Some strange things happened when the site was down. My answer to Sean's post disappeared.

His reply, to me, saying that he removes posts when there is an attack on a fellow FT poster also disappeared.

The last post that disappeared was the following one. It included a number of attacks on Thumper, Yevlesh2, and myself which appeared in the now-infamous "Ambassador" thread. These posts appeared ABOVE my post which was censored out, meaning that he could not have missed them. They were not removed and, in fact, are still there. I have to wonder why.

Debo_nair to Thumper : Now with your opinion you should also be supporting the Palestinian kids who throw stones at Israeli tanks when they roll them in their backyard ???

anrkitec to me : Please leave behind your opinions supporting one individuals 'right' to violently and unilaterally limit another persons right to free speech the next time you come over. I am afraid that if your beliefs cannot tolerate the free expression of other divergent beliefs then you really don't have much to believe in nor do your beliefs really stand for very much.

Of course, as this is America, neither you nor anyone else are under any obligation to do so. And I am very glad for that fact. See how that works? I have an opinion and express it but I also allow you and others to express your opinions and, wait for it...my opinions and beliefs do not require that I prevent you or others from expressing yours...Neat huh? Despite the often resultant small-mindedness of the approach quoted above it is just another one of the many costs of real freedom. Even in the face of death, even when we "just think of the children..."

anrkitec about me : you cannot have an honest conversation about any issue when one side is intentionally and dishonestly misrepresenting the other side’s position with their own hatred.

anrkitec about me : this is nothing more than a personal opinion dishonestly represented as the official intent of the artists in question.

Well, I suppose that this is just my opinion, but at least it is an honest one.

anriktec about yevlesh2 : Can you not see the significance of what you advocate?

By holding these views you are saying that if one person disagrees with another person then they have some right to physically prevent the other person, even violently so, from expressing their views. This is the antithesis of the ideals of a free society.