I was sent an e-mail asking me to fight hate on You Tube. You Tube has guidelines that one must accept to become a user of its site. I forwarded the message in the e-mail on a pro-immigration reform site I developed in myspace(third attempt after being locked out twice for no apparent reason).One of my cyber friends on myspace said she was a supporter of open borders but could not support me in ce
The majority of Internet Service Providers in the U.K. have blocked a page on Wikipedia, which showed a picture of a nude girl.
Users of this site have not taken very kindly to this action. The page in question, was the cover of an album of ‘Scorpions’ the German heavy metal band. The album [...]
Internet censorship, idea of blocking access to black-listed sites by implementing a firewall at national level by imposing rules to all the ISP (Internet Service providers ) is now about to get implemented in Australia. The Australian government is planning to do a pilot testing from Christmas Eve, says Epoch times. Kevin Rudd’s Federal [...]
This is something that I meant to write awhile back, but kept forgetting about it completely. Anybody who’s familiar with the song “Holiday” by Green Day will probably not forget the little controversial bit towards the end. Well, listening to it on the radio, I was surprised that some words were edited out, while others [...]
Hardcover: 698 pagesPublisher: Facts on File; 2 Revised edition (May 31, 2005)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0816044643ISBN-13: 978-0816044641From School Library JournalGrade 9 Up–This new edition of a 1990 title includes hot-topic censorship issues from 1990 to 2000. The alphabetical entries cover people, legislation, and titles, including 37 newly challenged literary works such as J. K. Rowling's H
A sociologist at Rutgers University questioned more than 150 scientists whose work was relevant to a 2003 political clash between several members of Congress, a Christian lobbyist group called the Traditional Values Coalition, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Of the 112 scientists who responded, more than half said they have since self-censored their grant proposals to remove "red fla
Remember when I went to the eagle festival and there were wolf-hounds fighting a chained wolf? I shot a video of the wolf fighting the dogs and posted it on YouTube, with a warning that it was graphic and with my opinion that this was a particularly horrific aspect to the otherwise incredible festival. I wasn’t posting it in order to glorify dog fighting or dog-n-wolf fighting, but to show how t
Governor Palin has one last moment on SNL and this was it.What the hell was she thinking?Ya'll get out and vote today and just say no to bad comedy. Do it for SNL. Do it for America. Peace Y'all
I have no idea whether Sherry Jone’s novel The Jewel of Medina originally deserved to be published, and I’m not quick off the bat to scold Random House, the publisher which decided at the last minute to not publish the novel after they were warned that it may cause offence to Muslims. Publishing is a subjective [...]
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China have strict censorship rights with many websites blacklisted including Blogger.com.With this add-on you will get results as you were surfing in China itself.
+ "Gay author no longer welcome to address N.B. students". Could we have all those who were freaking out against censorship in concern to the human rights commission vs. Steyn now freak out about this please? ... Bueller? .... Bueller? + "Booksellers can't afford to be censorious."+ Black Hawk Down banned from school
Windows only: Free application GPass helps you bypass censorship and blocked web sites by tunneling network traffic through encrypted proxy servers. After you install GPass, launching an application using the proxy is as simple as double-clicking the app from inside the GPass interface. GPass will launch the program with all the necessary tunneling in place. [...]
We are all familiar with the type of censorship that occurs on the radio with songs containing swear words being bleeped or blanked out. Plenty of artists have been subjected to this, and it seemed that no artist or swear word was immune to this type of censorship in America...except one.Ever since the release of "The Dark Side of the Moon" back in 1973, Pink Floyd has been oddly immune to the sam
We are all familiar with the type of censorship that occurs on the radio with songs containing swear words being bleeped or blanked out. Plenty of artists have been subjected to this, and it seemed that no artist or swear word was immune to this type of censorship in America...except one.Ever since the release of "The Dark Side of the Moon" back in 1973, Pink Floyd has been oddly immune to the sam
I posted a comment on a blog today, and was immediately rubbed out and in the place of my comment was a message about how the post wasn’t about whatever I had stated.
Ouch.
CENSORED!
What happened? Well, I went to a religious site, one that I have been reading for a while in my internet reader [...]
I like blogging and I encourage other people, even other pastors to do it on a regular basis. It enables all of us to get our thoughts out there in the real world. But some bloggers are really private journal writers, and some blogging pastors are so narcissistic, that they can't take the heat of positive criticism or opposing viewsI visit some pastors' blogs and read their posts. Most of them I l
Methinks not, and nor does John Carpay of the Calgary Herald:
Should Bill Whatcott be required to pay $17,500 to four individuals who were offended by the flyers he distributed? In 2001 and 2002, Whatcott distributed flyers articulating his opposition to teaching homosexuality in Saskatoon’s public schools. In making his case that this would harm children, [...]
David with The Head of Goliath, 1606Have you ever noticed that many of the Bible stories that are told to children have been sensored? Only certain stories are shared with children and several others are sensored. I have heard it said that it is to protect their innocence. That is a subject all on its own. A perfect example is the story of David and Goliath. The story always seems to end with the
Hardcover: 698 pagesPublisher: Facts on File; 2 Revised edition (May 31, 2005)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0816044643ISBN-13: 978-0816044641From School Library JournalGrade 9 Up–This new edition of a 1990 title includes hot-topic censorship issues from 1990 to 2000. The alphabetical entries cover people, legislation, and titles, including 37 newly challenged literary works such as J. K. Rowling's H
As Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, Sarah Palin now Vice Presidential candidate running alongside John McCain inquired about the process of removing books from her local library. Rumor has it Sarah Palin inquired about the process of removing books she did not approve of. Including "Go Ask Alice" and "Pastor, I am Gay." Regardless of whether she did ask for specific books to be removed and/or fired th
This will probably not be a popular post but it is not about being popular or right..it's some thoughts I want people to consider especially if you are raising small children. Observations that I have recently made..
Last night while working on my profiles I was creating a new play list. It's great type in a song or artist and usually you can find what you want. For me I have to listen to th
The publisher feared the book could provoke hefty protests among Muslims The subject - how to save one's life while talking about Islam...Because even if you are careful - you may still get shot in the *ss.British author Salman Rushdie and the Danish Mohammed cartoonist are among those in Europe who have protested a US publisher's decision to pull a controversial novel on one of Mohammed's young w
President of the International Olympic Committee Jacques Rogge is swearing that the IOC never made a deal with the Chinese to allow censorship of internet sites at the Olympics. Jacques Rogge says "I am adamant in saying there has been no deal whatsoever to accept restrictions." Rogge also says he will not give an apology for something the committee "was not responsible for." Rogge seems to think
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Well folks, it’s Friday. Know what that means? It means me and my homo erotic relationship to my fantasy baseball friends and I are off to Foxwoods to get hammered and gamble for one night. See you chumpstains on Monday.
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Caroline Louise Flack has got some [...]
The International Olympic Committee has announced it will be investigating claims of Internet censorship of the service provided for media outlets covering the Olympic games being held in Beijing next month.China had promised media covering the games the same freedoms they could normally expect at an Olympic games, but foreign media have made formal complaints stating they have been harassed by of
This are going too far with the censoring of TV. First the Vchip, then we can't see Janet's tit, now even Sesame Street getting chopped up. I can't say I remember this kind of language when I was a kid, but I support it(the language, not censorship).
Posted by Kevin Bankston
The ACLU, EFF, and a coalition of plaintiffs achieved yet another victory for online free speech this week when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed [decision, PDF] a district court's decision [decision, PDF] granting a permanent injunction against enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act of 1998 (COPA), a federal law that would violate the
Unnecessary Censorship Sesame Street Edition - Watch more free videosfunny redub of an episode of sesame street making it out as though everyone is swearing like a sailor! really funny viral video! watch this and send it to your friends!all clips via LOLFACTORY.BLOGSPOT.COM
Yes of course... BAN the entire library because of a few books with bad words....
Comcast told New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo it will sign an agreement with the state to voluntarily block child-pornography newsgroups and Web sites. That came after Cuomo sent a letter threatening Comcast, the country’s largest cable operator, with legal action related to an ongoing investigation of
Age of Conan Primetime population, 1-3 July 2008 (Europe) Inserito originariamente da Abriael Looks like Funcom didn't take lightly the data I posted on Age of Conan's european servers primetime population. So you think they set about to solve the problem? Maybe, but in a quite strange way. As of yesterday's patch an undocumented change to AoC's UI actively removed the "Next" button from t
Age of Censorship Inserito originariamente da Abriael Looks like Funcom's overzaelous moderation on the Age of Conan forums is beginning to border on clear cut censorship of any possible criticism, even in the form of concern by one or more paying customers.They seem to be so absolutely frightened by any kind of bad press, that much frightened that they'll go to any lenght to try and silen
If you didn’t know better you’d think Elmo and the rest of the Sesame Street gang were actually saying some bleep worthy words. Very funny!
This article was originally posted on: Steven Humour
Sesame Street Censorship
The danger of being cheery, how we should deal with unruly commentors, and some of the exciting things ahead on newstatesman.comLet me take a few minutes to put the boot into the Cheery Digest. A confirmed miserablist, I'm clearly not the target audience for this sort of thing.
Nor have I any idea who is behind this blog so why not read this and draw your own conclusions...
NEWS: Why we love the
The danger of being cheery, how we should deal with unruly commentors, and some of the exciting things ahead on newstatesman.comLet me take a few minutes to put the boot into the Cheery Digest. A confirmed miserablist, I'm clearly not the target audience for this sort of thing.
Nor have I any idea who is behind this blog so why not read this and draw your own conclusions...
NEWS: Why we love the
HT: Nick BoothI was having issues posting this response to Nick's request [Is the British Government planning a new department of Digital Cleaners?] for 'more detail' on how Culture Secretary Andy Burnham's call for censorship a la TV of YouTube etc. (mainly YouTube) gives me the deja vus.I lived through the Australian conservative government's equally knee-jerk reaction to a moral panic around th
+ Down in North Carolina, the Kite Runner survives a bout with a committee after a complaint for it to be removed. As usual, the complainer vows to fight onwards. Against a book that might actually help the youth of America understand Afghanistan.+ Students given copies of Fahrenheit 451+ Very cool: Interview with the director of Baghdad's national library, Saad Eskander(x-posted at Soup is Good F
Google "Censorship" and you get "Google"While surfing by The People's Cube to see what shenanigans the comrades were up to, the following post caught our eye. It also changed our minds about the topic of this post.The People's Cube is not the first to bring up Google's holiday logo nuttiness. Little Green Footballs is a regular Google-watcher on holidays. NewsBusters also noted that Google ignored
How many times do the valuable readers of blogs get moderated into oblivion by authors? How many times has a reader disagreed with an author, actually been correct, and been silenced? Why is this done? Does the author have too large of an ego to recognize that they may not know it all? Does they [...]
"Anonymous" protest against ScientologyWe are Anonymous.We are Legion.We do not forgive.We do not forget.Join us.While we go about our daily lives, surfing the web, using it to pay bills or catch up on the latest news and chat with friends and family, little do we realize that just beneath the digital surface of the worldwide web a war is being waged, the first Cyber World War, of a modern day Dav
Just in the time for the Olympics, the Chinese government has proved itself to be a pioneer as well as a top exporter in cutting-edge online censorship methods. And Western firms still give Beijing their active support. More...
The Fiji islands have been taken over by members of the military who are contnuing their effort to end democracy on the islands. The military government defied an order from the High Court and deported the Australian publsiher of the nation’s leading newspaper. The oup-installed gov ernment claimed publisher Evan Hannah was a threat to [...]
Here's how WND described the issue.Last day to save Christian radio? FCC rule change seen as threat to licenses of religious stationsUnder a proposed FCC rule, radio stations would be required to take programming advice from "community advisory boards representative of the area's population". The regs. would also require quarterly reports on program content, source and how it reflects the interest of the community. Who the Hell will seek and obtain membership on those advisory boards? Unions, Move On activists, Saul Alinsky disciples, ACLU member & libturds, thats who. Regular people who have real lives would have neither time nor interest in such pursuits. It should be obvious that this proposal is a back door approach to the Unfairness Doctrine. [See Also] The libturds h
Back in March I blogged on a Technology to Circumvent Censorship. I actually expected some dialogue on this but today somebody posted an interesting comment, I think is worth reading. Just click the link above and look at the second comment
Roger
Censorship continues to be a major obstacle for this global superpower. When will their leaders understand that no nation can achieve maximum potential while freedoms are constrained?
The link is here.
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Richard Warman: His best side.That self-serving legal maladroit Richard Warman is making waves again with his so-called Maximum Disruption Campaign. The latest has the anti-rightwing, anti-conservative, anti-freedom of speech legal beagle launching an all-out attack against a number of conservative writers and internet forums.It’s no secret that Warman is only interested in getting his ugly mug in front of the cameras and that his intentions have nothing to do with erasing websites whose content or subject matter fall into his definition of ‘hate’. This employee of Canada’s Department of National Defense (feel safer now?) and long-time lackey of the Canadian Human Rights Commission has a rap sheet full of attempts at imposing censorship.Here's a response from one of the targets nam
U.S. Funded Health Search Engine Blocks 'Abortion' | Threat Level from Wired.com A U.S. government-funded medical information site that bills itself as the world's largest database on reproductive health has quietly begun to block searches on the word "abortion," concealing nearly 25,000 search results.One of my favorite hypocrisies of the Bush administration is the global war for freedom and democracy while fighting a domestic war against freedom and democracy. One thing we want to absolutely make sure of, and that is not to educate people. Telling people the truth will only get them into trouble, and certainly anything we think might be morally objectionable should be hidden.What's most amazing to me is that this sort of thing actually has support in the US. One wonders how George ca
ISPs and Web site operators are working with Human Rights Watch on guidelines for dealing with Internet censorship in China.A code of conduct addressing how major Internet service providers and portal operators should deal with Internet censorship in China is in the final stages of preparation by Human Rights Watch and the providers, the head of the human rights pressure organization said Tuesday.The code is due in the next couple of months and comes in the run up to the Beijing Olympic Games that begin in August.Human rights in China is increasingly in the spotlight in the run up to the games, including issues surrounding censorship and freedom of expression online. The latest example of such came earlier this week when access to YouTube and Google News was blocked in the aftermath of pro
Reporters Without Borders, the Paris-based international non-governmental organization which advocates freedom of the press, has today launched a one-day protest against Internet censorship in the nine worst offending nations. While they include obvious ones like China and Cuba, RSF also shines a light on the offenses of Turkmenistan and Eritrea, both nations which cripple Internet [...]
Funny how the words censored and banned illicit such an overwhelming sense of curiosity.DBKP has a new selection of censored and banned ads from across the globe. Funny, quirky, sexy, and brilliantly un-politically correct, sit back and enjoy, DBKP's Censorship Theatre.By LBGSource - PBSSource - Merriam WebsterDBKP.com - Bigger, Better!.Death by 1000 Papercuts Front Page.
,7340,L-3517960,00.htmlYNET News reports on the whining about Geert Wilders' upcoming film about the demon's book. Their report contains two crucial quotations. Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Safari cited the 1948 Human Rights declaration's 29th article that individual rights may be limited in the interest of respecting other people's freedoms and "meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society." My right of free expression, guaranteed by the first amendment to the United States Constitution, is not in conflict with any other right of any person. There is no right to be sheltered from the truth. Rights & obligations must be reciprocal, they are not one sided. Muslims refer to us as "sons of apes and pigs", the exp
Ben Stein has produced a new documentary that will cause quite the stir in the educational institutions. You can see the trailer below.
I have heard that “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed” comes out in theaters nationwide on April 18,2008. Check out his website for more details.
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From The Times of London:
A former Chinese university professor who was dismissed after he founded a democratic opposition party, plans to sue Yahoo and Google in the United States for blocking his name from search results in China.
Guo Quan, an expert on classical Chinese literature and the 1937 Nanjing massacre of Chinese civilians by Japanese [...]
From Reporters without Borders, the list of Internet enemies:
The list of 13 Internet enemies
Three countries - Nepal, Maldives and Libya - have been removed from the annual list of Internet enemies, which Reporters Without Borders publishes today. But many bloggers were harassed and imprisoned this year in Egypt, so it has been added to the [...]
As an Arab, I am blessed to be using the internet in America with almost no censorship over internet websites. When I visited Saudi Arabia two years ago, the only way I could access the internet in my apartment was through slow dial-up connections which can subscribed to for a monthly fee or you [...]
The purpose of internet censorship is presumably to distract attention from certain issues. If so, Qatar censorship is currently failing miserably with a certain small and rather cute pig.The issue arose with pictures in a Winnie the Pooh book. The images of poor piglet had been blocked out with a black marker. Images of the book were posted on Qatar Living several months ago.The offending books were being sold in Saudi-owned Jareer book store, and it was widely assumed that the books had been censored in Saudi Arabia en-route to Qatar. The pictures aroused some rather light hearted banter, but few believed that moderate Qatar was the source of the censorship.The matter had been forgotten. At least, until a few days ago, when Qtel decided to censor the images of the censorship of the images.This was despite the fact that the page did not fall into any of Qtel's official censored sites' categories: "pornography, political criticism of Gulf countries and anti-Islamic sitesâ€.Far f
I was all set to go on Dancing with the Stars with my partner, the lovely Victoria Principal, when the producer knocks on my door and tells me that my Charleston-Jazz-Waltz fusion, the one that took me over three years to perfect, was canceled.
"What do you mean? I auditioned it, and you guys said that it wasn't too Avant-garde for American audiences."
"Look, you're great," he told me, "but those pants'll never pass the censors."
Dejected, I went over to Victoria's dressing room and broke the news to her. We cried for a while, but vowed to come back- leaner, meaner, and stronger. I'm sorry I let my Asymmetric fans down. I'm also sorry we live in such an unenlightened country where a man can't wear the pants that reflect his soul- as well as most of the light in the room.
C'mon, Puritans, it's almost 2008.
Join the Forbidden Fruit conference wiki at http://forbiddenfruitconference.wetpaint.com/Forbidden Fruit: The censorship of literature and information for young peopleSouthport, UK19th & 20th June 2008This two-day conference offers an opportunity for practitioners from libraries, information services and education, researchers from a range of disciples, publishers, authors and policymakers from all sectors interested in to meet, network and share experiences. The conference will focus on the censorship of print, electronic and other literary and information resources for young people.You are invited to present an abstract for a presentation in either of the following formats:- Reflective paper (approx 30 minutes plus discussion)- A case study (approximately 20 minutes plus discussion): a short report of a research activity or a practical project- A poster (a visual presentation of a case study or issue, with opportunities for informal discussion)Suggested themes include:- Young peo
Let me tell you something. Never upset the fanboys when they have access to The Button, even the ones at the liberal minded progressive blogging leaders of WordPress.
The people over at the blog directory 'Blog Village' have decided that I'm bad for their pure, sweet directory of douche blogs. I received this email from man named 'Rosemary'.The manager of the top list at http://blogvillage.gotop100.com is sending you this e-mail:"HI Daniel,I was looking at your blog today to see if you had added the BLOG VILLAGE banner, which I see you have. I am so sorry, as I must have approved your membership in error. Our TopList is a family friendly one, and I just don't think your blog is a good fit with our membership.Please remove our banner from your blog, and I will delete your site from our TopList.I deeply regret this, as it is completely my fault. My only defense is that I was trying to review about 40 requests to join, and I must have clicked the wrong button in your case.This decision is not based on your sexual orientation, but on the overall look of your blog, with words like Piss in the titles, and quite a few photos of a provocative nature.R
Recently Reporters Without Borders had put together a report on the Chinese government's massive censorship operation. The whole operation is very much up and active whose primary focus is on the censorship of internet. The report states that the Chinese government has instituted an elaborate system for Internet censorship that employs tens of thousands of censors and police responsible for maintaining control over the flow of information. To control the information flow over such a vast network, three leading government agencies have evolved over the last several years: the Internet Propaganda Administrative Bureau, the Bureau of Information and Public Opinion, and the Internet Bureau, the report said. In Beijing, where most of China's leading commercial Web sites are based, a powerful local agency has been established called the Beijing Internet Information Administrative Bureau. It also states that Chinese supervisory bodies often use instant messaging and text messages sent via m
Check out Diva Smack's blog. I adore this broad. She's generous, kind, smart, caring and always there when you need her, always. Welcome her back. This incredible dame has been wrongfully accused and harassed by a group of Internet censorship loving nutbags. Check out this post and this one. Run. Read. Now.
Bill Gates is less dangerous than Google. All Bill has ever wanted to do is beat the day lights of any competition, make billions of dollars and own as much of the techie world as possible.In the last few years, Gates has been reborn, by virtue of the legacy of crappy code and the blood of many, as the world's savior. However, he is just a savior in the same sense as Rockefeller and Carnegie, sprinkling his spare cash for worthy causes.Google, however, as a New Age Corporation, is committed to a vision of making the world into a better place through the control and dispersion of information. And whenever any group has that mission, you best watch out. It is nothing new-- it has long been a favorite of totalitarian ideologues. So no one should have been surprised when Google did not have a problem in assisting the Chinese Communist Party in censoring its people. Wouldn't one think when the Chinese government demanded the search engine in China not produce hits for worlds such as free
This Was Today? (100), upload feito originalmente por Maarten Dors.
Faz tempo que o Flickr vem recebendo severas críticas à censura de certas fotos. Primeiro foi a Alemanha que ficou sem poder usar o Flickr por completo, agora parece-me que eles estão deletando fotos assim, sem mais nem menos, e depois mandam um aviso pedindo pra pessoa ter “bom senso” na hora de fazer upload das suas fotos. Essa, por exemplo, foi censurada. E daí que o menino está fumando? Criança hoje em dia faz coisa muito pior, e a fotografia não era um incentivo ao uso, era apenas um questionamento. Afinal, pra que serve a fotografia? Fotografia de verdade eu digo, e não fotografia publicitária. Engraçado é que o Flickr deletou essa foto do menino fumando, mas o mesmo fotógrafo tinha outras fotos de crianças cheirando cola, e essas não foram deletadas. Há pouco tempo também um fot&oa
Internet censorship is on the rise in America and across the world…
Schools, business, libraries and governments block thousands of sites in the name of security and safety. Did you know that US House Resolution 5319 was passed which poses the potential to make it law for American schools and libraries to block social networking [...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVB5ViG_0yE
Sean Kingston’s ‘Beautiful Girls’ has been banned from Dublin’s FM104’s playlist.
FM104 said that it banned the song from its playlist because it felt it was no longer appropriate to air it with suicide at an all time high.
The song, which deals with unrequited love, has spent the last month at the top of the Irish and British single charts. There have been growing calls internationally for it to be pulled from television and radio playlists.
Kingston, a 17-year-old reggae-pop star, sings:
“You’re way too beautiful girl, that’s why it’ll never work, you’ll have me suicidal, suicidal, when you say it’s over.”
The song shouldn’t be banned from any playlist ….. this is political correctness gone totally mad. Suicide is a serious issue and many people have been affected by its consequences. Banning this song, however, will still not help or protect those who
I originally considered titling this entry: “Someone Please Shoot Me Now.”
However, I realized that, given my vocation — that the above headline is not entirely appropriate. However, I have long contemplated beginning to publish a blog. Among my self-imposed obstacles was a fear.
I think I can best summarize this fear as a fear of offense, or perhaps a fear of alienation.
To explain: As I mentally wrote my potential blog articles, I realized that my possible subjects spanned the entire gamut of audiences.
To put it mildly, my collection of interests is…. diverse.
But I decided that, in the end, you can’t please everyone. The only compass that I can follow is to be true to myself.
I am somewhat reluctant to describe myself as such, for fear of braggadocio — but I can probably be best described as one-of-a-kind.
When I thought of my topics, I considered my potential audience(s). I contemplated censoring myself. I had concerns of alienating read
I originally considered titling this entry: “Someone Please Shoot Me Now.”
However, I realized that, given my vocation — that the above headline is not entirely appropriate. However, I have long contemplated beginning to publish a blog. Among my self-imposed obstacles was a fear.
I think I can best summarize this fear as a fear of offense, or perhaps a fear of alienation.
To explain: As I mentally wrote my potential blog articles, I realized that my possible subjects spanned the entire gamut of audiences.
To put it mildly, my collection of interests is…. diverse.
But I decided that, in the end, you can’t please everyone. The only compass that I can follow is to be true to myself.
I am somewhat reluctant to describe myself as such, for fear of braggadocio — but I can probably be best described as one-of-a-kind.
When I thought of my topics, I considered my potential audience(s). I contemplated censoring myself. I had concerns of alienating readers.
Su
I originally considered titling this entry: “Someone Please Shoot Me Now.”
However, I realized that, given my vocation — that the above headline is not entirely appropriate. However, I have long contemplated beginning to publish a blog. Among my self-imposed obstacles was a fear.
I think I can best summarize this fear as a fear of offense, or perhaps a fear of alienation.
To explain: As I mentally wrote my potential blog articles, I realized that my possible subjects spanned the entire gamut of audiences.
To put it mildly, my collection of interests is…. diverse.
But I decided that, in the end, you can’t please everyone. The only compass that I can follow is to be true to myself.
I am somewhat reluctant to describe myself as such, for fear of braggadocio — but I can probably be best described as one-of-a-kind.
When I thought of my topics, I considered my potential audience(s). I contemplated censoring myself. I had concerns of alienat
Black Women Have 36% Of All Abortions In Americaby Akindele AkinyemiThis is the second time in three years that leaders of the NAACP kept its membership from considering a resolution expressing concern for the right to life.This year's pro-life resolution, sponsored by the Macon, Georgia NAACP chapter and whose campaign was led by the Georgia state president, was to bring attention to the harmful effects of abortion on African-American women. According to the Reverend Clenard Childress of Life Education and Resource Network, 1,452 black women abort their unborn children every day - which is 36 percent of all abortions in America.NAACP leaders say the members in Macon were told in advance, by letter, that their resolution was dismissed on a technicality. It's a letter the Macon chapter says it never received.Nonetheless, Reverend Childress says the rejection still violated the NAACP's bylaws, which allow resolutions to be presented and read by state chapters on the floor of the conve
From my ally over at the 1389blog.com:
We have won one battle!
An Anvil Victory against Censorship: a Victory for All confirms that SonicWALL and Panera Bread will no longer be censoring Foehammer’s Anvil. 1389 would like to thank all of you who participated in this effort.
But the war is far from over.
“The war is far from over? What’s that supposed to mean?”
It means that this is not the time for us to rest.
Want to find out what’s next in the fight against Blogosphere censorship? Visit 1389’s blog and read on.
More trouble: Atlas Banned in Charlotte, NC (hat-tip: Jenn Sierra)
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It appears official: SonicWALL Internet Security has re-rated Foehammer’s Anvil from pornography to web communications. This would not have happened without the efforts of Anvil readers and my fellow bloggers and 1389 deserves the greatest credit and thanks for discovering this particular censor in the first place and disseminating the needed information to so many people.
I feel that this is not only a Free Speech victory for the Anvil, but a victory for the entire Blogosphere and especially the Anti-Jihad portion of it.
You can verify the current rating of Foehammer’s Anvil by inputing http://foehammer.net at the following address:
cfssupport.sonicwall.com/Support/web/eng/newui/viewRating.jsp
Here is graphical proof of the change:
This change does not mean that I can afford to sit on my hands. I will have to remain vigilant so that such changes are not reversed by the intent and actions of fascists and Islamists that we all know are active on the Internet. It also do
I was reading at the WordPress blog, and thought I’d share with you, the link to their post about WordPress having been banned in Turkey, regarding a complicated situation involving a (from what I’ve read) rather slimy character named Adnan Oktar.
http://wordpress.com/blog/2007/08/19/why-were-blocked-in-turkey/
Presently, there are 146 responses. Those of my felllow bloggers on WordPress, (who don’t read all the updates) who want to have their say, now’s your chance.
Those of you who blog at blogger, or using other platforms, might want to blog about this as well. Offer your opinion and link it back to the WordPress post. It’s an important discussion.
“Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.”
Harry S. Truman (1884 – 1972) U.S. president
The left not allowing dissenting opinion?! I am SHOCKED I tell you. Ok maybe not so much. ~RJH Riehl World article link Censorship And DailyKosFrom its convention, to the website, kind of funny how uber-liberal Kos won't allow dissenting opinion. This below is a comment on this new thread Charles has preserved, it mentions another post that has already been deleted. But the saddest part is that one of the major candidates for Prez this time out will have caved to the radical liberal agenda, just as the guy who deleted the post sited below did. Weak ... very weak.And it's sickening. Secong(sic) diary today on this. The other one finally deleted because he daved(sic) under the weight of his own bullshit.
