Comments on: 5 Dangerous Places to be a Blogger http://matadornetwork.com/change/5-dangerous-places-to-be-a-blogger/ travel culture worldwide Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Arthur Borges http://matadornetwork.com/change/5-dangerous-places-to-be-a-blogger/#comment-49461 Arthur Borges Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:10:09 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=3230#comment-49461 "...at least 24 bloggers were serving sentences in 2009 for putting online thoughts that didn’t align with those of the leaders of the People’s Republic." Now prithee tell us how many are serving sentences for putting online thoughts that "don't align with" those of the leaders of Homeland Security and the Great War On Terrorism"? And I'm sorry I plagiarized your "serving sentences"; in the GWOT, I was referring to unsentenced detainee status of course. Then you say sentences are longer here than elsewhere? China's total prison population is 1.5 million against 2.4 million for the USA. And the USA has only a quarter of China's population. For China to jail people as efficiently as the USA, it would need 10 million behind bars. At all events, nobody beats the USA for total prison man/hours. Nobdy. “…at least 24 bloggers were serving sentences in 2009 for putting online thoughts that didn’t align with those of the leaders of the People’s Republic.”

Now prithee tell us how many are serving sentences for putting online thoughts that “don’t align with” those of the leaders of Homeland Security and the Great War On Terrorism”?

And I’m sorry I plagiarized your “serving sentences”; in the GWOT, I was referring to unsentenced detainee status of course.

Then you say sentences are longer here than elsewhere?

China’s total prison population is 1.5 million against 2.4 million for the USA. And the USA has only a quarter of China’s population. For China to jail people as efficiently as the USA, it would need 10 million behind bars.

At all events, nobody beats the USA for total prison man/hours.

Nobdy.

]]> By: Hal Amen http://matadornetwork.com/change/5-dangerous-places-to-be-a-blogger/#comment-49303 Hal Amen Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:03:16 +0000 http://matadorchange.com/?p=3230#comment-49303 Great piece, well written. I didn't know that about Egypt. Great piece, well written. I didn’t know that about Egypt.

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