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At 10:29 PM, Anonymous said...

According to forsakethetroops. info

On Monday evening, the webmaster of Forsake The Troops was brutally assaulted by two men, thought to be members of the military, in response to their opinions about this website. Mr. Crook had been the target of numerous death threats and trespassers at his residence. All of these threats were saved and have been turned over to the authorities.
UPDATE:

At 6:19pm Eastern time, Michael Crook died of his injuries, after being rushed by ambulance to the leading hospital in the area for head trauma. The two men who allegedly assaulted him are currently in the custody of police. Mr. Crook died with his wife and infant daughter present.

It is therefore the decision of his family, and associates that Forsake The Troops goes offline, to prevent further incidents of violence and threats against his family. Therefore, this domain will permanantly go offline at around 5pm Eastern time, on Tuesday, May 17th, 2005.

Comments, and well-wishes may be addressed to noc@smishosting.com. Media inquiries (no interviews with family at this time), or sincere inquiries from well-meaning people may be directed to (315) xxx-xxxx.

Leave a voice mail message and your call will be returned by our media representative. The family requests privacy at this time.

At 10:10 AM, Not fooled said...

Again a false post. As part of the media, this claim was researched with local and not so local law enforcement agencies. No assaults against Michael Crook of Liverpool NY were reported. No death certificates for Michael Crook filed. And no arrests in the assault and MURDER (claimed here) of Michael Crook have been made. Nice try Mr Crook. Your failed attempt at Urban Legend, again a failure.

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At 10:10 PM, Anonymous said...

Well as you can tell by my username, I am in fact the webmaster and founder of Forsake The Troops.

I find it amazing how everyone cries and whines about freedom of speech, and then when someone comes along with a view they don't agree with, they cry out "post your name and address for all to see", "call his hosting company" and you generally want to take away the speech you don't agree with. Of course, that's typical of your ilk.

This website isn't going anywhere. It is highly unlikely that my host will pull the website, because it does not violate any laws. If angering and disgusting people is a violation of law, then 94% of the websites out there must be shut down, including this one. Fair's fair.

I also find it funny that people think this website is being done for attention, or traffic, or whatever. It is not. People suggest fighting back by not going, and thereby eliminating traffic. First off, that hasn't happened since the website's gone online. We've actually had to upgrade our server to meet the traffic demands. Secondly, if that happens, so be it. The people that comprise our organization have plenty of disposable income, and paying for a server that costs less than $150 a month is a drop in the bucket for us. Visit, don't visit....it's up to you. The site's staying up whether we get 1 hit a day or 100,000 a day. Just so you know, we got 119,371 hits yesterday alone.

The site exists for the very reason the Internet exists...to put our views out there, and give people a chance to express their opinions, through the guestbook, forums, or e-mailing their oh so intelligent comments.

You can call Forsake The troops "filth" or whatever you like, but the fact remains, the site isn't going anywhere. Even if our host were to shut it down, the site will merely move to another hosting provider outside of the country. The worst that would happen, people, is that the site would go down for 48 hours, although we have contigency plans in place to make sure our message stays up. The underlying point is, you can't take a website off the Internet just because you don't disagree with it.

I laugh at the notion that people with my views be forced to leave the country. Isn't freedom of speech and expression one of the foundations on which this country was founded? Besides, I pay taxes, as does every one of our nineteen members....we have a right to be here, and speak our mind, regardless of what anyone thinks.

I find it funny that people say the website pisses them off, makes them cry, or whatever....yet they still come back every day. Ironic, isn't it?
Maybe you agree with our views and that pisses you off.

Food for thought.