Comments on: Thoughtcrime http://malcolmpollack.com/2009/12/01/thoughtcrime-3/ I go many places Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:57:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Malcolm http://malcolmpollack.com/2009/12/01/thoughtcrime-3/comment-page-1/#comment-155919 Malcolm Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:58:51 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2009/12/01/thoughtcrime-3/#comment-155919 <em>Update</em>: Dennis is working to put together a new site under his own domain. We'll keep you posted. Update: Dennis is working to put together a new site under his own domain. We’ll keep you posted.

]]> By: Deogolwulf http://malcolmpollack.com/2009/12/01/thoughtcrime-3/comment-page-1/#comment-155859 Deogolwulf Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:13:21 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2009/12/01/thoughtcrime-3/#comment-155859 Good to hear from you, Dennis, and I hope to see you back online soon. I noticed that your site was down about an hour after visiting and linking to it, and sent you an email to enquire, but quite possibly sent it to the wrong place. (I had to search on the net for the address.) I presume the content is recoverable. Good to hear from you, Dennis, and I hope to see you back online soon. I noticed that your site was down about an hour after visiting and linking to it, and sent you an email to enquire, but quite possibly sent it to the wrong place. (I had to search on the net for the address.) I presume the content is recoverable.

]]> By: JW http://malcolmpollack.com/2009/12/01/thoughtcrime-3/comment-page-1/#comment-155847 JW Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:59:44 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2009/12/01/thoughtcrime-3/#comment-155847 I disagree with this also. Very surprising. I disagree with this also. Very surprising.

]]> By: the one eyed man http://malcolmpollack.com/2009/12/01/thoughtcrime-3/comment-page-1/#comment-155843 the one eyed man Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:21:45 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2009/12/01/thoughtcrime-3/#comment-155843 Having worked in the Internet industry since its infancy in 1994 – and, as noted yesterday, the company I work for now is in the middle of the Google campus here in Mountain View – I can assure you that Google’s ways are mysterious, and probably deliberately so. There are lots of commercial websites which have been punished by Google for reasons which were entirely mysterious to them (with no political content at all). That’s just the way they are. The inference that the blog was removed because someone found its content to be offensive is probably unwarranted. A side note: Google is a misspelling of the word googol. A friend of mine owned the url googol.com long before the company was founded. The company then approached him in a heavy handed way, and he told them to bugger off. They were forced to accept a misspelled url. A true David and Goliath story. Having worked in the Internet industry since its infancy in 1994 – and, as noted yesterday, the company I work for now is in the middle of the Google campus here in Mountain View – I can assure you that Google’s ways are mysterious, and probably deliberately so. There are lots of commercial websites which have been punished by Google for reasons which were entirely mysterious to them (with no political content at all). That’s just the way they are. The inference that the blog was removed because someone found its content to be offensive is probably unwarranted.

A side note: Google is a misspelling of the word googol. A friend of mine owned the url googol.com long before the company was founded. The company then approached him in a heavy handed way, and he told them to bugger off. They were forced to accept a misspelled url. A true David and Goliath story.

]]> By: bob koepp http://malcolmpollack.com/2009/12/01/thoughtcrime-3/comment-page-1/#comment-155837 bob koepp Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:12:39 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2009/12/01/thoughtcrime-3/#comment-155837 Another strike against Google -- not, I'll grant, on the scale of their kowtowing before the overlords of China, but still very, very bad form. Another strike against Google — not, I’ll grant, on the scale of their kowtowing before the overlords of China, but still very, very bad form.

]]> By: Dennis Mangan http://malcolmpollack.com/2009/12/01/thoughtcrime-3/comment-page-1/#comment-155834 Dennis Mangan Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:09:16 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2009/12/01/thoughtcrime-3/#comment-155834 Malcolm and Jeffery both, thank you. This has been, shall we say, a unique experience. I have thought at some length about the possible consequences of my blogging, but I never thought that this would happen. It makes you realize that no matter how expressed, some people will think certain opinions are just hate, and deserve to be silenced. Google has still not told me what the problem is, but I can only assume that someone complained to them and they agreed to delete my blog. Malcolm has generously offered to help me out with setting up a new site, but at least for today, I need a rest. Malcolm and Jeffery both, thank you. This has been, shall we say, a unique experience. I have thought at some length about the possible consequences of my blogging, but I never thought that this would happen. It makes you realize that no matter how expressed, some people will think certain opinions are just hate, and deserve to be silenced.

Google has still not told me what the problem is, but I can only assume that someone complained to them and they agreed to delete my blog. Malcolm has generously offered to help me out with setting up a new site, but at least for today, I need a rest.

]]> By: Horace Jeffery Hodges http://malcolmpollack.com/2009/12/01/thoughtcrime-3/comment-page-1/#comment-155832 Horace Jeffery Hodges Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:51:37 +0000 http://malcolmpollack.com/2009/12/01/thoughtcrime-3/#comment-155832 I'm sorry to hear this, and I know from experience just how existentially disconcerting it is to be 'disappeared'. Dennis, if you're reading this, I hope that you make it back online. We need to hear unorthodox opinions, especially those that are intelligently expressed, whether we agree with them or not, and mostly if we don't agree. Jeffery Hodges * * * I’m sorry to hear this, and I know from experience just how existentially disconcerting it is to be ‘disappeared’.

Dennis, if you’re reading this, I hope that you make it back online. We need to hear unorthodox opinions, especially those that are intelligently expressed, whether we agree with them or not, and mostly if we don’t agree.

Jeffery Hodges

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