First Amendment considerations to contend with, making censorship politically difficult.
If the government decides to censor you, it will leave the dirty work of doing so to an NGE.
What is an NGE, you ask?
NGE stands for Non-Governmental Enforcer. NGEs are generally large corporations, which operate in league with corrupt government and receive generous public funding in return, including bailouts when such are needed. I introduced this term recently when my brother in Christ Julio Severo had his PayPal account closed on the grounds that his was a "hate group." Brother Julio believes that homosexuality is a sin because the Bible says as much in several key verses.
Thus, it is the Bible that ultimately is being censored, and no matter how you feel about this issue, the fact is, this nation, founded in large part by people seeking religious freedom, is inexorably accepting the premise that sexual freedom must take precedence over freedom of creed — freedom of religion.
That is not the only issue into which have stepped NGEs to muzzle dissenters.
The BNP (British National Party) has had its bank account closed by Barclays because they supposedly are anti-Muslim and some low-ranking members have allegedly uttered violent words. (Note that when the Left — for example, the Occupy Wall Street movement — utter violent words, they are ignored or encouraged).
Thus far, the West has succeeded in circumventing the quaint notion of free speech in the areas of homosexuality and Islam.
But if you think it will stop there, you are hopelessly naïve.
Christianity is based on bedrock principles enunciated by Jesus Christ, who said, for example: I am the way, the truth and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but through me.
Clearly the doctrine represented by this verse excludes all other religions and is offensive to some. That is not at odds with the teachings of Christ, who came "to bring a sword" (that is, not to kill but to divide believers from non-believers).
The idea that all speech must be inoffensive will ultimately lead to the banning of this verse and the censoring of those who dare to utter it in public. Parents may also be banned from teaching it to their children.
It matters not that this is perhaps the key to the Christian faith. The elites see Christianity as an obstacle to their plans.
The West has crossed a line as a result of negligence, and now, unless the people who ignored the issue start to wake up to what is happening, we can only await the end of faith — and hence an end to any protest against government abuse and corruption. The government can now starve you with impunity and without resistance.
The line we crossed could be called the Niemöller line of non-protest. People did not protest the outrage that was perpetrated against Julio Severo because they weren't Christians and they think — erroneously — that he has somehow victimized homosexuals. They did not protest the outrage against the BNP because they were not members of the BNP and they believed the lie that Muslims are inherently victims of Christians.
Westerners are like a herd of wild animals attacked by a lion. A herd of kudo antelopes could hold off a lion attack. But they are content just to escape individually, while their fellows are killed.
Let's stop being herded by the elites. It's undignified and potentially deadly to behave this way. We can stop them if we stick together and all say no in unison, before protesting is forever banned.
We can and must say no, insisting on our God-given right to free expression. Our very survival depends not on the flight instinct but on the fight instinct.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1467204/Barclays-to-close-five-BNP-accounts.html
© Donald Hank
November 30, 2011
If you are censored and told what you may or may not say, it probably will not be the result of government action. The government still has First Amendment considerations to contend with, making censorship politically difficult.
If the government decides to censor you, it will leave the dirty work of doing so to an NGE.
What is an NGE, you ask?
NGE stands for Non-Governmental Enforcer. NGEs are generally large corporations, which operate in league with corrupt government and receive generous public funding in return, including bailouts when such are needed. I introduced this term recently when my brother in Christ Julio Severo had his PayPal account closed on the grounds that his was a "hate group." Brother Julio believes that homosexuality is a sin because the Bible says as much in several key verses.
Thus, it is the Bible that ultimately is being censored, and no matter how you feel about this issue, the fact is, this nation, founded in large part by people seeking religious freedom, is inexorably accepting the premise that sexual freedom must take precedence over freedom of creed — freedom of religion.
That is not the only issue into which have stepped NGEs to muzzle dissenters.
The BNP (British National Party) has had its bank account closed by Barclays because they supposedly are anti-Muslim and some low-ranking members have allegedly uttered violent words. (Note that when the Left — for example, the Occupy Wall Street movement — utter violent words, they are ignored or encouraged).
Thus far, the West has succeeded in circumventing the quaint notion of free speech in the areas of homosexuality and Islam.
But if you think it will stop there, you are hopelessly naïve.
Christianity is based on bedrock principles enunciated by Jesus Christ, who said, for example: I am the way, the truth and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but through me.
Clearly the doctrine represented by this verse excludes all other religions and is offensive to some. That is not at odds with the teachings of Christ, who came "to bring a sword" (that is, not to kill but to divide believers from non-believers).
The idea that all speech must be inoffensive will ultimately lead to the banning of this verse and the censoring of those who dare to utter it in public. Parents may also be banned from teaching it to their children.
It matters not that this is perhaps the key to the Christian faith. The elites see Christianity as an obstacle to their plans.
The West has crossed a line as a result of negligence, and now, unless the people who ignored the issue start to wake up to what is happening, we can only await the end of faith — and hence an end to any protest against government abuse and corruption. The government can now starve you with impunity and without resistance.
The line we crossed could be called the Niemöller line of non-protest. People did not protest the outrage that was perpetrated against Julio Severo because they weren't Christians and they think — erroneously — that he has somehow victimized homosexuals. They did not protest the outrage against the BNP because they were not members of the BNP and they believed the lie that Muslims are inherently victims of Christians.
Westerners are like a herd of wild animals attacked by a lion. A herd of kudo antelopes could hold off a lion attack. But they are content just to escape individually, while their fellows are killed.
Let's stop being herded by the elites. It's undignified and potentially deadly to behave this way. We can stop them if we stick together and all say no in unison, before protesting is forever banned.
We can and must say no, insisting on our God-given right to free expression. Our very survival depends not on the flight instinct but on the fight instinct.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1467204/Barclays-to-close-five-BNP-accounts.html
© Donald Hank
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