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!!! Gay Ghost Online Censorship !!!
05.25.04 (12:00 pm)   [edit]
Castle of Spirits update

I thought Castle of Spirits would like to know of my favorable review...and discovered their guestbook. In filling out the form, I included my home page location: gay-bible.org. After pressing "done", the resulting new comment appeared, revealing that Castle of Spirits censors all words "gay".



Infuriated that I couldn't back up at this point, and edit my comment by spelling "gay" as "ghay", to pass through the filter...I post another comment:



As you see, I also spelled "gay" with spaces in between, which also tricks their censorbots. In fact, it is most likely almost all these censor programs have the word "gay" (and "lesbian" and "homosexual") banned by default.

This means that all these innumerable services that include automated censorship, will ban any mention of "gay", even when the owner is gay-friendly. S/he's just much too preoccupied with other stuff, to realize you need to opt out of anti-gay censorship.

So how about that? Even if you're against censoring queers, most nanny software will do it for you any way, by default. And how many "caring" heteros who run their own guestbooks/blogs/websites /forums remain wilfully uninterested in de-demonizing "gay", though pretend otherwise?

Hmmm, why not leave your own comment there, too?



Castle of Spirits guestbook


(I don'tsee my two entries there any more...they must have already censored my posts! Spooky B a s t a r d s !)


(UPDATE: new developments! See my Tuesday 06.02.04 blog.)


 


posted by: johnofphilly (reply)
post date: 05.25.04 (1:14 pm)

When any purportedly free-spirited site censors the word "gay", you cannot help but discredit such hypocrisy.

(Reference is to the site mentioned above). Do they fear non-acceptance by other hypocrites? Or is it merely that they are not what they say they are, but more than likely a closeted rightwing reactionary group aiming at dumming down the free thinking sector of society.

As Ezekiel illustrates by demonstration, we must always question sources on their claims and motives.



posted by: ZekeBlogKing (reply)
post date: 05.25.04 (5:59 pm)

And here I thought they'd be delighted to see my review. Instead, their robot--a scummy little automated routine that never knew its mother--slaps me in the face for them, before the human master even knows about my guestbook entry! Again, it just goes to show that homophobia is a given in most aspects of society, including the so-called "liberal" element. I therefore coin the phrase: "Many are called, but few are chosen...step right up for your lederhosen". :b

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