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		pfortuny on June 8, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The real story in the NSA scandal is the collapse ... It has become a topic but once again, Orwell to the rescue: "the past is alterable." 1984. How true, in this case. But it has been the Post, not the Government, who altered it. Sad, shameful and pathetic.

ommunist on June 8, 2013 | [–]

In the US conditions censorship does not come from outer pressure, but from inner servility. To add: it is not a cage for what you call free speech, it is its skeleton.

kllrnohj on June 8, 2013 | [–]

Correcting your mistakes is not shameful or pathetic.

pfortuny on June 9, 2013 | [–]

Rewriting an article is. You can add a list of errata or write a new one.

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