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-- Jack Shannon Gets All Political --
Update 20 October 2006 by Jack Shannon, Viking Warrior


Eh Up Jack fans! Recently Iw ill be moving to uni and as I will being a filthy student commie scumbag , I thought I'd start of with a huge rant I posted on my university forums.

Article 19 f the UN declartion of Human Rights says..

"Article 19. Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."

Hmm..."Though ANY media regardless of FRONTIERS"

This means that we should be allowed to expres our opinions, regurdless of what they might be. "regardles of fronttiers". What Fronteirs is taken to mean, is any location that grants public acess (such as a municipal area, or anywhere where people are allowed unexclusive acess i.e, the union bar, I hope...)

Though any media eh? That means I should bea llowed to express myself HOW ever I want. However, this does not give me the right to go into people's houss personaly and hurl abuse at them. THey have a right to privacy ect ect...

This also means however that forums like theese are under no obligation to let people speak freely. However, just becuse forums owners and website moderators have the right to censor waht they have on their sites. However, jsut becuse they cans top anyone saying anything they don't ersonaly like, that doesn't make it ethical.

So I can't critisise what the woman's officers role is? What If I point out how flawed it is in order to inprove it?

So I can't critisise the woman's oficer. What if she is currently engaged in promoting systimatic acts of genocide? Unlikely I know, but what if.

What really gets me on my high horse, relly up there is when I picked up my Union of UEA Sudents Handbook 2006/07 and flicked to page 33 and right smack and the top read the following

"ROAR- Everyone is welcome to all Union Events but if you are racist, sexist, homo-phobic, or insulting in any other way then don't be surprised if you are asked to leave."

What? WHAT??!?!! I'm sorry, I must have misread that...NO!!??! I can be asked to leave if I say sothing which insults somone! I.e say somthing that somone find insulting! So basicaly If I say anything at all that offends anyone I cna be asked to leave.

In case some people have questioned why This is right, (this refering to me) I decided to draw some pictures to ilustrate my point...I thought to represent Censorship as a Kangeroo with child to emplfy my point. I also gae myself guns for nipples and a giant drill for an arm just to show how auwsome I am!

Jack shannon! JAck shannon! Jack SHannon! JAck Shannon! Jackshanon! JACK shannon JJAckashannon JAcjkshannon! DYSLEXIA!



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Hypothetical Situation

Jack (whilst in casul conversation with an old woman named frank): Jogging is for girls.

Bouncer: Right mate, get out.

Jack: Pardon?

Bouncer: I'm not going to ask you again mate, You can't say things ike that. Your going to offend somone.

Jack: But people don't have a right not to be offnded, if somone disagrees with what I'm saying, he (or she) is more than wellcome to argue and debate with me. If I have the right not to be offened then I demand that you an all the members of the Labour party from the bar as their polices sicken me.

Bouncer: But thats not fair!

Jack: I don't care! I now aparently have a right not to be offened.

Bouncer: But you can help being sexist with your terrible "jogging is for girls comment". How does somthing that doesn't hurt people be equal to being sexist?

Jack: Good question. See that at person at the bar? THey are hurting the enviroment and world resources by consuming too much. By allowing him in here you are passivley acepting his unethical choice of life. (Incidently, I am fat, but at least I'm trying to lose weight.) See, you let him eat vast quantity of chips and pies at the bar which hurts the earth.

Bouncer: To be fair that man is disgustingly fat...

Jack:Exactly! Him being unethical by eating all that food and costing the earth on your premisis (the man is currently engaged in an eating contest) is bad for socity, however its HIS CHOICE to do it! Just like its my choice for critisiing him for it. Unless people express unethical opinoins like "women shouldn't vote" or "I don't lke start trek" then how are we ment to chalenge them in order to build a better socity?

Bouncer: Jee Wilickers Jack! You sure are smart....

Jack: and hot. I am also hot.

I am not condoneing harassing fat poeple in the bar BTW, However I would consider it ethical to argue with anyone taking part in an eating contest as I codem that kind of behavior. I might not agree with your decision to eat five bags of chips for a dare, But I will kil as may Yakuza foot soliders as it takes for your right to do it!

We're ment to be a university! UEA's motto is "Do Different" for the love of cake.....Universites are ment to be about the free exchange of ideas.




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