Creationists Silence Critics with DMCA

Gothmog of A writes "As Richard Dawkins' offcial site reports, an organization called Creation Science Evangelism Ministries has been submitting DMCA copyright requests to YouTube. This has resulted in the Rational Response Squad (RRS) being banned after they protested against videos being taken down and accounts being closed. The RRS videoes attack creationism (AKA intelligent design) and promote the atheist viewpoint. According to the RRS, the copyright requests are without merit since the material in question is covered by fair use or has been declared to be in the public domain. Behind Creation Science Evangelism Ministries is the infamous Kent Hovind (AKA Dr. Dino) who is currently serving jail time for tax evasion."

Comments

Oh Shit

[MyLongNickName]

Don't bother entering this topic unless you have asbestos briefs on.

Re:Oh Shit

[silverkniveshotmail.]

when i clicked on a link in google for a rational response squad video i got "This video has been removed due to terms of use violation." however, one of the videos it suggested i view instead was a woman smiling while being ejaculated on.

Re:Oh Shit

[dkf]

under penalty of pergy Either you meant "penalty of perjury" or you meant something else that I really don't want to think too deeply about.

Re:Oh Shit

[BlueStrat]

Care to back that statement up with something a bit more substantive?

-break-

Sure. Try this on for size. (URL redacted) Or his views on subjugating weaker animals to violent death for entertainment. Or this quote: "America is like Canada. If you can't speak English, get the f**k out!" Or his anti-gay stance. Or his recent wearing of a confederate flag on stage. Really, the man is a train wreck when it comes to exhibiting reason and positions derived by reason.

That's not to say that you aren't entitled to your own opinion of the man; mine is simply that he's not a very bright fellow. Loud, in firm possession of a platform to speak from, and with no shortage of sycophants, but none of that in and of itself is any indicator of above-average intelligence at work.

Ah, I see. So, it's having a liberal social and political belief system that is the indication for intelligence, and a conservative social and political belief system that is an indicator against.

I think that before you start making broad statements about some persons' level of intelligence based upon nothing more than your beliefs about their social/political/religious beliefs and/or opinions, regardless of who they are or what they may be, you might want to take a long, hard look in the mirror first.

As an aside, my favorite reply to evangelic atheists is: "Albert Einstein believed in God, and you, sir, are no Einstein."

Strat

The Flying Spaghetti Monster is my copilot

[GoatRavisher]

There is no god but the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Re:The Flying Spaghetti Monster is my copilot

[rob1980]

Ramen, brother... ramen.

A letter from the management

[thatskinnyguy]

Dear Whiners,

We here at YouTube are all about free speech. We like it so much we are an outlet for free speech.

Starting immediately, we have implemented a policy so that things are kept fair and balanced around here for the First Amendment. Every time you request a certain video/user removed just because you don't like what they have to say, not only will their account/video be deleted, but an account/video that advocates your point of view will also deleted.

There will be some dissent over this policy in the short term. However, in the long term it will serve to stop filling our email boxes full of whining complaints and petty bullshit.

For those wanting to play the DMCA card where it doesn't belong, we have also instituted a policy of banning your IP so that we don't have to listen to your illiterate ass.

Play nice in the sandbox and make YouTube a thing that all can enjoy!

Sincerely,
The YouTube Management

Re:religion

[Mipoti Gusundar]

I have no beef with any major religion

Sahib, I am a Hindu. We are also haveing no beef!

Re:religion

[edittard]

No one has actually observed a fingernail changing from not needing to be clipped, to needing to be clipped.

Not so sure that's true - I can get pretty bored sometimes.

Re:FIST SPORT

[FauxPasIII]

> It goes against base thermodynamic principles, but we don't hear the Darwinites ... whining about that.

"Creationists always try to use the second law
  to disprove evolution, but their theory has a flaw.
  The second law is quite precise about where it applies.
  Only in a closed system must the entropy count rise.
  The Earth is not a closed system, it's powered by the Sun
  so fuck the damn creationists! Doomsday, get my gun!"

-- MC Stephen Hawking

Re:FIST SPORT

[ZombieWomble]

I feel that I should post to this post from Fundies say the Darndest Things in this debate. It's amazing how people can parrot the same things over and over, without ever realising what it is they're saying:

One of the most basic laws in the universe is the Second Law of Thermodynamics. This states that as time goes by, entropy in an environment will increase. Evolution argues differently against a law that is accepted EVERYWHERE BY EVERYONE. Evolution says that we started out simple, and over time became more complex. That just isn't possible: UNLESS there is a giant outside source of energy supplying the Earth with huge amounts of energy. If there were such a source, scientists would certainly know about it.

Scientology will sue them in England!

[AndroidCat]

This is an obvious violation of the Cthurch of Scientology's trademark, trade secret, copyright and patented techniques for dealing with its critics. How dare they!

Re:religion

[phoenixwade]

Well, that goes for a lot of things. I live in the Netherlands, and if I look out of the window, I'd not immediately come up with the idea that the earth is round. With some investigation it is possible to find out that it is. Heh. You obviously haven't met the Southern Baptist that lives across the street from me. I kid you not, he believes that the would is, in fact, flat and teaching the world is round and not the center of the universe is the first step the secular community takes in denying the existence of God.

Atheists can't win

[Anonymous Coward]

In the end God will win.

Even if you do get your YouTube account unbanned, it will be little comfort when you're burning up in hell.

Re:Distinction w/o a difference.

[Scaba]

Gullibility is indeed a negative concept

So negative, in fact, that the word has been removed from dictionaries and other reference works.

Re:Distinction w/o a difference.

[Scaba]

Those are cached versions of the pages. Keep hitting reload until you see the updated versions.

Re:Well, that's easily remedied

[Shaitan Apistos]

tl/dr... If you could have someone maybe read small parts of that to me periodically, say once a week, and then talk about what the parts they read mean for an hour or so that'd be great.

Oh and if there could be wine and crackers.

I'll even chip in for the wine and crackers, just like pass a plate around or something.

Re:FIST SPORT

[Puff of Logic]

What actually happens when a dead plant receives energy from the Sun? The internal organization in the plant decreases; it tends to decay and break apart into its simplest components. The heat of the Sun only speeds the disorganization process. Ah. Delightful. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go drink heavily. Don't wait up, as I may be some time.

Re:religion

[eclectic4]

That is the smartest thing I have ever heard anybody say, ever.

Re:pledge of allegiance

[RockDoctor]

Scenario one: The Jury contains Christians. I walk in, they offer a bible. I decline. They fall back to non-biblical swearing. The Christians are thinking... what?

Scenario two: The Jury contains Christians. I walk in, there's a non-biblical swearing-in. That's all there is to it.

[SNIP]

That's why a non-religious swearing-in is inherently better than a fallback from a religious swearing in.

You're making an assumption here, which is that your non-adherence to the commonest ideology in your region isn't a matter of concern to the courts and does not indicate in any way your moral status. This is, of course, incorrect. By not adhering to the commonest ideology in your region you are marking yourself as someone different to the largest grouping of people, which obviously also means that you're a bad person, to be denied all civil rights.

I'll re-cycle an old Russian joke :
Q- why do the American secret police go around in threes?
A- one can read, one can write, and one is there to keep an eye on those two dangerous intellectuals.