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ATT&T has apparently decided to block img.4chan.org. 4chan.org is still viewable.
Here is what you won't see.
Many folk are calling it foul, censorship and the like.
AT&T can do what they like with what is theirs, no?
The problem with a free country where people are permitted to do anything is that some folk with do just anything.
Don't get me wrong, I prefer freedom of speech and all, except, well, folk don't want us Christians expressing our opinions in some places, right?
Anyway, the Bible weighs in - 1 Corinthians 10:23-24 "Everything is permissible"—but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible"—but not everything is constructive. Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others."
Question - Can folk go too far in a free society? If so, where is the line and who can enforce it?
Follow the status of 4chan...posted by moot, the creator of 4chan.

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Um....4chan is not AT&T's site, it is a third party site. AT&T has decided to block access to someone elses site because some corporate head doesn't like what he sees. Is this right?
4chan it is not an AT&T site. They are a service provider. One analogy is that they are a cab driver that refuse to bring you to the north of town. Sure it may be a bad place to go, but they are still refusing to offer that service.
And freedom of speech is welcome within public forums. Christian ideas will not be welcomed on an extremist forum, just like liberal ideas are not generally welcome on a mostly-liberal forum. It is the difference between the owner of a newspaper having a say on which letters from readers will be published, and whether it is legal to print something.
Are you... special?
It's not AT&T's site. (did you seriously say that?)
Let's assume they blocked examiner. You would be outraged and rightfully so. It's all about freedom of expression on the internet.
Although you are wrong about 4chan being property of at&t, they shouldn't block it from the users.
What is this? Iran?
You are a communist.
You sir, are an idiot.
You say, "Don't get me wrong, I prefer freedom of speech and all, except, well, folk don't want us Christians expressing our opinions in some places, right?"
So it would be acceptable for Time-Warner to shut down catholic.com then.
I respect your and my right to free speech, so I'll ASK you nicely that when you don't know what you're talking about to kindly SHUT THE F#@K UP!
LOL at the author linking to an image on 4chan. Everyone knows that everything gets bumped off the servers after awhile.
Do some research before you write an article, Bill. You should be embarrassed.
10/10
AT&T Vs.over 9000 penises.
The reason that some people don't want you Christians expressing your views is that, as you have shown, you Christians always seem to hold the view that the first amendment is an optional part of the constitution, and that things like freedom of speech and the separation of church and state should be practiced only halfway, if at all.
On top of your factual discrepancies, your viewpoint here is something which I believe would only be considered patriotic in either China or Iran.
"Freedom" of speech isn't freedom if you limit what can be said based-on a set of moral values that are not universally shared.
Please read that again.
If you think something 'goes too far', then you're free to avoid it.
You're also missing the fact that AT&T is breaking the law. They're a 'common carrier' in the US. That means they aren't liable for the garbage that floats over their lines. IF they censor, however, they become liable and should lose 'common carrier' status. They may have a legitimate reason for doing this, but that doesn't make it right or legal.
Hey Sinners,
My name is Bill Belew, and I hate every single one of you. All of you are fat, retarded, no-lifes who spend every second of their day looking at unbiblical pornography. You are everything bad in the world. Honestly, have any of you ever gotten any Conservative Christian vagina in the holy sanctimony of marriage? I mean, I guess it's fun making fun of people because of your own insecurities, but you all take to a whole new level. This is even worse than masturbating to pictures.
Don't be a stranger. Just hit me with your best shot. I'm pretty much perfect. I was captain of the debate team, and leader of wednesday night small group. What do you do other than do things permissable but not beneficial? I also got straight A's, and have a wife who is a glory to God. (we just had sexual intercourse in the missionary position. It was a taste of heaven.) You are all sinners in the hands of an angry God. Thanks for listening.
Pic Related: It's me and my bible.
AT&T Doesn't own 4chan.
"If it is AT&T's site, they can do as they please, no?"
No. 4chan is not AT&T's site. Why would AT&T block their own site?
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Bill Belew
HI, I'M GEORGE ZIMMER, FOUNDER AND CEO OF MEN'S WAREHOUSE. I USUALLY DON'T GET INVOLVED WITH POLITICAL ISSUES, BUT WHEN I HEARD THAT AT&T WAS BLOCKING FOUR CHAN, I FELT IT WAS MY DUTY TO DO SOMETHING AS THE ONLY MAN ON EARTH WITH A TOOL LARGE AND POWERFUL ENOUGH TO BREAK THROUGH AT&T'S SHAMEFUL INTERNET IMPEDIMENT. I STOOD UP UPON MY DESK, WITH MY CROTCH TO MY 60 INCH COMPUTER MONITOR, AND THRUSTED WITH ALL MY MIGHT. MY SHAFT PLOWED THROUGH ROUTERS IN THREE STATES, WITH THE TIP LANDING SQUARE IN THEIR TEXAS CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS. INSTANTLY I LET LOOSE MY MAN MAYONNAISE CREATING A FLOOD OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS, THE TIDAL WAVE FROM WHICH WASHING AWAY FIREWALLS AS FAR AWAY AS NORTH KOREA. I GUARANTEE IT.
AT&T doesn't own 4chan, AOL does.
As has been pointed out already, 4chan is not an att site. The issue here is that the service we as att customers pay for is access to the internet. Att doesn't own the internet, so they don't have the right to censor it.
Wow, way to take a s*it on Net Neutrality. We have laws sir, and AT&T is not above the law. Neither is your flying spaghetti monster.
Your ignorance is off the charts. A journalist should be one that checks his facts, not his bible. Saying that 4chan was an AT&T site alone should be immediate grounds for The Examiner to bar you from writing any future articles.
oh my god Bill Belew I just witnessed something horrible.
Today I was in NYC, I take summer classes at an art school in New York, and I saw a man following an old asian woman and her little Asian grand daughter I think it was. He followed them for 4 blocks before making his move, I only saw all of this because they were all in front of me walking down E22nd street at the time I was walking down it. Anyways, the man kept getting closer and closer to them until finally he hit the woman with a crowbar and grabbed the girl. I immediately ran up to him as fast as I could and whistled for a cab and when it came near the license plate said fresh and it had dice in the mirror. If anything I can say that this cab was rare, but I thought "nah, forget it, yo holmes to Bel-Air!"
I pulled up to the house around 7 or 8 and I yelled to the cabbie "yo holmes, smell ya later!" I looked at my kingdom, I was finally there, to settle my throne as the prince of Bel-Air.
This is a very bad article. How come this shows up on Google News?
wow that was especially hard to read illiterate people should be banned from using the internet such as you sir,
Where are your copy editors? I don't understand a single goddamn thing that you wrote.
OMG, LOL, dude linked to a pic on 4chan. Bill, I encourage you to look up the word "newf4g" because you, sir, are one of them.
Also, I am reporting you to God and the FBI for trolling on /b/.
Total troll. Come on am I the only one that sees it?
"The reason that some people don't want you Christians expressing your views is that, as you have shown, you Christians always seem to hold the view that the first amendment is an optional part of the constitution, and that things like freedom of speech and the separation of church and state should be practiced only halfway, if at all."
I am no Chrsitian, but please stop with the "Seperation of church and state" bit. It does not appear in the Constitution anywhere whatsoever. The only mention on this subject is that "Congess shall pass no law respecting the establishment of a religion or prohibiting the free excersie thereof". The people who complain that putting a religious symbol within a federal building are offensive and ask for a law to be passed to limited such things are the ones asking Congress to violate the 1st amendment
This is not AT&T's site. AT&T has apparently blocked someone else's site over its content.
Groups which evangelize may be blocked for violating the laws of Muslim theocracies or Communist dictatorships. They may decide to block the Bible (anti-gay hate speech). They may decide to block your pastor's website (indoctrination; cult-like).
Censorship helps no-one.
Remember that christians are pro-censorship. Index Internet Prohibitorum
Wish I knew what the image he linked to was.
Um, just a hint - the 4chan folks are not the best ones to get involved with if you want to talk about religion. Just witness some of the posts above, which are rather tame compared to what normally goes on in /b/.
AT&T pulled a boneheaded move, yes, but it has absolutely nothing to do with religious freedom. And conflating the two is really, really not going to help.
This article is ironic. The only reason people like you are able to write these blatantly ignorant articles is because of freedom of speech and press. Two rights granted to you b/c of the Bill of Rights and the first amendment of the US Constitution.
We have to protect all forms of free speech so authors such as yourself can continue to spew your hate speeches that would make Jesus roll around in his grave had he managed to stay inside of it.
Bill Belew happens to be everything about Christianity that I find distasteful. Don't get me wrong, I happen to be a Christian, but crass hate-mongering is certainly not what following Christ is all about. He sounds like he has something personal against 4chan.org that he's not telling us about. Anyway, about blocking 4chan.org, I posit that it is not violating free speech. 4chan.org can still publish whatever they want on their site, and anyone can read look at it whenever they want. AT&T has just made a business/moral decision to block them. If people think it's a big enough deal, they will cancel their subscription to AT&T and find another ISP. Then AT&T will realize that they made a poor business decision and un-block them. AT&T's move is similar to that of a book publisher refusing to print a book because of explicit content that might give them a bad rep. The writer can still go somewhere else to try and get it published. It's about economics, not politics.
1/10, you troll
2/10 on the trolling for good aim.
Obvious troll is obvious, nice try though.
404'd
urgay
blasphemy, this is madness
Did... what? wait...
Did he just say that AT&T owned 4chan?
Did he just link to a thread on /b/?
Isn't he a national examiner?
Did he just Post that on the INTERNET?
On an international news site?
Either someone is a very good troll or someone needs to do a little more than read someone else's article of another news website whilst taking in only a fraction of the detail and making the other half up in the process before posting it on an international news website.
Either way, I raged.
Bill... This is your damn job here... what the hell man? Are you trying to get fired here or what?
THE HELL WAS THIS?
Some retard christian giving newf4g links to 404's and quoting the bible?
GTFO my internetz
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Censorship is to protect people from being bombarded against their will with offensive things. Which is why TV commercials can be censored. HBO on the other hand and other stations people have to chose to subscribe don't censor their programing because people chose to watch the R rated and sometimes beyond R rated programing. 4chan is the same way people are not forced to go their so censoring it is a violation of people's rights. It's just a way for AT&T to force out ideas from the website.
4chan is not AT&T's site, and AT&T is not the publisher.
By the way abusing freedom of speech is by using it as a defense and insulting people to their face and then hiding behind free speech.
Examiner? What the hell? I was damn sure that I was reading The Onion.
dude, did you just mess up with /b/ in a time they are p<i>i</i>ssed off? Are you insane?
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