Free speech? Hello??
I'm sure Hollywood elites, the ACLU and other censorship foes are set to launch a stinging counter-attack to this: (from imdb.com)
Web Server Refuses To Serve Koran Critic
Another door has been slammed shut in the face of Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders as he continues efforts to show his film "Fitna," in which he alleges that the Koran is an "enemy of freedom" and instigates violence and intolerance throughout the world. Following the refusal of Dutch broadcasters to air it, Wilders had planned to show it on the Internet on March 28. However U.S.-based Network Solutions, the host web service, said Saturday that it had shut down Wilders's site due to complaints. The site now features a notice saying that it is under investigation for possible violations of Network Solution's acceptable use policy. Wilders was defiant, telling the Dutch wire service ANP, "If need be, I will personally distribute DVDs in the Dam," the main square of Amsterdam. In reporting on the matter, the Washington Post observed today that "it may be the first documented case of Internet pre-censorship by a major U.S.-based Web registrar."
I can see it now ... Bill Maher scrapping his regularly scheduled bits on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" to address this issue ... Ben Affleck and Matt Damon shooting a new video to denounce this effort ...
Or maybe not.






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Wilders Movie Website, Network Solutions, Is Caving Into Radical Islam.
Muslims Against Sharia neither endorse nor condemn "Fitna"; we have not seen the film. However, we find it disturbing that Network Solution suspended "Fitna" website while hosting a multitude of radical Islamic websites, some of which belong to (or are closely affiliated with) terrorist groups.
http://muslimsagainstsharia.blogspot.com/2008/03/is-wilders-movie-website-network.html
Interesting feedback MAS ... the bottom line is two-fold. Free societies should be allowed to critique elements of their culture, and people of faith should be able to withstand such critiques. If their faith is strong, such attacks shouldn't bother them.
I just wish stories like this, in the interest of fair play, got more coverage. I read about this in The Denver Post as well, but the story was buried deep in the paper.
People of faith can always withstand the critique. It's the religious extremists who get offended.
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