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December 05, 2006
More Free Speech
The hounding of Hubert H. (see previous entry) is due to end today in court. In the meantime here is some Polish free speech of an older vintage. My mole in the archives sent me the following. It is a censor's criticism of a magazine called Veterinary Medicine from 1953. March 1953 - when Stalin died.
The harmfulness of the special issue consists in the fact that the editors limited themselves to putting a picture of comrade Stalin in page one without any kind of leader article. Putting "The Protective Vaccination of Swine" in the place of a leader article leaves a very unpleasant impression on readers.
(Readers may have an unpleasant impression of laziness on my part lately. My computer broke down and since in its absence my productivity has leapt to Stakhanovite proportions, I have decided not to have it repaired.)
Posted by hgrodsk at December 5, 2006 02:01 PM
Comments
Ask Lepper about the Protective Vaccination of Swine!
But seriously though, broken computer? Get with it man! The Samoobrona sex scandal is pretty much the best opportunity for satirical journalistic genius this side of Christmas...
jk
Posted by: jk at December 8, 2006 12:53 AM
Inevitably, I spoke too soon about the ending of Hubert H.'s court appearances. In fact it was only yesterday that the judge decided to "umorzyc" the case on the grounds that no harm had been done. (She also said that Hubert H. had no authority and so his insulting of the president did not amount to much. Yeah, who the hell cares what homeless people think? Lepper was roundly condemned for undermining the authority of one of the women at the centre of the sex scandal.)
Posted by: Henry Grodsk at December 13, 2006 03:06 PM