I guess killing diplomats is the new way to get White House assistance for your special interests project.
Rewarding a behavior is the best way to get more of it.
Google rejects White House request to pull Mohammad film clip
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#12Does the Obama administration really want to enter the business of suppressing every "inconvenient" video that might offend the sensibilities of Middle Eastern mobs?
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#13Good for Google. Unlike Visa, Paypal, et al. who blocked payments to Wikileaks at the government's request.
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#14Why is the White House even making that request? At which point does religious appeasement start to become institutionalized through fear?
It's not religious appeasement, you don't see them appeasing Buddhists or even Christians.
As a non-American, I see religious appeasement of Christians all the time when I see US politics.
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#15Does the Obama administration really want to enter the business of suppressing every "inconvenient" video that might offend the sensibilities of Middle Eastern mobs?
I don't understand this request. Doesn't this lead to every organization having a case for pulling down any video they deem to be in violation of bad taste.
The white house has a beautiful 250 year old document they can get behind that makes the issue black and white (free speech) and absolves them of looking like they played favorites to either side. How is this publicly sterilizing solution the best option?
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#16Can we get a link to the video?
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#17Does the Obama administration really want to enter the business of suppressing every "inconvenient" video that might offend the sensibilities of Middle Eastern mobs?
It was just a request. A request they are free to make and Google is free to decline.
One (edit: four) of Obama's civilian employees was killed by an angry mob, ostensibly because of this video, so I don't think it's unreasonable to ask. I'm also glad Google declined.
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#18So the guy who produced the video is Egyptian? And is apparently facebook friends with the Metropolitan Seraphim of Glastonbury http://www.policymic.com/articles/14762/nakoula-basseley-nak...
When there is a situation this awful, why does it have to be so utterly ridiculous as well?
I'm not sure whether the inability of many fanatics to think before they aim makes them more, or less scary.
Re: Google rejects White House request to pull Mohammad film clip
#19http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect hasn't been translated into Arabic yet.
Re: Google rejects White House request to pull Mohammad film clip
#20Does the Obama administration really want to enter the business of suppressing every "inconvenient" video that might offend the sensibilities of Middle Eastern mobs?
I don't understand this request. Doesn't this lead to every organization having a case for pulling down any video they deem to be in violation of bad taste. The white house has a beautiful 250 year old document they can get behind that makes the issue black and white (free speech) and absolves them of looking like they played favorites to either side. How is this publicly sterilizing solution the best option?
It was not a legally binding request, they just asked them to review the video for violations of their terms of service, and "please" remove it if it was found to be in violation. Any other organization is and has always been free to do the same, just as Google is free to decline the request.