Re: FN-FORUM Re: Yahoo Censorship

date posted 1st December 2001 19:57

Roll on McCarthy II...

Kathy
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Subject: RE: FN-FORUM Re: Yahoo Censorship


> Not really tosh to your comment.....more like..
>
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> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 3:16 PM
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> Tosh to the lot of this!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kashif Aziz
> To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: 01/12/01 13:27
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM Re: Yahoo Censorship
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> I was banned from one yahoo club after i posted
> "something" there.
>
> cheers
>
> Kashif
>
> --- Kif [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote: > Last week there
> were a few comments about Yahoo and
> > their filtering of
> > e-groups and messages that they do not feel are
> > "politically correct".
> > Today it seems they have gone one step further.
> > I know someone who is an anti-globalisation activist
> > (everyone to their
> > own...) and political commentator.
> > Naturally against the war in Afghanistan (as many
> > are) and America's
> > bullyish globalisation techniques, the website does
> > 'knock the yanks' a
> > little, but is not really offensive in the way that
> > many, many other
> > websites could commonly be deemed to be. In fact
> > it's not even that
> > anti-American... more anti-establishment really.
> > Most of it is very well written and intelligent
> > opinion, if a little extreme
> > in it's "anti-elitist" viewpoint.
> > Today Yahoo, without warning, removed the site,
> > citing the writers
> > "Opposition to the American Establishment" as their
> > reason for doing so.
> > Who elected Yahoo as Protector of the Establishment
> > I don't know, but I
> > think it stinks... At the moment our freedom of
> > speech/thought/movement is
> > being rapidly eroded (not only in the US but in the
> > UK too) in the name of
> > "The war against terrorism" .
> > The WTC tragedy has offered a wonderful opportunity
> > to those who seek to
> > oppress and restrict the power of the comman man or
> > women to have their say
> > or get their opinion aired... The nazi's are once
> > again burning the books...
> > Ironically this is just the sort of thing that the
> > Taleban does, and part of
> > what the "war" is supposed to be fighting against
> > The days when the internet offered people the chance
> > to "say their piece" to
> > the world at large are rapidly drawing to an end.
> > I, for one, will miss them...
> > Kif
> >
> >
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