"hypotripin' up the partisans?": repeat/reflect
originally published : December 5, 2005, 4:36 pm,
"characterized the state of the rule of law, the backbone of liberal democracy" . [see ref below]
that is the key.
firstly, the rule of law is, in the same context, the backbone of all sorts of states....eg...eg....eg....historical eg....future dystopian eg.....
interpretations of what struc/organisn of this rule of law is one place where the value judgements/agenda come in.
these interpretations are usually understrung with vague pseudo-ideological worldviews, but more often with not so well hidden business or cultural influence considerations .
these can be understood as appeals for a conformity to a supranational worldview.
such influence is never to be underestimated whether it comes from something one agrees with or not.
there is an approach used regularly and repeatedly to co-opt readers/viewers/listners to accept the principal of such influence by couching an emotive issue in such language, often one that is "unquestionable" in terms of its large "home" turf thus relegating unsubscribers to a 'lunatic fringe'.
the way in which this particular example is couched is to pluck and pull at crosswired strings and percieved universal reference points such as free media, freedom of association, dissent and such like.
further, it can "hipotrip"[newword] up those that use similar algebras to attack overbearing/perhaps abusive state apparatus and authoritarian structures of power and media power.
though this approach is not at all new in the world of recorded history, if not approached carefully it can identify and cause problems in regard to inconsistency and partisanship.
it also reinforces and reasserts the claim of certain political sections to libertarian arguments.
this should be examined on blogs and publications, particularly those of the "nominal left", in the coming weeks, as it has and will no doubt form a core component in the critique of operational filters in non mainstream communications.
-realitystructure
refs :
Speaking at a human rights defenders conference held in Caracas in
September, Human Rights Watch Americas Director José Miguel Vivanco
characterized the state of the rule of law, the backbone of liberal democracy,
in Venezuela as “extraordinarily grave” and necessitating urgent action by
the Inter-American system. Indeed, we are witnessing an increasing and
unchecked concentration of power in the executive; the politicization of the
judiciary, the electoral authorities and the legal system; political persecution
of civil society and the democratic opposition; arbitrary restrictions on, and
intimidation of, the press; and threats to free association.
STATEMENT BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE THOMAS A. SHANNON
SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 17, 2005
http://wwwc.house.gov/international_relations/109/sha111705.pdf
The most brazen of these steps is a law passed last month that expands the Supreme Court from twenty to thirty-two members. The new law allows Chávez’s governing coalition to use its slim majority in the legislature to obtain an overwhelming majority of seats on the Supreme Court. The law also allows his coalition to nullify the appointments of sitting justices based on extremely subjective criteria. In short, Chávez’s supporters can now both pack and purge the country’s highest court.
http://foreign.senate.gov/testimony/2004/VivancoTestimony040624.pdf
Testimony of José Miguel Vivanco Executive Director Americas Division,Human Rights Watch
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere,
Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs
"characterized the state of the rule of law, the backbone of liberal democracy" . [see ref below]
that is the key.
firstly, the rule of law is, in the same context, the backbone of all sorts of states....eg...eg....eg....historical eg....future dystopian eg.....
interpretations of what struc/organisn of this rule of law is one place where the value judgements/agenda come in.
these interpretations are usually understrung with vague pseudo-ideological worldviews, but more often with not so well hidden business or cultural influence considerations .
these can be understood as appeals for a conformity to a supranational worldview.
such influence is never to be underestimated whether it comes from something one agrees with or not.
there is an approach used regularly and repeatedly to co-opt readers/viewers/listners to accept the principal of such influence by couching an emotive issue in such language, often one that is "unquestionable" in terms of its large "home" turf thus relegating unsubscribers to a 'lunatic fringe'.
the way in which this particular example is couched is to pluck and pull at crosswired strings and percieved universal reference points such as free media, freedom of association, dissent and such like.
further, it can "hipotrip"[newword] up those that use similar algebras to attack overbearing/perhaps abusive state apparatus and authoritarian structures of power and media power.
though this approach is not at all new in the world of recorded history, if not approached carefully it can identify and cause problems in regard to inconsistency and partisanship.
it also reinforces and reasserts the claim of certain political sections to libertarian arguments.
this should be examined on blogs and publications, particularly those of the "nominal left", in the coming weeks, as it has and will no doubt form a core component in the critique of operational filters in non mainstream communications.
-realitystructure
refs :
Speaking at a human rights defenders conference held in Caracas in
September, Human Rights Watch Americas Director José Miguel Vivanco
characterized the state of the rule of law, the backbone of liberal democracy,
in Venezuela as “extraordinarily grave” and necessitating urgent action by
the Inter-American system. Indeed, we are witnessing an increasing and
unchecked concentration of power in the executive; the politicization of the
judiciary, the electoral authorities and the legal system; political persecution
of civil society and the democratic opposition; arbitrary restrictions on, and
intimidation of, the press; and threats to free association.
STATEMENT BY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE THOMAS A. SHANNON
SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 17, 2005
http://wwwc.house.gov/international_relations/109/sha111705.pdf
The most brazen of these steps is a law passed last month that expands the Supreme Court from twenty to thirty-two members. The new law allows Chávez’s governing coalition to use its slim majority in the legislature to obtain an overwhelming majority of seats on the Supreme Court. The law also allows his coalition to nullify the appointments of sitting justices based on extremely subjective criteria. In short, Chávez’s supporters can now both pack and purge the country’s highest court.
http://foreign.senate.gov/testimony/2004/VivancoTestimony040624.pdf
Testimony of José Miguel Vivanco Executive Director Americas Division,Human Rights Watch
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere,
Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs
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