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Expected response from the powers that be: "Your terms are acceptable. Good riddance." Thomas Paine et al did not protest censorship by ceasing publication.
by ctdonath 15y ago
Expected response from the powers that be: "Your terms are acceptable. Good riddance."
Thomas Paine et al did not protest censorship by ceasing publication.
- sounds 15y agoAgreed ... but Henry VIII's "riddance" of the Catholic church is not regarded (by everyone) as a good choice.
- colanderman 15y agoA blackout is not meant to attract the attention of the powers that be. A blackout is meant to attract the attention of the users. Wikipedia's users will say no such thing.
- ctdonath 15y agoWithin hours (minutes? seconds?) of a Wikipedia shutdown, someone else will have a duplicate up and running, touting reliability and "we don't play political games".
- colanderman 15y agoAnd users will find it how? (Sure, after a week or so it might find its way to the same Google ranks as About.com's existing Wikipedia clone. But by then the message has been delivered.)