tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post5563298624201195171..comments2023-10-14T23:56:22.016-10:00Comments on Reflecting Light: Blogger "disappears" Dennis ManganRick Darbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371910140619422820noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-6409346365444160592009-12-05T01:25:59.902-10:002009-12-05T01:25:59.902-10:00Yes it is back up and I am so glad.Yes it is back up and I am so glad.nnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09787462810016546761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-8614399268633326542009-12-03T15:56:21.334-10:002009-12-03T15:56:21.334-10:00Mangan's appears to be back up.Mangan's appears to be back up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-6758464228217111052009-12-03T06:50:35.511-10:002009-12-03T06:50:35.511-10:00I don't know why Blogger shut down Mangan, but...I don't know why Blogger shut down Mangan, but this isn't the first time I've seen this happen. The first was ''the paeloconservitve blog'' which was much like Vanishing American but the author drifted more and more into blatant antisemitism.<br />The only other examples I've seen were two that were written by troops 'in theater' in Iraq (and were providing their views 'unfiltered' shall we say) and Blogger was responding to the DOD telling them to shut those down.<br />From what I've seen, Blogger even allows outright pornography to be posted so what their problem is I don't know.yihnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-79544319216408326822009-12-02T14:13:21.196-10:002009-12-02T14:13:21.196-10:00It is entirely disgusting what they did to Mr Mang...It is entirely disgusting what they did to Mr Mangan and I thank you for raising a stink.Darayvushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973750966981889517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-72972894753102906832009-12-02T12:08:29.931-10:002009-12-02T12:08:29.931-10:00I agree no site should be shut down without warnin...I agree no site should be shut down without warning whatsoever. It's just that Google/Blogger is so arbitrary as to what they censor. <br /><br />Suing someone for libel, especially a person who is already on the government dole, is simply too expensive for the average person. And so a defamation blogger can wreak havoc on a person's life and livelihood but Google only cares about "opinions" that offend their liberal sensitivities.JeanetteVictoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10286971232433273575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-23984623358632033792009-12-02T10:49:25.754-10:002009-12-02T10:49:25.754-10:00Since I wrote this post, in some haste, I've b...Since I wrote this post, in some haste, I've been thinking about what if any content Blogger could legitimately refuse to carry.<br /><br />I've run across blogs with very disturbing content from time to time. One had a link to a video of jihadists beheading a man — I couldn't watch it, and can't imagine anyone would want to. But the link was prefaced by a frank description and emphatic warning, and you could argue that it served as a valid counter-jihad argument.<br /><br />It's easy to say that "how to" sites describing violent methods should be purged. I <i>would</i> be tempted to say that. But then the gun control advocates could claim that even sites dedicated to effective and responsible use of handguns should be banned, which of course I'd oppose.<br /><br />Jeanette Victoria, if what you say is true, I still don't think Blogger is the problem. There are legal remedies for libel (not that it would be worth the trouble and expense in most cases of one on-line site). But traditionally the law has held that actions for libel are after the fact; you can't prevent publication of something you claim is libelous. <br /><br />There are cases so extreme that in good conscience even an impartial carrier might intervene — if only by notifying law enforcement about threats of physical harm. But "material that promotes hatred toward groups" (groups, mind you, not individuals) is such a broad and subjective category that Blogger should not be concerned with it.<br /><br />And it certainly should not shut down a site and perhaps erase the work of years with no advance warning or explanation.<br /><br />Shrewsbury,<br /><br />I agree. Anyone who feels secure in their beliefs isn't threatened by contrary arguments, at least not enough to call for them to be suppressed. And almost invariably it's "progressives" who insist that some lines of discussion are out of bounds.Rick Darbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02371910140619422820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-70779219269571753972009-12-02T08:00:22.434-10:002009-12-02T08:00:22.434-10:00I'm always amazed at the insensate reflex of l...I'm always amazed at the insensate reflex of liberals, of those who call themselves "progressive," to quash all non-liberal opinion, to shut people up, to ban their books, to shut down their websites. I assume it's because at some level the "progressive" knows he's full of baloney. Truth is threatening to the liberal in a way it is not to the conservative, who merely attempts to come to civilized terms with reality, whereas the liberal has entirely fictive constructions to preserve.Shrewsburynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-42773620792399915312009-12-02T07:51:53.270-10:002009-12-02T07:51:53.270-10:00And yet Blogger has no problems with people postin...And yet Blogger has no problems with people posting defamation and libel and telling the victims of such libel to go F-themselves.<br /><br />Just check out chasingevil.org this man (a known felon who was arrested and convicted for filing *false* police report) defames individuals, churches and people such as Robert Spencer and Pam GellarJeanetteVictoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10286971232433273575noreply@blogger.com