Travis Glaab writes: >What is the problem with what this guy did? Ok, yeah he got real upset. I >was pretty upset when all of this began too. > >Are you angry that he took action? I would agree that he went too far.
Yes, I am angry that someone would try to destroy my livelihood simply because he disagrees with something we publish and our right to publish non-Mac content on our site. We have always published non-Mac content on Low End Mac; we will always do so. There's more to life than Macs, and Mac users participate in the whole spectrum of life. >Are you angry that the advertisers found out about what is being published >on LowEnd Mac? They should be aware of that anyway. I am not angry that advertisers know what we are publishing. I wish that more did. One even wrote to congratulate me for my position, state his strong support, and do what he can to support us with his ad dollars. >Are you angry that they pulled out their money when they found out about >these articles? Well, you should think about that. People and companies >are not required to support ideas that they disagree with. > >The Moore articles are totally irresponsible in light of the times we are >living. That is the biggest load of crap so far in your posting. Moore was trying to grapple with the issues of the day. When was he supposed to do that -- five years after we convicted the beltway snipers? 20 years after the events of 9/11? It is absolutely responsible -- if not essential -- to try to grapple with the issue of the day today and make sense of them. To do anything less is irresponsible. >It was recently reported that violence in America against Muslims, >Arabs, Persians, etc. has gone up something like 1000% since the September >attacks. The Moore articles and the ideas behind them are fuel for that >fire. The violence of fanatical Muslims against Americans cost 3,000 lives in New York and several more due to the Muslim beltway sniper. In one Muslim region people cheered when the World Trade Center was destroyed and untold lives lost. Yet you somehow think an article read by a thousand people is responsible for an increase in violence against Muslims? Puh-lease. >This is not a free speech issue. Mr. Knight chose to publish those >articles. If his advertisers don't like the content, no matter how they >find out about it, they don't have to give him their money. > >In asking us to boycott those businesses Mr. Knight is NOT asking us to >support his freedom of speech. He is asking us to support the content of >the articles in question. That is something I refuse to do. That is such a load of crap it barely justifies a response, but others who read your rantings deserve one. The Moore articles are part of a whole body of discussion including dozens upon dozens of responses from a variety of viewpoints. The feedback columns probably provided a broader range of viewpoints that you wound find in any print magazine, in any newspaper, or on any news site. Those who agreed with Moore and those who disagreed spoke in their own words, shared many opinions neither Moore nor I agree with, and reached an audience of people trying to understand the many sides of issues such as terrorist attacks, snipers, moral relativism, the Muslim tradition, etc. Those willing to read and think received an education. Those who cried "politically incorrect" just kept their blinders on and missed the wisdom of many writers from a broad range of perspectives. Supporting Low End Mac is supporting a real diversity and a real tolerance that refuses to gloss over real differences. I feel sorry for people and businesses that feel threatened by real dialogue. I am asking visitors to my site and members of these lists to support that, not a specific article or writer. That is something I refuse to do. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com> <http://reformed.net> Mediocrity thrives on standardization. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
