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No, really, it's not. A boycott wouldn't do much good if you didn't tell people about it.

• ErrantX 18y ago
  No really it is ;) As I said it is a fine line: but read into it and their main aim is to stop them using the ads. That's an attempt at censorship (I'm not disagreeing that it is a boycott too).
  • wheels 18y ago
    Censorship requires a censor with the ability to remove information. They don't have that and at least as far as is reported in this article, they're not pushing the people with the power to censure the media to do so. Trying to get a company to stop doing something that a consumer considers offensive isn't censorship. This is just like the anti-sweatshop boycotts that are common on the left end of the political spectrum.
    • ErrantX 18y ago
      fair enough :)
      • hachiya 18y ago
        It's capitulations like this, agreeing when shown wrong, where appropriate, that separate HN from other sites. The maturity here really shines through on occasions like this.
        • ErrantX 18y ago
          thx :) In fairness (rereading back) I should have done so about 2 posts earlier :( oh well.
  • _phred 18y ago
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship "Censorship is the suppression of speech or deletion of communicative material which may be considered objectionable, harmful or sensitive, as determined by a censor." vs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott "A boycott is a form of consumer activism involving the act of voluntarily abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with someone or some other organization as an expression of protest, usually of political reasons." Clearly, the Christian businessman in the article would like GoDaddy to "clean up" their act, but I didn't find any request by him for government intervention, nor any government action at play with regard to GoDaddy. Plain and simply, he has a moral objection to pornographic advertising, and has chosen to take his business elsewhere. As a Christian myself, I've held the same stance towards GoDaddy for a long time, because I personally don't like being sold domain names with sex. They can continue to do business as they choose, and I can continue to state my opinion about their practices and take my business elsewhere.
  • BigZaphod 18y ago
    You need to set aside your obvious disdain for religion so you can see this for what it is. This isn't censorship or even an attempt at an organized boycott as far as I can tell. This is good old fashioned market forces at work. And, frankly, while I'm not a very religious person, I've always hated the ads too and as a direct result have never even considered using GoDaddy.
    • ErrantX 18y ago
      Again fair point (sorry, the intention was not to turn HN into a religion.vs debate :( that's not for here). I think my main point was the huge emphasis on the story - definitely (and I dont think it is because of my bias) born out of the religious nature of the complaint. If yourself were hosting a few thousands sites with GoDaddy and had objected in the same way (from a non-religious stance) and sent the same letter would it have made such a big story.... As I always say (it might be my catch phrase :P) "each to his own, and leave me to mine". [for the record in case people misconstrue my bias I have great respect for faith (to a point, obviously); but I believe religious organisations to often be an evil force]