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France to Shut Down Internet
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@ColonelZ
Oh yes, I’m paying close attention to this.
The same routine will likely be played out in The U.S.
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Shut it down for the government instead.
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Obviously knowledge is a powerful threat to the state. Bullets and guns are now of no use for state to maintain legitimate existence.
Pulling the plug on communication substitutes for banning guns and ammo.
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Yes its all planned. Following as reported by K. Baxter of the Countersignal
"The Trudeau administration has unveiled plans for an internet censorship bill that will curtail Canadian’s freedom of speech under the pretext of combating “online hate speech.” What this truly represents is an audacious assault on our Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Our government is poised to decide what we can and cannot say online, thereby controlling the flow of information.
This proposed law will likely have a chilling effect on public discourse in Canada. It would grant the government the power to dictate what views are acceptable and what are not, potentially stifling the voices of millions of Canadians with differing political viewpoints."
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… having just spent almost three weeks wandering in Europa … It is now the world of The Emperor’s New Clothes. I spoke with many people in several countries while traveling and, with the exception of a few, the majority are like the courtiers who pretend not to see what they see. It pains me greatly to say this, but I only say what surely Everybody Knows (see the Leonard Cohen song with this title) … Europe is GONE.
The Apocalypse (not in the religious sense) is near. It is inevitable.
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Looks like COG emergency powers to be introduced very soon with a new General at the helm.
New General waiting in the wings.
@Scarmoge
The French seem on the same level as those I know in Italy; bite my tongue! Leonard Cohen was right, in the days when there was such songwriting. I loved most all about France; even though the people could be a somewhat tough, “When in Rome” and got on just fine with them.
Whether some people like it or not, it’s that way in Russia also, according to my friends there. People are scared but carry on day-to-day; they don’t give their opinion readily in public, or over devices but I can tell.
There will be no ‘rescue from America’ this time for Europe; even if the former rescue was just an illusion.
All of those who are my age (Boomers) strongly suspected we would live to see this day. I won’t abandon My Country, or call it cutesy names. We’re in it up to our eyeballs now.
I hope you got to enjoy at least parts of your wanderings in Europe. Thank you for posting your experience and the Cohen song.
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Ostriches reigns supreme in Europe for the moment. None the less, France and Italien fires can become dangerous. If nutty EU can pull off getting NATO into the Ukranian war and our kids return in body bags maybe a few more will wake up. Sadly, it always takes body bags to bring some reality clarity!
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… Thanks Beav. We did enjoy so many people and places during our wanderings, but there were also many things which just broke out hearts. One of the most disturbing observations we made was that in many places it seemed we had never left home. The shopping areas (architecture included, e.g. storefronts), not all of course, but for the most part, were homogenous copies of those to be found in any American city (including the usual mall stores). The theatres were staging versions of recent broadway plays. The music you heard in shops and restaurants sounded like any American radio station, just with a European d.j., the clothing worn were the same t-shirts, jeans and shoes. Even in the Van Gogh Museum (well worth the visit) there were people who were dressed as if they were in any American Walmart. The local culture was much better, when we wandered into the countrysides, particularly in Scotland and Ireland. We were fortunate to be able to see Peter Gabriel at the O2 in London and Sting and Blondie at Malahide in Ireland. American venues cold learn a thing or two from the venue management at these two sites. At Malahide there were 20,000 in attendance and we both admitted that we had never been at such a large venue with such civility and politeness (even from those who had quite a go at the “refreshments”) 
Though overall a wonderful trip with beautiful lands and extraordinary people.
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@Scarmoge France and others were becoming ‘Americanized’ as I was leaving the continent.
I knew then… I knew. So very sad.
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I hate these hyperbolic thread titles. While I’m in no way minimizing the threat of censorship that’s not the same as "shutting down the internet ".
I second this observation. It’s what I saw, in Western Europe at least, more than a decade ago. Even where it wasn’t American stores, you could, for example, go from one French city to another, and you’d find many of the same big French chain stores. I can’t imagine it has gotten any better over time. Smaller towns were a bit different, in my experience; but since the “pandemic,” thousands of small businesses, independent restaurants, and artisinal shops have, I’m sure, gone bankrupt.
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When I was young it was possible to travel from one English county to another and know where you were by the traditional style of architecture. Houses were built in distinctive styles, now everywhere looks the same. Such a shame. So much for diversity.
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“Diversity” as it is used today is not about preserving unique and individual cultures and promoting their harmonious co-existance, it’s about creating one mono-culture where anything goes.
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Yes, the very opposite of what we think it means.
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