mirko's Journal: .CX definitely an island

Some will find this typical rejection material, though, there a serious issue involved : Goatse.cx web site was closed this morning by the nic.cx registrar. Some people, though, set a petition which will eventually reach the .cx censors.
Now, think further than just "aboot dick and fart jokes" : This is about Free Speech.

Saw this in story queue over at K5 earlier

[MonTemplar]

No offence, but who in their right mind wants that page restored? If they care that much, I'm sure they could arrange for Mr Goatse and his, er, 'attributes', to be mirrored to other sites (I'm sure someone probably has the image still in their browser cache). Of course, they'd risk getting charged with hosting indecent material or suchlike...

MT.

Re:Saw this in story queue over at K5 earlier

[mirko]

IMHO, what is important is the goatse.cx domain name, not what it actually contains.
Think Frank Zappa, think Larry Flint or Lenny Bruce...
Think Free Speech. :)

Re:Saw this in story queue over at K5 earlier

[Dave2 Wickham]

It's already at http://hick.org/goat/; the important bit is that it was up for so long, and is something most people know about - being tricked into visiting goatse is (almost?) a rite of passage...