MySpace Deletes Largest Atheist Group in the World.

[QuoVadisNation]

I'm a little confused, how is obtaining mass complaints against them and the myspace website finding those complaints to be valid not an indiciation that some terms were probably broken by the athesit myspace group? All those rewards the social network obtained, whatever their moderator says, or how Christian/religious groups are treated after their group is hacked is kind of irrelevant.

 

[Narz]

Yeah, like I said earlier, I never said I was a perfect christian and turning the other cheek thing is one of my weak points. I interpret that to mean, I will still pound the hell out of you, but I will feel really, really guilty over doing it.

I don't know how on Earth you could interpret it to mean that.

What the heck good does you feeling guility do the other person? None. It's self-indulgent.

 

[Simple Simon]

Sorry, but I do feel sorry for you. /shrug.

I nominate this for the 'Weirdest sentence ever on CFC' award!


Seriously, why do religious people have to be

a) pushy
b) intolerant
c) condescending?

a) and b) are exactly what happened on MySpace, and c) is all over this thread I wish the religious Right (or should it be Religious Right) would finally take the values to heart that constantly whine about! Where is 'Tolerance', when you ask for peaceful others to be censored?

 

[JollyRoger]

I wish the religious Right (or should it be Religious Right) would finally take the values to heart that constantly whine about! Where is 'Tolerance', when you ask for peaceful others to be censored?

I'm not convinced that the Religious Right is all that religious or right.

 

[Nylan]

Considering all the problems this group is causing now that their precious profile is gone, I'd wager they were deleted for causing problems, not for being atheist. This is almost as bad as "It's because I'm black, isn't it!?"

Plus, if the Boy Scouts can refuse membership to gays, then MySpace can delete whatever they want. The law is the law.

If it turns out they didn't have a reason to delete the group, I'll feel bad, but I won't do anything stupid about it, it's just a group and MySpace is well within it's legal limits.

 

[MobBoss]

I nominate this for the 'Weirdest sentence ever on CFC' award!


Seriously, why do religious people have to be

a) pushy
b) intolerant
c) condescending?

Any my statement is d) none of the above.

Or do you wish to e) cry some more?

Considering all the problems this group is causing now that their precious profile is gone, I'd wager they were deleted for causing problems, not for being atheist. This is almost as bad as "It's because I'm black, isn't it!?"

Ding. And we have a winner. I havent see any evidence to the substantiate the claim that the group was removed solely because it was an athiest group, and not for another reason all-together.

 

[azzaman333]

Ding. And we have a winner. I havent see any evidence to the substantiate the claim that the group was removed solely because it was an athiest group, and not for another reason all-together.

I haven't seen any evidence that proves they were being disruptive or something similar which would warrant the group's deletion either. So jumping to any conclusion is foolish until another source is found which can prove one way or the other. And if the proof is anything like the proof in any other Athiest vs Theist thread, well, you probably know the result.

 

[Mise]

http://www.cleveland.com/living/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/living-0/1201772086310820.xml&coll=2

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A MySpace spokeswoman did not return calls seeking comment.

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But it was never without controversy. Two years ago, Pesta said, MySpace deleted the group after an organized campaign from Christians opposing the site. MySpace restored it and promised it would be protected, Pesta said.

Last Thanksgiving, hackers broke into the group's site, deleting material and renaming it "Jesus Is Love." MySpace restored the site three weeks later but then shut it down this year, Pesta said.

Either way though it's been restored:

http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm...n=97096341-0C71-4895-9503BDA8EC0EBCD794168095

Oh, and, another thing.

Most of the people who use MySpace are kids. Of course they're bloody gonna complain about stuff...

 

[JollyRoger]

Articles from sources that only give you one side of the story are not very good for rendering an opinion on the matter.

Considering all the problems this group is causing now that their precious profile is gone, I'd wager they were deleted for causing problems, not for being atheist.

Ding. And we have a winner. I havent see any evidence to the substantiate the claim that the group was removed solely because it was an athiest group, and not for another reason all-together.

So one source is not very good for rendering an opinion, but zero sources = ding, we have a winner.

 

[skadistic]

Oh, and, another thing.

Most of the people who use MySpace are kids. Of course they're bloody gonna complain about stuff...

None of the people on Myspace are kids.

 

[general_kill]

http://www.cleveland.com/living/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/living-0/1201772086310820.xml&coll=2


Either way though it's been restored:

http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm...n=97096341-0C71-4895-9503BDA8EC0EBCD794168095

Oh, and, another thing.

Most of the people who use MySpace are kids. Of course they're bloody gonna complain about stuff...

Interesting. Good thing they restored the Myspace group, the group officially credited hackers as the reason why the group was deleted. But the group said they would like for Myspace to unban the users who were banned and hope that they hope they are not pushing their luck with that request. My question is, why would they be pushing their luck if it were hackers and how could hackers hack that deeply into Myspace to ban these people.

Anyone else think that the group leader reached out to Myspace and decided to settle this without embarrassing Myspace too much?

 

[warpus]

We are giving myspace undue credibility by discussing this so passionately.

 

[MobBoss]

So one source is not very good for rendering an opinion, but zero sources = ding, we have a winner.

In my humble opinion, such issues usually reside somewhere in the middle of the two extremes possible. Nylans suggestion, again merely in my opinion, lands right about where I think reality sits in this case....ergo, yes, the group was removed, but it wasnt simply because it was an athiest group.

Again, yes, that would be my opion, merely based off very general situations. I'll readily admit, this could be different, sure, but I would like to see more evidence than that before I believe the little athiest that cried wolf.

And as GeneralKill seems to have found, it wasnt Myspace that deleted the group at all and has in fact restored it? That it wasnt myspace at all? Hmph.

 

[cubsfan6506]

Plus, if the Boy Scouts can refuse membership to gays, then MySpace can delete whatever they want. The law is the law.

Just because they can doesn't make it right.

 

[toh6wy]

In my humble opinion, such issues usually reside somewhere in the middle of the two extremes possible. Nylans suggestion, again merely in my opinion, lands right about where I think reality sits in this case....ergo, yes, the group was removed, but it wasnt simply because it was an athiest group.

Again, yes, that would be my opion, merely based off very general situations. I'll readily admit, this could be different, sure, but I would like to see more evidence than that before I believe the little athiest that cried wolf.

And as GeneralKill seems to have found, it wasnt Myspace that deleted the group at all and has in fact restored it? That it wasnt myspace at all? Hmph.

Buuuuut no one's provided any sources to back up your opinion, which is what he was getting at.

 

[Nylan]

Just because they can doesn't make it right.

Read the quote before throwing out a strawman

 

[West 36]

Let me be the first to say "now that's just mean."

 

[Mise]

And as GeneralKill seems to have found, it wasnt Myspace that deleted the group at all and has in fact restored it? That it wasnt myspace at all? Hmph.

Do you have me on ignore or something?

Cos that would be pretty cool...

 

[MobBoss]

Do you have me on ignore or something?

Cos that would be pretty cool...

No, I dont put anyone on ignore. Never.

I incorrectly attributed the find to generalkill, but see that he was merely referencing your find. Wasn't purposefully trying to divert credit away from you.

Buuuuut no one's provided any sources to back up your opinion, which is what he was getting at.

Actually, Mise precisely did. See his links that absolve Myspace from blame.

 

[Mise]

No, I dont put anyone on ignore. Never.

I incorrectly attributed the find to generalkill, but see that he was merely referencing your find. Wasn't purposefully trying to divert credit away from you.



Actually, Mise precisely did. See his links that absolve Myspace from blame.

Dammit, I don't think I've ever made it onto someone's ignore list . Oh well, must try harder

And yes I spent a good 5 minutes googling for those links so I feel as though I deserve some credit for that!