[faq]

Looks like YouTube has a small mutiny on their hands. I originally found this video posted at Hot Air.

[lilylangtree]

I've got to see this at a later time & different computer.

[Publius6961]

Sounds like the motivation at Youtube is entirely the desire not to offend the primitive savages.

What's new?
Has Youtube allowed muslim posts of live beheadings?

[msnimje]

I say Nick give everybody who has a You Tube account permission to upload his video under all sorts of names like "Fluffy the Kitten" or whatever.

Let a thousand videos bloom!

[saganite]

Watched the video. Sooo, fire and boiling water, eh? What else ya got Muhammad?

[Darksheare]

There was a video or three by muzzie terror supporters, if I'd been thinking at the time, I should have saved the links to see if those threatening videos were still there.

[dynoman]

some people need to step away from the computer.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmdTO7kEhm0

What a baby

[VOA]

Banned by YouTube: Islamic Teachings, Cruelty From The Quran

Socially I'm fairly conservative.

But this report reminds me of what I heard about publication of
Mein Kampf in the USA (soon after the original publication
in Europe).

I've heard that Mein Kampf was either censored and/or
simply not published for distribution in the USA due to its' obnoxious
content.

BUT, one publishing house (Alfred Knopf?) went ahead and made
it available in the USA anyway.

I know my poor recollection has butchered this tale...but
it's too bad YouTube hasn't tried to best Alfred Knopf or whoever
it was that put Mein Kampf out in the USA.

People in the USA need to know the threat from Islam.
Which means the threat from some of the people living in their
neighborhood.

[JimRed]

The sayings flash by too quickly to read in most cases.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Here's my all time favorite.

It's In The Koran !

I grabbed it off of YouTube last year before it was erased then stored it on my own server. It's a good 'un.

[Caramelgal]

I don’t really get the point except that You Tube is being hypocritical and that’s no real surprise.

I’m no fan of the radical teachings of Islam. But then I’m also no big fan of radical, hate filled interpretations of any religious text or belief or dogma.

So this guy is an Atheist? I’d be curious to see how many here would call for banning his You Tube account if he posted a similar video (and perhaps he did) with quotes from the Old Testament of the Book of Revelations. I’m no Biblical scholar but I recall that there’s a lot in there about bad stuff happening to non-believers.

While I might call them out on their hypocrisy, You Tube is a privately owned company and while we and I like to think it’s an open haven for free speech (and free sharing of copyrighted material), as a commercial concern, they have no obligation to be a forum for anyone to say anything they want. They can ban anyone for whatever reason they want – just like the Mods at FR.

Perhaps You Tube got complaints about the last video but not his others that might have been anti Christian? If they got similar complaints and didn’t suspend his account, well that’s wrong in theory - but not illegal.

As I understand free speech according to the Constitution, we have a right to express our political and religious beliefs but we are not guaranteed a commercial forum to do so.

I’m more concerned about hate crimes legislation that targets certain beliefs for criminal prosecution than I am about what You Tube does.

[joebuck]

The life of great websites keeps repeating itself. They start as relatively anonymous, featuring either a great idea, technical innovation or both. They quickly develop an underground reputation, often based on, in part, a willingness to "fight the power" and give individuals an ability to either tweak their nose at or expose the flaws and crimes of established institutions. This combination of brilliance and social rebellion rapidly pushes the site to mainstream awareness and popular appeal. If the technology or idea is novel enough the site is adapted by millions across a very broad demographic as a variety of people or groups adapt it for their own particular needs and uses.

At this point the site enters the radar of corporate America who trips over itself trying to see who can buy up the site first. Owners sell out big time to a Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, Time-Warner type or does the big time IPO (which is essentially the same thing). Site turns mainstream and represses the very thing that made it famous, all in an attempt to maintain a bland, but lucrative, stable and predictable, market share. Adapting to the (changing) least common denominator, in order to achieve the broadest swath of profitability is inevitable. The corporate mentality. I'm not knocking it because it gave me the ability to sit here and vent on the web, but you've got to admit there is a stifling effect which one must be prepared to confront in order to maintain what made life worthwhile in the first place. I'm starting to see a metaphor here.

[etradervic]

Since he was supplying quotes from the Quran, is U2B saying that the Quran is too inappropriate and outrageous?

[kcar]

Showed this to my son, who sent me this from YTMND. Apparently they don't censor.

New Muhammad cartoon

[VOA]

YouTube can't handle The Truth (about Islam in our time)

[steve-b]

The Slashdot story about this incident notes that the author had previously posted videos critical of Christianity without problems.

Sounds like a simple case of cowardice on the part of YouTube management.

[PGalt]

Hooray Nick Gisburne!

[PGalt]

gisburne@griffin.co.uk

[Kevmo]

BFLR = Bump for later reading

[knighthawk]

The guys site with his video: http://nick.gisburne.com/

Islam-list

If people want on or off this list, please let me know.

[It's me]

It's been banned because nobody could read it. I read fast but NOT that fast.