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Post by plinkplonk » Fri, May 21, 2010, 4:13 AM UTC

I think this (and its attendant media coverage) is great because it brings religious irrationality and violence to the attention of the non hacker mainstream media.

I understand why Muslims wouldn't want to draw Mohammed but insisting that non Muslims shouldn't draw Mohammed is insane. This would be like Buddhists insisting that since to them, meat eating is abhorrent, they ( or a "small minority" ) would feel offended enough to kill someone who did.

Now I am going to draw a Mohammed stick figure and put it up on my website. It is "Everybody draw Mohammed" day after all, no matter what the cowards at Facebook think. Lots of people don't friggin believe in the sanctity of this "prophet" or his religion so why should they abide by his mandates? All Religion should die and be some kind of fringe cult so the rest of us can live in peace. Hopefully in a few centuries.

Re: undefined

#32

Post by raganwald » Fri, May 21, 2010, 4:16 AM UTC

what wrote: post #16

Moderator should kill this now. It's only going to turn into a stupid religious argument.

Where "religious argument" includes discussion of why free speech should be close to absolute, even on a service being operated by a for-profit entity.

Re: undefined

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Post by madair » Fri, May 21, 2010, 4:17 AM UTC

philwelch wrote: post #30

madair wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't matter whether or not the original commentator asserted that reason or not, Facebook is a public corporation in the United States, it's not a private individual, it's not a private corporation, it's not Zuckerberg. Public corporations in the United States are licensed for the purpose of maximizing shareholder value. This alone is not prima facie lassez faire , but the balancing regulatory framework for cor…

"Facebook is a public corporation in the United States" When did they IPO?

Uh-oh! I thought it had already, I edited to correct, thanks. Now my rhetorical flair in the opening paragraph is all ruined! ;-)

Re: undefined

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Post by Jd » Fri, May 21, 2010, 4:20 AM UTC

Created a group to protest the removal of the Everybody Draw Mohammed Day Group.

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/group.php?gid=1227378910...

Join it! Promote it!

Re: undefined

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Post by Jd » Fri, May 21, 2010, 4:27 AM UTC

plinkplonk wrote: post #31

I think this (and its attendant media coverage) is great because it brings religious irrationality and violence to the attention of the non hacker mainstream media. I understand why Muslims wouldn't want to draw Mohammed but insisting that non Muslims shouldn't draw Mohammed is insane. This would be like Buddhists insisting that since to them, meat eating is abhorrent, they ( or a "small minority" ) would feel offend…

The important thing isn't a zillion people doing their own thing in their own place, it is being coordinated about standing up our rights. This is a great opportunity.

Re: undefined

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Post by Jd » Fri, May 21, 2010, 4:42 AM UTC

wherespaul wrote: post #2

Yep looks like they did pull it. there are a couple of different groups/pages but the one they pulled has 100,000 "likes".

Anyone have a date / time on the removal?

Re: undefined

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Post by alanh » Fri, May 21, 2010, 4:42 AM UTC

what wrote: post #16

Moderator should kill this now. It's only going to turn into a stupid religious argument.

I really hope this statement is meant sarcastically, for the irony here is overpowering.

Re: undefined

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Post by Jd » Fri, May 21, 2010, 4:48 AM UTC

Jd wrote: post #34

Created a group to protest the removal of the Everybody Draw Mohammed Day Group. http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/group.php?gid=1227378910... Join it! Promote it!

Wow, getting downmodded for creating a group to protest Facebook actions.

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Post by Jd » Fri, May 21, 2010, 4:57 AM UTC

Another interesting tidbit, you can't post the link above on Facebook.

You get an error: "Warning: This Message Contains Blocked Content. Some content in this message has been reported as abusive by Facebook users."

This appears to be true only for publicly facing pages.

Re: undefined

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Post by EDMunited » Fri, May 21, 2010, 6:25 AM UTC

good jobs what you have here, cause i feel like losing my friends in the EDM friends on facebook we have share thoughts humor and happiness now facebook delete it, i lose my friends, i miss them, i hope theres a facebook page for ex member EDM so we can gather together again.