Comments on: YouTube banned videos: Censorship gone too far? http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2009/01/25/youtube-banned-videos-censorship-gone-too-far/ Beating Them With Their Own Sickle And Hammer Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:04:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: ChooseTheHero.com » Blog Archive » Never Gonna Give You(tube) Up http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2009/01/25/youtube-banned-videos-censorship-gone-too-far/comment-page-1/#comment-112920 ChooseTheHero.com » Blog Archive » Never Gonna Give You(tube) Up Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:00:35 +0000 http://www.stoptheaclu.com/?p=19491#comment-112920 [...] as well as disturbing. But the relationship between YouTube and conservatives has been rocky and remains so. And of course, they are owned by [...] [...] as well as disturbing. But the relationship between YouTube and conservatives has been rocky and remains so. And of course, they are owned by [...]

]]> By: ChooseTheHero.com » Blog Archive » Never Gonna Give You(tube) Up http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2009/01/25/youtube-banned-videos-censorship-gone-too-far/comment-page-1/#comment-112919 ChooseTheHero.com » Blog Archive » Never Gonna Give You(tube) Up Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:00:34 +0000 http://www.stoptheaclu.com/?p=19491#comment-112919 [...] as well as disturbing. But the relationship between YouTube and conservatives has been rocky and remains so. And of course, they are owned by [...] [...] as well as disturbing. But the relationship between YouTube and conservatives has been rocky and remains so. And of course, they are owned by [...]

]]> By: Never Gonna Give You(tube) Up — But As For Me http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2009/01/25/youtube-banned-videos-censorship-gone-too-far/comment-page-1/#comment-112917 Never Gonna Give You(tube) Up — But As For Me Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:16:19 +0000 http://www.stoptheaclu.com/?p=19491#comment-112917 [...] as well as disturbing. But the relationship between YouTube and conservatives has been rocky and remains so. And of course, they are owned by [...] [...] as well as disturbing. But the relationship between YouTube and conservatives has been rocky and remains so. And of course, they are owned by [...]

]]> By: Never Gonna Give You(tube) Up - absentee’s blog - RedState http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2009/01/25/youtube-banned-videos-censorship-gone-too-far/comment-page-1/#comment-112916 Never Gonna Give You(tube) Up - absentee’s blog - RedState Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:27:12 +0000 http://www.stoptheaclu.com/?p=19491#comment-112916 [...] as well as disturbing. But the relationship between YouTube and conservatives has been rocky and remains so. And of course, they are owned by [...] [...] as well as disturbing. But the relationship between YouTube and conservatives has been rocky and remains so. And of course, they are owned by [...]

]]> By: Paul http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2009/01/25/youtube-banned-videos-censorship-gone-too-far/comment-page-1/#comment-112688 Paul Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:49:50 +0000 http://www.stoptheaclu.com/?p=19491#comment-112688 "More than one pointed out the fact that Google is privately owned therefore, able to decide who and what can be included on their site." One would think this reasonable in Google's defense of their censorship, however there is already precedent that this is not the case. Recall the Arizona photographer who refused to be hired to photograph a same sex wedding ceremony. The couple sued him and he has thus far been ordered, I believe, to pay them $6,000 in damages. His actions were considered discriminatory against their sexual preference. This, legally, MUST be a two-way street. The minority view, in this case the pro-gay marriage view, cannot be the only view subject to discrimination from a legal standpoint. The majority view, if censored, must also be subject to anti-discrimination laws. In that respect Google is walking a very fine line should a lawsuit be brought against them. “More than one pointed out the fact that Google is privately owned therefore, able to decide who and what can be included on their site.”

One would think this reasonable in Google’s defense of their censorship, however there is already precedent that this is not the case. Recall the Arizona photographer who refused to be hired to photograph a same sex wedding ceremony. The couple sued him and he has thus far been ordered, I believe, to pay them $6,000 in damages. His actions were considered discriminatory against their sexual preference.

This, legally, MUST be a two-way street. The minority view, in this case the pro-gay marriage view, cannot be the only view subject to discrimination from a legal standpoint. The majority view, if censored, must also be subject to anti-discrimination laws.

In that respect Google is walking a very fine line should a lawsuit be brought against them.

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