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Host company pulls plug on Florida pastor's website (so much for freedom of speech)
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68856620100909 ^

Posted on 09/09/2010 5:35:03 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA

The obscure Christian pastor who plans to mark the ninth anniversary of September 11 attacks by burning copies of the Koran has had his website pulled from the Internet, the hosting company said on Thursday.

Dan Goodgame, a spokesman for popular web host Rackspace Hosting, said two websites operated by the Dove World Outreach Center, the tiny Gainesville, Florida church run by pastor Terry Jones, were shut down late on Wednesday.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: freedomofspeech; groundzeromosque; islam; koran; obama; palin; rackspacehost; rackspacehosting; terryjones; trojanhorse
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1 posted on 09/09/2010 5:35:07 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
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To: Red in Blue PA
this is how it's done in the information age.

but there's still shortwave.

2 posted on 09/09/2010 5:36:20 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (burn baby, burn.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

I wonder who ordered the shut down of his web site!?!


3 posted on 09/09/2010 5:36:27 PM PDT by elephant
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I did a chat with their on line chat people and asked for all of their clients web sites to see if they were adhering to the rules too and they declined to give me any info and cut the chat short.
4 posted on 09/09/2010 5:37:15 PM PDT by guitarplayer1953 (Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to GOD! Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Red in Blue PA

You are being sarcastic with the “Free speech” comment aren’t you?


5 posted on 09/09/2010 5:37:54 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Even Hitler had Government run health care, but at least he got the Olympics for Germany)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Rackspace sucks. Way overpriced too.


6 posted on 09/09/2010 5:37:58 PM PDT by Frantzie (Imam Ob*m* & Democrats support the VICTORY MOSQUE & TV supports Imam)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Yet we can watch Nick Berg getting his head sawed off all day long on the internet


7 posted on 09/09/2010 5:38:25 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: elephant
I wonder who ordered the shut down of his web site!?!

A 3AM phone call from Obama ?

8 posted on 09/09/2010 5:38:48 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill informed post.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Boycott Rackspace !

9 posted on 09/09/2010 5:38:52 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Free market. Dove dude can find a ISP that will host his stuff.

Not a issue of free speech.


10 posted on 09/09/2010 5:39:11 PM PDT by Palter (If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it. ~ Mark Twain)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Rackspace Hosting homepage.

Rackspace "Hosting Contact Sales" page.

Rackspace Sales: 1-800-961-2888

Be sure to let 'em know how you feel about their vision of fairness in business.

11 posted on 09/09/2010 5:39:42 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (burn baby, burn.)
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Apparently, freedom of speech is an illusion being it is simply defined by those in power and the idiotic whims of extreme judges.... =.=


12 posted on 09/09/2010 5:39:46 PM PDT by cranked
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To: Red in Blue PA

The muslims won another one.


13 posted on 09/09/2010 5:39:54 PM PDT by sport
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meanwhile youtube has islamists, atheists, and marylin manson (pr stunt there) burning the Holy Bible.

AND

the federal government funed cross in urine.


14 posted on 09/09/2010 5:40:08 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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*Shakes head*

We’re living in the Twilight Zone when Muslim offense is considered more important than any other. :(:(:(


15 posted on 09/09/2010 5:40:33 PM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: elephant

They were probably made an offer they couldn’t refuse.


16 posted on 09/09/2010 5:40:41 PM PDT by Misterioso (Burning The Koran is a victimless crime.)
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“Goodgame said Dove World Outreach Center had violated “hate speech” provisions of its contract with Rackspace.”

Rackspace backs down to Islamic threats?


17 posted on 09/09/2010 5:40:44 PM PDT by FourPeas (Pester not the geek, for the electrons are his friends.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Expect more of this if Verizon succeeds in killing net neutrality


18 posted on 09/09/2010 5:42:23 PM PDT by babble-on
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That’s how they handle things in Chicago.


19 posted on 09/09/2010 5:42:47 PM PDT by dangerdoc
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To: Red in Blue PA
(so much for freedom of speech)

A private company canceled the service, as was their right. The First Amendment doesn't apply.

20 posted on 09/09/2010 5:43:09 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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