yellowtimes.org has been shut down by its spine-free hosting company.



so much for freedom of speech in the wonderful u.s. of a.



the spineless cunts at the hosting company (don't know who they are, so i can't mail them to express my contempt) have caved in to political pressure to close down one of the many anti-war sites which have appeared recently. no matter. it'll reappear at another hosting company soon, i'm sure. if it doesn't, so what? stifling one site will not kill the protest.



as firas al-atraqchi says in the article "stifling the voice of reason" reporting the shutdown:

those who charge that intellectual debate is unpatriotic forget the words of john adams, one of the forefathers of the u.s. constitution: the jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing. liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have … a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge, i mean the characters and conduct of their rulers. or perhaps they forget thomas jefferson: the only security of all is in a free press. the force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed. the agitation it produces must be submitted to. it is necessary, to keep the waters pure.

memo to bush: for every anti-war site you manage to close down, two will appear in its place. you can't win this war, you cunt. all you do is cause inconvenience, nothing more.



we're used to inconvenience on the internet. it was, after all, originally a military project and, therefore, badly designed and implemented and a waste of money. it could have been done so much more simply, cheaply and robustly if senior military personnel hadn't been involved. remember that next time you want something done properly.