Binks Offlined Again

Well folks, ya post once in 2 weeks and here's what it gets you.

I'm presuming it's the same nutty individual who's been trying to take down blogs left and right, whose name rhymes with Asshat Razor, MD.

Once again, the obedient tools at WordPress take his whinging seriously, and the blogger takes the hit.

This is getting past irritation.

Looks like Teh Shaidle was right-- time to migrate from the harrassment-prone 'Free WordPress' to blogger or a paid web-service.

Yours,

Binks, WebElf

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Binks Letter #3 to WordPress Uber Alles

WordPress:

OK-- last time was an irritant: this time (supposing it's the same complainant, Asad Raza) you are aiding & abetting cyber-bullying and needless harrassment from somebody who believes (a) his name is somehow trademarked, and (b) his past words on the internet may not be quoted by anyone, and (c) no blog may discuss or mention the situation, him, or the fact he's silencing Canadian blogs.

He has already caused one blog to be offlined entirely, is harrassing another one, and is now pestering me through you.

http://marginalizedactiondinosaur.net/

http://mitchieville.com/

This individual has sent literally hundreds of threatening e-mails to dozens of bloggers, their ISPs, and is using the threat of "legal action" to bother people acting within their constitutional, legal, moral, and natural rights to express opinions. The reason no actual legal papers have EVER been served to ANYBODY is that he has no legal leg to stand on.

His lawyers have not been in touch with my lawyer (despite a legal letter to him), so I believe this is his way of acting illegally through your TOS and complaint department. If you wish the contact information for my lawyer, I will provide it.

As I commented the last time your company chose to arbitrarily block my posting privileges,

"....Your current 'process' is an abuse of natural justice, the common law, and basic courtesy.

1. At no point was I informed as to the exact nature of the problem, the possible remedy, the specific TOS violation, nor the identity of my complainant.

2. The blog was frozen due to non-specific "content", said the anonymous message.. when the problem was a comment by someone else.

3. Nor was I given a choice to freely delete the offending comment.

Speaking as someone who just went through it, your TOS process needs to be fixed up, to provide more information, user interaction, and less top-down "Guilty Until Proven Innocent"."

What he said.

And although I responded to 'Mark' in your TOS Complaints department, I did not receive the courtesy of a reply.

Binks, WebElf

FreeMarkSteyn.com

Binks Back Online

Minions:

Apparently the blog-freeze issue was personal information in a comment.. still, astonishing that WordPress doesn't ask you to remove the offending info-- nor inform you specifically what's wrong--  just freezes your posting/ editing access.

WP removed the comment (possibly Asad Raza info.. not sure) and unfrozed the blog this morning.

Torture The Bloggers!

So this blog is back-- but whilst enjoying yesterday's whatnot, I was reminded that due to Mr. Raza's remarkable harassment, Marginalized Action Dinosaur is still offline, and trying to migrate his site offshore to Denmark; and I learned that the fine blog Mitchieville is now going to be forced offline because of Asad Raza, MD's persistent efforts. What will we ever do without Mitchieville & his endless fun (as below)?

According to Mitch, Raza has hired internet/ new media lawyers Traverse Legal to back up all his "I Will Sue You!" e-mails. Whether that would actually lead to legal action, or just a retainer to allow more bellowing is unclear.

Questions Remain

And while we're at it , where does this serial blog-attacker live? Brampton? Timbuktoo? Glenwood Indiana? Is his wrath against blogs resurrecting his NotCanada.com material because he's trying to move back to Canada? The rest of this story remains to be told.

Freedom: It's Ours To Lose.

Binks

P.S. Thanks to all the folks who e-mailed & blogged their support over the past day. Good to know you'd miss this blogger.

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The Letter

Hi,
It's not a Free Speech  issue when personal information is posted in a comment to your blog.
That is breach of privacy and covered by the Terms of Service.

A comment was edited to remove some personal information.
The blog does now work.
-
Mark

Saith Binks

Dear Mark:

Since this blogger is not a mind-reader, how could I possibly know what was up, exactly?

I tried to post, saw the "Warning: We have a concern about some of the content on your blog. Please click here to contact us as soon as possible to resolve the issue and re-enable posting."

Content? Huh?

Your current 'process' is an abuse of natural justice, the common law, and basic courtesy.

1. At no point was I informed as to the exact nature of the problem, the possible remedy, the specific TOS violation, nor the identity of my complainant.
2. The blog was frozen due to non-specific "content", said the anonymous message.. when the problem was a comment by someone else.
3. Nor was I given a choice to freely delete the offending comment.

Speaking as someone who just went through it, your TOS process needs to be fixed up, to provide more information, user interaction, and less top-down "Guilty Until Proven Innocent".

[Binks]
FreeMarkSteyn.com

What Thuh...?

Minions:

So, you may ask, what's with the weird blog-title?

(1) Earwax is a helpful if sometimes pesky thing, just like getting web-bullied.

(2) It just sounds funny to this elf. Earwax.. earWAX.. eeeeaaarwaaaax.....

(3) It's my dumb back-up blog, and I'll call it as I see fit.. barring decency and good taste.

Binks

 

Via

A Little Good News

Minions:

Though Teh Binks cannot post/ edit to Free Mark Steyn, you (and I) can still access the comments.

And Jay Currie is on the warpath against blog-silencers and their alleged lawyers.

Vengeance is the Lord's-- and sometimes you really never know how things will end up.. Free Canuckistan!

Enjoy!

Binks

Legal Abuse

Minions:

So you're now embarrassed by past opinions of yours on teh web, and somebody comments on those said opinions. Do you:

1. Do nothing
2. Explain (online or via e-mail) how you've changed your views
3. Pitch a fit & threaten lawyers if anybody mentions your past views or your name and go all abusive

If you're a Type-3 tantrum-pitcher, good news! Most Internet Service Providers ('ISP') don't want to spend any money on lawyers, no matter anybody's legal or free-speech rights, or whether anything your opponents said online was wrong or illegal or whatever else. Your blog-enemies will have no little irritation and inconvenience, and all you had to do was pay a little retainer fee so you could yell "Lawyers!" a lot.

It's a carte blanche to silence people!

Welcome to the web, where your freedoms come and go at a whim.


Binks

I Wanna Lawyer!

Do You Hate Canada?

Minions:

If you hate Canada, then you may agree with this web-archived material, by Nobody In Particular. Asad Raza

Just sayin' is all,

Binks

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WebElf Silenced

~ BACK IN THE DAY, I thought that perhaps Mark Steyn's book-title Lights Out: Islam, Free Speech And The Twilight Of The West might be a little overwrought. Lights out? really?

Mark was quoting Viscount Edward Grey-- who is probably best remembered for the remark he made to a friend one evening just before the outbreak of the First World War, as he watched the lights being lit on the street below his office: "The lamps are going out all over Europe. We shall not see them lit again in our time".

Well, somebody just shut down my ability to run Free Canuckistan freely. Not quite as bad as the special treatment meted out twice to Marginalized Action Dinosaur, but still. Who? Looks like Asad Raza or somebody else is targeting Free Mark Steyn, and I'm now forbidden to post new material here for the moment.

So I got this.. "Warning: We have a concern about some of the content on your blog. Please click here to contact us as soon as possible to resolve the issue and re-enable posting."

No details, evidence, contact info.. blog disabled because of.. none of your business, puny blogger!

This is probable jihad, asshattery, lawfare, and attempted silencing of the web. I will be downloading all my files from here, and looking for a new blog-home ASAP if they continue.. nah, I'll make a backup site anyway, and double-post.

The lights are going out, peeps. Now is the time for all good men and women of the West to consider their futures. Will they shut up or be silenced? Hope they are fed to the alligator last? Or stand and fight, even if the odds are long, and the future uncertain and darkening.

The last time I was silenced, irate Episcopalian liberal webmasters (out of LA & NYC) twice hacked my Anglican news blog offline (the second time, deleting weeks of archives). I'm still here.

Any good suggestions for new blogging sites with a solid free speech policy?

Binks

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Minions:

Answering some questions:

(1) I'm not self-hosting, just using the free WordPress blog site via WordPress.com.

(2) The actual blog hasn't been taken offline, but I cannot currently post, edit or do anything to it whatsoever, due to a WordPress block on my account.

(3) All I've received directly from them is "Warning: We have a concern about some of the content on your blog. Please click here to contact us as soon as possible to resolve the issue and re-enable posting." No reasons, no details, no references to which post or material. Guilty until.. proven guilty?

Yer buddy,

Binks