Yahoo Reverses Allah Ban 331
damnal writes "Yahoo's ban on "Allah" in users names, has been reversed. The ban was instituted due to a number of people registering for IDs using specific terms with the sole purpose of promoting hate. Yahoo's comment on the reversal: "We recently re-evaluated the term 'Allah,' and users can now register for IDs with this word because it is no longer a significant target for abuse.""
Considering recent riots... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Considering recent riots... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Considering recent riots... (Score:2)
-nB
Re:Considering recent riots... (Score:2)
Re:Risky business (Score:5, Funny)
No, no look here: @:-)
Real Muhammad Emoticons (Score:3, Funny)
Muhammad
(((:~{>
Muhammad wearing sunglasses
(((B~{>
Muhammad as a pirate
(((P~{>
Muhammad on a bad turban day
))):~{>
Muhammad with sand in his eye
(((;~{>
Muhammad with a bomb in his turban
*-O(:~{>
Muhammad sees a Danish cartoonist
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Muhammad after going quail hunting with Dick Cheney
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Source: Transterrestrial Musings [transterrestrial.com]
Re:Risky business (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Considering recent riots... (Score:5, Funny)
2. Make t-shirts
3. Prophet
Re:Considering recent riots... (Score:3, Funny)
Aw come on, this was pretty good.
Besides I'm eager to see what Allah has to say on the matter. I added him to my buddy list.
Re:Considering recent riots... (Score:4, Informative)
1. Find images
2. Make t-shirts
3. Suffer at the hands of those who may not agree with what you have to say, and will fight to the death to suppress your right to say it. [yahoo.com]
Note: the link is an article about someone who did Steps 1 and 2, and has reached Step 3.
reversed? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:reversed? (Score:2)
When the U.S. lifted the prohibition against alcohol manufacture and consumption, people were not jailed for not being drunks.
Re:reversed? (Score:2)
It would make the world a better place though.
Re:reversed? (Score:2)
Re:reversed? (Score:2)
Of course, with my luck, and the gender non-discrimination laws, I'd likely face rampaging horde of severely obese naked male hookers all named Bubba, if such prohibitions were ever reversed. The thought that I could probably outrun them with success is little comfort after that mental image crossed my conciousness (a.k.a. goatse effect).
Re:reversed? (Score:5, Funny)
Yours will soon be: AllahTheUnknownOne
Mine will soon be: AllahsTubeSteak
Re:reversed? (Score:3)
Tis dope, yo.
err..! (Score:2)
Re:reversed? (Score:2)
This post was brought to you by the Grammar Nazi Meta-Moderation Agency.
'Even the grammer nazi's get it wrong sometimes.'
Pointless reply to a pointless post...
Re:reversed? (Score:2)
Re:reversed? (Score:2)
I assume that was intentional?
"Nuts"? (Score:2, Funny)
you misunderstand (Score:2)
Re:you misunderstand (Score:2)
Well, seeing as there are approximately 7 million Jews (mostly in Israel), and over 1.2 billion Muslims (and growing, all over the world), if you're going to insult someone, you should probably stick with the Jews (and Old Norse). Or Buddists: they never seem to riot violently and at wor
Yahoo!'s transition to a media company (Score:5, Interesting)
While I don't recall Yahoo! performing any heroic deeds in the past, I don't recall them not having a spine, either. However, latetly I've seen the do some pretty spineless things - disclosing information to the Chinese government (twice!), this etc.
Is this because of Yahoo!'s change of focus? They're trying hard to become a media company rather than a technology company.
And of course, considering the fact that someone like Terry Semel (a media executive with little to no technology experience) is leading them, such policies would not be surprising. Ever since Semel's been on board, Yahoo! has taken great pains to build a brand-name, and a lot of tech folks have been replaced by older media people, and Semel has indicated that Yahoo! would "diversify" the way Warner Brothers did.
So, that probably explains why Yahoo! is afraid to ruffle any feathers. While companies like Microsoft and Google are still technology companies at heart, Yahoo! is probably attempting to get into the media, and having bad publicity in the media industry has worse consequences than it would in the high-tech industry.
Just a thought, that's all.
Re:Yahoo!'s transition to a media company (Score:5, Insightful)
Given that Slashcode is full of features designed to thwart some specific jackass who hasn't been here in five years, at least Yahoo deserves credit for cleaning this up afterwards.
Re:Yahoo!'s transition to a media company (Score:2)
Ummm... wait, your UID is 3,800.
You probably do have some "specific jackass" in mind
I'm amazed that you can still be bitter about it though.
Re:Yahoo!'s transition to a media company (Score:3, Funny)
Wow, you must be insanely well-adjusted. That barely scratches the surface of my bitterness!
Re:Yahoo!'s transition to a media company (Score:3, Interesting)
Just checked google and no one else has said it. Congratulations my friend.
You can use Mohammed in your name (Score:5, Funny)
Re:You can use Mehammererd in your name (Score:2)
Re:You can use Mehammererd in your name (Score:2)
Repeat after me: depicting Mohammad is forbiden only for Muslims (just like Music [islamicgarden.com] and Chess [inter-islam.org] seem to be). Non-muslims can depicting Mohammad all they want without fearing eternal damnation; instead, they just have to fear for their lives.
Re:You can use Mehammererd in your name (Score:2)
Thats not even true. From this article [benadorassociates.com] by Amir Taheri:
Re:You can use Mehammererd in your name (Score:3, Informative)
Are Pictures of Muhammad Really Forbidden In Islam? [answering-islam.org.uk]
You might want to take that back (Score:5, Insightful)
Now that it has hit the front page of slashdot, it is once again the target for abuse.
Re:You might want to take that back (Score:2)
Promoting Hate (Score:2, Insightful)
Re: Promoting Hate (Score:2)
Re:Promoting Hate (Score:2)
Bzzzt. Wrong. It used to be...
Re:Promoting Hate (Score:2)
What a bunch of dorks (Score:5, Insightful)
Now they've realized the idiocy of what they did, and again, rather than admit "Wow, we didn't realize how many words contain the letters 'allah'" they put out some garbage about how "Allah is no longer being used abusively on our sites."
Re:What a bunch of dorks (Score:2, Flamebait)
Re:What a bunch of dorks (Score:2)
I had to try it out: you'd be surprised at the difference:
Searching google.com for "google sucks" yielded 13,700,000 [google.com] hits.
Searching google.com for "yahoo sucks" yielded 11,000,000 [google.com] hits.
Re:What a bunch of dorks (Score:2)
When will companies/politicians/anyone ever learn? All Yahoo has done now, by banning and then unbanning, is bring way more attention to the issue than it ever deserved. I never use Yahoo, but now I want to test this out.
Btw, if anyone would like to further discuss this issue with me in private, I can reached at AllahSucksBalls@yahoo.com
Re:What a bunch of dorks (Score:3, Insightful)
Now all this thread needs is some hoser to chime in with "Cue the Islamophobics and Muslim Haters" as a transparent attempt to shut down valid debate or criticism, (in the same way that "RACIST!!" is used on campus to shut up those who would dare to question the dominant orthodoxy) and this thread will be complete.
Interesting how the vast majority of the MSM has voided their flaccid bowels rather than actually publishing the cartoons, leaving the only source of, you know, actual relevant information, to
Re:What a bunch of dorks (Score:2)
So how's anyone going to tell us that Islam isn't a violent religion?
Re:What a bunch of dorks (Score:2)
Islam isn't most followers of Islam are not violent people and have done nobody any harm.
If a gay man molests a little boy would you say "So how's anyone going to tell us that homosexuals aren't sexual predators?"
If an African American commits a crime would you say "So how's anyone going to tell us that African Americans aren't a bunch of criminals?"
Re:What a bunch of dorks (Score:4, Insightful)
And if a member of the KKK kills a "black" man would you say "So how's anyone going to tell us that the KKK don't hate black people?"
Islam is not a race, or a sexual preference. Islam is an ideology, and deserves to be scrutinized as such.
Furthermore, the statement "Islam is a religion of peace." is a hypothesis, and deserves to be treated as such. At the moment, the experimental evidence (including the Quran) seems to contradict that hypothesis.
Re:What a bunch of dorks (Score:2)
Another one is, that you are a very likely a Christian. Well, not a believer, but raised in a christian society. Have a look at what kind of responses criticism at the US from the outside of the US elicits, and you'll see that people are more sensitive to
Re:What a bunch of dorks (Score:2)
When is this going to sink in with people? Everything that happens in a "Christian society" should not be put on the shoulders of the Christians. I scoff at the idea that we're even a Christian society considering that many things that would be banned (and worse) in a fundemental Christian society are normally accepted.
If we were still burning witches at the stake (by letter of t
Re:What a bunch of dorks (Score:2)
It is used that way, of course. But last *I* checked, there are no riots going on because somebody dared draw a cartoon Jesus with a bomb for a hat. Dozens of people are not dead because of said cartoon.
I don't see the problem with what they did. As nice as it sounds to say you have to treat everybody and everything identically, it's just not the case.
Absurd (Score:2)
According to your theory, recent events have led Yahoo to believe that muslim extremists aren't really that violent after all. Gee, I would think that the cartoon riots would give the opposite impression.
I'll restate something I said in response to the previous article: If Yahoo were to ban "Jesus" the christians would t
Huh? (Score:5, Insightful)
We recently re-evaluated the term
Looks to me like a typical management-induced knee jerk reaction to a minor problem and the subsequent FUD to try and hide the fact that management were in error.
All I can say is... (Score:4, Funny)
Allah Bored (Score:2)
This still leaves Osama... (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:This still leaves Osama... silliness (Score:3, Insightful)
How to deal with this slightly rationally (Score:2)
Now, if I were running Yahoo, I would certainly see the value of blaocking "Allah," assuming I wasn't even willing to set up an actual review of usernames. The words that are probably the most subject to abuse in Yahoo screennames and on the internet generally would all make my list, if I were going to have one. Probably (assuming I made such a list
Re:How to deal with this slightly rationally (Score:2)
Re:This still leaves Osama... (Score:2)
To argue by way of analogy... I'm getting bombarded with comment spam (on the blogs I run) about Cialis, so I added a quick filter to reject any comments that contain "Cialis," and my spam comments fell off a lot. Cialis is known in medical circles as Tadalafil. A spammer could post about Tadalafil, and it'd get posted fine. But by banning just a couple of the common phrases, 95% of the spam getting posted is being rejected as soon as they
Re:This still leaves Osama... (Score:2)
I don't know about that [tellthechi...etruth.com] (scroll down a bit to understand).
Re:This still leaves Osama... (Score:2)
It's important to realise that using names like "hitlerhatesjews" or "mayallahkilltheinfidels", offensive as they may be, are not hate crime. Hate crime, by definition, is crime motivated by hatred of a particular group - but it has to be a crime to begin with. Beating up someone because he's Jewish definitely is hate crime; not liking someone because he is i
Re:This still leaves Osama... (Score:2)
Yahoo Advert on Slashdot (Score:3, Interesting)
http://a.as-us.falkag.net/dat/bgf/200506/10/hojoh
Not sure if it's relevant, but the coincidence is worth mentioning.
In other words... (Score:2)
My brothers! (Score:2)
We should raise our eyes now at the equally evil practices of MSN Search!
In the name of the holy Google, A beatiful mind
I think I've snapped from all the loonie news (Score:5, Insightful)
Yahoo Reverses Allah Ban
I think I've finally snapped from all the loonie news lately. My first thought was: "What!? Now you are required to have 'Allah' in your name? That's even worse!"
--MarkusQ
And before you give me grief, in just the last few weeks:
Re:I think I've snapped from all the loonie news (Score:2)
You mean the United States is a racist nation? No way!!
They're not. Honest. Just ask any black or indian dude.
Re:I think I've snapped from all the loonie news (Score:2)
Orale Don't forget the mexicans buey...
Re:I think I've snapped from all the loonie news (Score:2)
Actually, out of the billion or so muslims in the world, a few thousand have attended protests ( 0.0001%) of people have held protests. Some of those protests have turned into riots. Security forces have killed some of those ioters.
No-one has killed anyone for the cartoons. Security forces have killed rioters.
Re:I think I've snapped from all the loonie news (Score:2)
In other words, a little bit of Year 900-ism, and a whole bunch of religious facism.
So... in my book it IS all of islam that is the problem. Just because they didn't bother to go jump around in the streets doesn't mean they aren't asshats.
Re:I think I've snapped from all the loonie news (Score:2)
The prohibition against representing the prophet is one of the Ten Commandments. And, many of the people who have condemned the cartoon publication are American politicians.
Of course, the American State Department may be run by Muslims. Who knows?
Re:I think I've snapped from all the loonie news (Score:2, Troll)
You're right. It's a real disgrace.
Especially now that we know that all 9/11 airports were serviced by one Israeli-owned company [whatreallyhappened.com].
Re:I think I've snapped from all the loonie news (Score:3)
Do you have a link to the text of Gore's speech? The transcripts I've seen don't say anything about him asking them to "come and kill us, please!" and I agree that that would be quite newsworthy if true. I can't even find any quote of him saying that we deserved 9/11. Where did you see this? And are you confident of your sources?
--MarkusQ
Re:I think I've snapped from all the loonie news (Score:2)
* Saudi Arabia was the breeding ground for 15 of the 19 hijackers.
* It's also OBL's old stompin' grounds.
* It's also one of the most repressive regimes on earth.
So any speech by a former vice-president (or any high ranking government-type, really), in which that person accuses the US government/current administration of p
Re:I think I've snapped from all the loonie news (Score:2, Informative)
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Text_of_Gore_speech
Re:I think I've snapped from all the loonie news (Score:3, Interesting)
I would have to disagree with you on a couple of points.
refers to Abu Graib as "Bush's gulag" (that one is a quote), even though Bush had nothing to do with it and the perps who did are either on trial or in prison;
This is now known to be false; the treatment was in fact authorized (by redefining torture) and Bush has yet to recant his position. It looked for a minute as if McCain had cornered him into showing some sense, but his signing statement makes it clear that he still endorses torture. The onl
Calling your bluff (Score:4, Informative)
Ah yes. You must be one of those people who has "conclusive proof" that the moon landing was faked. Ofcourse, yor evidence is almost non-existant, and whenever anyone challanges whatever little evidence you DO have, you simply ignore them and continue saying that your point of view "has been proven". Right?
Kind of ironic, coming from somebody that is objecting to the contents of a speech he didn't hear and can't find a transcript of, isn't it? But I'll bite.
My claim, which you are objecting to:
My proof (or at least a sampling thereof--there's lots more):
There is, of course, a lot more where that came from.
Now, can you please back up your claim that Gore told the Arabs to attack us?
--MarkusQ
Well, NOW it is. (Score:4, Insightful)
Well, now it probably is.
Leave it to Slashdot to fan the insignificant into flaming stupidity.
Re:Well, NOW it is. (Score:3, Insightful)
Really (Score:2)
Yes, Really (Score:2)
Yahoo! backpeddling... (Score:2)
Now that this hit slashdot, that will change.
Look at my screen name (Score:3, Insightful)
With them, you post a cartoon and next thing you know all hell breaks lose and there's a bounty on your life.
Re:Look at my screen name (Score:2)
Yep, we only riot about important things. Super Bowl champs, Stanley Cup winners, black guys getting beat up by cops....
Us vs. them (Score:3, Funny)
Hate doesn't need promoting (Score:2)
Allah=God, hate who ?? (Score:4, Informative)
I'd just like to say... (Score:2, Insightful)
What a coincidence! (Score:2)
Wow! It stopped being that the day after the complaints!? What a coincidence!
C|Net reversed something as well ... (Score:2)
I think they meant that the ruling came too early for the rest of the Callahans, who will be denied the opportunity to be made aware that Yahoo sucks, and discover G-Mail as a result. Linda Callahan has a bit of the luck of the Irish going for her on this one. She
"promoting hatred" -- usually that's not the case (Score:2, Insightful)
There are people who want to "promote hatred" in the world, no doubt. The organizers of the KKK (especially present-day ones; the originals might get at least some product-of-their-times credit), recruiters for angry, retributionist separatists of any stripe, etc, qualify as intending to promote hatred. But that's a pretty harsh and specific charge, and not everyone will qualify (to our great benefit).
A lot of other people though, no matter how repugnant their views might be to you o
Re:Yeah, but... (Score:2, Funny)
I hear they are releasing Gislam beta with full text searching of the Gooran next week to try to solve yet another problem.
Re:Reversed it? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Reversed it? (Score:2)
So true. Here's some background info on the man now thought to have played the major role in the chemical synthesis of Aspirin: "Dr. Eichengruen was a survivor of the Theresienstadt concentration camp, and after the war he told his
Re:Finnaly (Score:2)
Allah bailar la bamba
Para bailar la bamba
Se necesita una poca de gracia
a Una poca de gracia para mi para ti
ya Arriba y arriba
ay arriba y arriba por ti sere
Por ti sere
Por ti sere
Yo no soy marinero
Yo no soy marinero
Soy capitana
Soy capitana
Soy capitana
Bamba la bamba
Bamba la bamba
Bamba la bamba
Para bailar la bamba
Para bailar la bamba
Se necesito una poca de gracia
a Una poca de gracia para mi para ti
ya Arriba y arriba
Para bailar la bamba
Para bailar la bamba
Se necesito una p
Re:Finnaly (Score:2)
Allah bailar la bamba
Para bailar la bamba
Se necesita una poca de gracia
a Una poca de gracia para mi para ti
ya Arriba y arriba
ay arriba y arriba por ti ser
Al__lah _bailar ___la ba_mb__a_
__Pa_ra bail___ar _la b__am_ba
God that got boring quick.
Have some more Karma (Score:2)
Re:Have some more Karma (Score:2)
Re:front paeg news!!!! What a Win for democracy! (Score:2)
Scroll back up through the thread here and read some of the comments.
I'll give you some time...
OK, now count the number of dirty comments about muslims and Allah.
Tehn count the number of comments that are "pro-Islam"(that meaning, of course, that they say that not all muslims are riotous and violent)
Now notice, other than the fact that the vast majority, if not all, of "pro-Islam" comments are in response to people generalizing about how all muslims are violent, that there