You cannot be serious.
Carla from More Books and Things writes…
Here is another important update on the attack against Apprising Ministries which could have serious ramifications for EVERY discernment ministry and blog on the internet. Please read:
Saddleback “Apologist” Threatens Web Host Company with Legal Action - IPOWER to Shut Down Purpose Driven Critic
http://www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com/blog/index.php?p=1161&more=1&c=1
Hat tip - More Books and Things…: Another Update
you know Vee, I think Richard Abanes has really shown his true colors and lack of christian character. Actually, I don’t for one moment believe he is a true brother in Christ at all. I think he is motivated by pure greed and pride. Ken on the other hand will continue one way or another to expose the powers of darkness and the purpose driven agenda. The Lord will always triumph over his enemies even if his enemies try to appear as brothers.
I agree with you Mary B…
I wonder though, how this will affect the freedom of speech in the world of blogs? This is a dangerous precedent that has been set. And, I have to add it is really quite pathetic on Abanes half.
Vee,
Richard is extremely slanderous and libel when he wants to be. This amkes me so mad that he can get away with it. I am still holding out hope that something can be done. I wonder if a petition to the web host company would work. What do you think? I have yet to read all of the article in question by Ken but from what I’ve heard it was not libel but factual.
You can find Ken Silva’s new site here…
http://apprising.org/
This post was made by a message board administrator in charge of moderating the forums at crosswalk.com and christianity.com.
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From an Admin stand point I usually encourage people to use the report feature when they see someone violating our Terms of Service. One thing I have found is that the anonymity of the Internet fosters hotheadedness. Therefore, one never knows how terribly the recipient of a warning will respond. This is not to say that Mr. Silva has a tendency to that sort of behavior. (However, his response certainly does seem to indicate that it is in the realm of possibility that it would be so.)
We provide a service with a Terms of Service to which everyone agrees to abide by. Outlined in that service is how we will deal with violations of our Terms of Service. Rather than our members having to deal with this sort of unpleasantness we offer to deal with the situation privately.
In my opinion, a person does the right thing when he/she reports what is perceived to be a violation of our rules so that the situation can be reviewed and the appropriate action taken.
I doubt that the service provider in this case lost any sleep over any perceived threats of a law suit from Mr. Abanes. Such a suit standing up in court would be near impossible.
I believe, rather, that they did much the same thing I do. Look at the content and determine if it violated their rules. They found that it indeed did break their rules and sent a notice to Mr. Silva requesting that the content be removed for violations of the Terms of Service. (This is actually more than what we do in that we remove the content ourselves and notify the offender of the action taken.)
In this Admin’s view Mr. Abanes did the right thing. . . .
Mr. Silva should have reviewed the Terms of Service and determined if they were rules by which he wished to be governed. . . . When asked to remove the content for violations of the Terms of Service Mr. Silva should have complied as per his agreement and then considered finding a site more suitable for his style.
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This sums up the incident fairly well. I have nothing to add, except my 100% agreement with this administrator. As I have noted before, those who have ears to hear and eyes to see will both see and hear the truth.
See his full post at my website, under Thoughts of a Web Forum Administrator: A Look At Ken Silva’s Actions
R. Abanes
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So this whole thing was a Seinfeld complaint about nothing just to make Silva switch hosting providers?
LOL! Well played Richard, well played.