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Blizzard, Bnetd Respond on Bnetd Shutdown
From: "Tim Jung"
Subject: bnetd.org shutdown
If you would like more information on this please feel free to contact me. I am
one of the developers and the hosting ISP for www.bnetd.org. I have talked at
lenght with both the Blizzard/Vivendi lawyers and with EFF lawyers about our
options both as an ISP and as a developer.
As an ISP I did not force the group to do anything, but rather presented them
with all the legal information I have recieved and asked them what they wanted
to do. As you can imagine neither my company nor any of the developers have the
money to fight the Blizzard/Vivendi lawyers at this time. So until we are able
to get some legal help to fight this we felt we had no choice but to close down
the site for now until the time at which we could fight this legal battle.
If you have any questions or suggestions let me know.
Tim Jung
System Admin
Internet Gateway Inc.
I want an alternative server for WinXP cd-keys so I can activate winxp products! How about www.activatexpkeys.org? :-)
Kirk was panting by now. He slipped his fingers under the waistband of the doctor's pants and pulled down, exposing the hard organ underneath. He looked with fascination at McCoy's erect member; then he bent down, and ever so gently, kissed its tip.
... " he whispered, but could think of no other words to say. He suddenly sat up, catching himself as a wave of dizziness passed over him, and opened a drawer in his nightstand. He pulled out a small jar of hand lotion, and very deliberately spread the cream over his own penis, until it was slippery and white. He lay down again, and nibbled on McCoy's ear.
..." McCoy rasped.
... it would be hard, but he could restrain himself. He thought.
..."
... I just can't believe it." His voice trailed off. "I never thought I ... I never knew I wanted that." He drew a long, shuddering breath.
..."
... don't know. I guess I'd better go home now." McCoy seemed incredibly weary.
...
The doctor moaned again, wordlessly. Kirk pulled his own pants off, releasing his painfully large erection. "Bones
The doctor's breath was coming in short gasps. Kirk ran his tongue around McCoy's earlobe, and then slid it down to his neck, caressing his nape with his mouth. McCoy arched his back and Kirk's hands found their way back to his stomach, where the teasing touch made the doctor tremble.
Kirk was trembling, himself. He put his hands on McCoy's shoulders and rolled the man onto his side, then formed his own body to fit around the contours of McCoy's back. He looked down, saw the doctor's smooth buttocks and stroked them with hot hands. "Jim
"What?" he breathed, quivering with anticipation -- but he would wait. If McCoy really didn't want this
But McCoy did not reply in words; he only let out a long, shuddering groan as Kirk unconsciously stroked his behind again. Kirk could only assume that all was well.
Moving very close to McCoy -- his chest pressed to the doctor's back -- he pushed his penis into McCoy's anus, and moaned with pleasure when the doctor tightened his buttocks. He pushed in as far as he could go -- they were almost as one person, he thought, inhaling deeply of McCoy's smells. He pulled out a little and pushed back in, taking delight in his friend's moans.
Kirk reached an arm around his friend's body and took McCoy's erection in his hand, squeezing gently. McCoy cried out, and he squeezed harder, still moving in and out in a slow-moving rhythm. The doctor's member was hot and pulsing under his fingers; he slid his hand up and down its length, feeling his friend's body tense and relax with the rhythm of his caresses.
He breathed hard and stroked hard, going as deeply into McCoy's body as he could. When McCoy came, he let out a moan that seemed ripped from his soul and sprayed his semen into Kirk's hand; the stiffening of McCoy's body led Kirk to reach his climax, deep within McCoy. Riding a wave of the greatest sexual pleasure he had ever known, he screamed with joy in the quiet room. Then, spent, he sagged onto the bed, trying to catch his breath.
Several minutes passed before Kirk was truly aware again. But when he looked over at the still, half-naked form of McCoy, he was shocked to see that the doctor was crying.
"Bones?" he whispered, suddenly horribly afraid that he had done wrong. "Bones, talk to me."
McCoy curled into a fetal position and hid his head. "I never meant to do that," he said, gasping for breath as sobs began to come harder.
"Bones, I -- I'm so sorry," Kirk said, every bit of energy suddenly drained. "I thought
"No!" McCoy almost shouted. "It isn't your fault. I
"But now
"I don't know, Jim. I
Kirk couldn't believe it was all ending, just like that. "Stay here," he urged. "You're in no condition to go out walking." He held his breath until the reply came.
The pause that ensued felt like an infinity. Finally
"You're right," the doctor said. "I'll stay here -- with -- with you, Jim." The words came haltingly.
Kirk put his arms around McCoy and held him close until they both fell asleep.
Offtopic so, I'll try to remember to take off my +1 bonus - the grounds for the only (even mildly) successful gun suits are based about predatory marketing (IE, gun makers intentionally market products to be used for criminal purposes), very much the same as the cigarrette cases, and, in fact, much like the DeCSS case (in principle, different laws obviously).
IIRC, the gun lawsuits were threatened because the gun companies were pushing a LOT of guns in states that had less strict gun purchase requirements and that allowed them to trickle in to states that had more stringnent rules in order to prevent crime. Their distribution policies were undermining public safety efforts.
"The plural of anecdote is not data." -- Roger Brinner
So the biathalon, target shooting, hunting, pest control, and self-defense aren't valid reasons for owning a gun? The anti-gunners in the US and around the world (Look what has happened in Austrailia, the UK, and Canada) pick and prod at gun owners rights until there is nothing left. I'll be the first to admit, I don't need a howitzer, mortar, tracer ammo, or a fully-automatic machine gun, but those have been banned in the US since the late 1930's. In the 60's after the assinations of MLK jr. and JFK sr., the anti-gunners yelled and screamed that we needed to take highly accurate "sniper's rifles" of the streets. Then through the 70s and 80's they wanted to get rid of the infamous "Saturday Night Specials", small cheap handguns that anyone could afford, but were not the most accurate pistols on the planet.
I don't mind the instant background checks on gun purchases, but at the same time, I don't want the Gov't to have a record of every firearm and round of ammo I have in my home, in the event of a massive policy shift that vioates the constitution, I want to insure that I have a chance to defend my rights as a citizen of the US. Bottom line:
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Actually, I think the lawsuites aren't focusing on the fact that guns kill people, but on the evidence that gun manufactures specifically targetted the criminal market and tried to flood high-crime areas with guns.
Its equivalent to being able to sell most chemicals with little regulation in the US, but packaging a "make-your-own-meth-kit", even if you don't name it as such, would probably get you into a lot of legal hot water.
Before you pass judgement on lawsuites, maybe you should look at the reasons why they are suing.
re's really only one use for a gun-- kill or injure people.
That's a load of bull. I could make a better argument about tobacco's only use being to kill and injure people with the number of poisons it contains. It addicts you and then poisons you til you die.
Guns are used for hunting (killing animals is still considered acceptable by huge numbers of meat eaters in this country), target shooting (the olympic biathlon event for one), and self-defense (OK, that is killing people but they were all bad).
I do agree with you that it is silly to sue the gun manufacturers. This country has had guns throughout its history and there are numerous ocassions when they were necessary (both for hunting to survive and self-defense to survive). To suddenly say that those who make guns are responsible for crimes with them is quite crazy.
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Oh, you mean like GM(?) did when a drunk rear-ended some kids car at 60 mph and the kid burned to death?
Yeah, the family sued big-car-company and got millions. Damn that car company, they should design cars to withstand a 60MPH collision.