tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post4814803977747005156..comments2024-03-15T00:12:57.489-07:00Comments on Covenant Zone: Who will speak for Geert Wilders? Maybe not the Dutch bloggerstruepeershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-72243856061209089922008-02-07T15:43:00.000-08:002008-02-07T15:43:00.000-08:00Tiberge,Maybe they can shut down individual blogs;...Tiberge,<BR/><BR/>Maybe they can shut down individual blogs; but not bloggers; and the stories and arguments we make are repeated all over the place. They can't be hidden unless the thought police can come up with a wide consensus for a move towards totalitarianism; and I just can't see them getting there, though I raise the fear from time to time that much violence will be done in half-witted attempts.<BR/><BR/>So, shutting down a blog is just a sign of desperation, a short-term tactic that will only reveal in the long-term that you don't have the intellectual means to face your opponent in free and open debate and win much support to your cause.<BR/><BR/>They can frustrate us personally, but they can't rob us of our desire to sacrifice for truth and freedom. And that is why they will lose.truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-78907217004610764502008-02-07T14:26:00.000-08:002008-02-07T14:26:00.000-08:00@ truepeersWordpress is known for doing things lik...@ truepeers<BR/><BR/>Wordpress is known for doing things like that. A Spanish blogger named Lady Vorzheva also had trouble with them.<BR/><BR/>These "hosts" claim that they are obligated to act immediately on any complaint of discrimination. I often feel it's just a matter of time before sites like CZ and Galliawatch become targets.<BR/><BR/>Usually the blog in question is rstored if you can somehow show you are not discriminatory, or in some way talk you way out of the dilemma.<BR/><BR/>Once Lawrence Auster was shut down by his host - I forget the details, but it was harrowing trying to find a human being, and not an e-mail address, to converse with.tibergehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738716899363426734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-90305763258288676442008-02-07T11:39:00.000-08:002008-02-07T11:39:00.000-08:00On another Blog, a literal fundamentalist, was rei...On another Blog, a literal fundamentalist, was reinforcing that the only path to truth is through his literal interpretation of passages from the Bible.<BR/><BR/>Here is how I replied.<BR/><BR/>"Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody."<BR/><BR/>Wise words in an environment of corruption.<BR/><BR/>While corruption is still rampant today, this wisdom hasn't changed, but the ability to expose corruption has.<BR/><BR/>With freedom of speech on the internet, we have the opportunity to expose corruption like never before in human history. <BR/><BR/>It couldn't have been imagined in Biblical times. <BR/><BR/>So learn your lesson, spread the word.<BR/><BR/>The corrupt recognize the threat and will oppose it. <BR/><BR/>The day has come when it is also wise to speak out against corruption.Rob Misekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302768489050327563noreply@blogger.com