Encyclopedia Dramatica in Oz Trouble

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Encyclopedia Dramatica in Oz Trouble

Postby Edna on Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:15 pm

Have I mentioned I fucking hate censorship? I hate racism too but I'm not dumb enough to take anything written on ED as anything more than pointed satire. Every race, creed and colour gets slagged off on the place. Anyhoos, the Aussies are after the site owner and want to prosecute him, even though he lives in America - good luck with that.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1028037

The US-based owner of a satirical Wikipedia-style website may be charged under Australian law over a deliberately offensive article about Aborigines.

The Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission (HREOC) contacted Encyclopedia Dramatica owner Joseph Evers, after 20 indigenous Australians complained about the article's content.

Earlier this year the same article — which includes numerous offensive depictions of Aborigines — was removed from Google's search listings after a request from the Human Rights Commission.

The article has remained on the Encyclopedia Dramatica website.


Read it for yourself but do take a look at the rest of the site while you're there and you'll see what I mean.

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Aboriginal

Meanwhile I'll be laughing away at the pretty astute entry on Ireland - http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Irish
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Re: Encyclopedia Dramatica in Oz Trouble

Postby Gary Oak on Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:17 pm

I'm on irc with the guy right now :D
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Re: Encyclopedia Dramatica in Oz Trouble

Postby Edna on Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:37 pm

Gary Oak wrote:I'm on irc with the guy right now :D

Are you sending him tit shots?
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Re: Encyclopedia Dramatica in Oz Trouble

Postby Gary Oak on Wed Mar 17, 2010 11:23 pm

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