Not that it's surprising, but it appears that YouTube.com is not only removing copyrighted videos and pRon from its video offerings, but anything making fun of liberals as well. Read the entire article.
For a moment, let's put the shoe on the other foot. Imagine if YouTube pulled any video containing jokes or parodies of conservatives, but let a faked video of Bill Clinton's assassination remain. Can you even begin to imagine the uproar? There would be calls for a Congressional investigation and Nancy Pelosi would call for YouTube to be outlawed. Barbara Streisand would be all over it, and Bill Mahr would say that some things "just aren't funny."
If the Dems win back either house of Congress in November, this kind of thing will become more and more prevalent as liberals begin to smell the possibility of a steamroller victory in 2008. You read it here first.
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Unfortunately anything can be offensive to different people. Its an impossible effort to please everyone. All one can do is post warnings and try to limit liability.
Posted by: Erik at October 14, 2006 06:14 PM