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keladry_lupinAs far as I know, I don't have anything to worry about in my own LJ, but as a library employee and just as a person, the deletion of journals and communities has me seeing red. I'm trying to follow the action, but it's all rather confusing. One thing I did like (though I cheated and posted them elsewhere) and have done is deleted my list of interests on my profile page and replaced them with one interest: "freedom of speech." It's a lovely ideal, but doesn't always translate well into practice. (And every country's laws are different; it's a First Amendment right only here in the States.)
One thing I did read: if you do go to the Warriors for Innocence website, run your antivirus and spyware detection programs after you leave. Some folks who have gone started experiencing problems afterward.
Wikipedia mentioned this about Strikethrough '07, as this debacle is being called:
When contacted by members by telephone, PR official Jane was "helpful, but evasive." After initial anger died down, an extreme wave of comments came in reference to the fact that Livejournal had neglected to post an official comment concerning the proceedings after telling members that one would be forthcoming. Many comments on the recent news posts are either berating the Livejournal staff, demanding explanations, or quoting the song "Hoist the Colours" from the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End soundtrack, which is considered by many to be the unofficial theme song of "Strikethrough '07" (as the event has been labeled, because deleted accounts are represented with a strikethrough upon deletion), due to the relevance of the lyrics to their situation.
And here are the lyrics:
Yo, ho, haul together,
hoist the Colors high.
Heave ho,
thieves and beggars,
never shall we die.
The king and his men
stole the queen from her bed
and bound her in her Bones.
The seas be ours
and by the powers
where we will well roam.
Yo, ho, haul together,
hoist the Colors high.
Heave ho, thieves and beggars,
never say we die.
Some men have died
and some are alive
and others sail on the sea
– with the keys to the cage...
and the Devil to pay
we lay to Fiddler's Green!
The bell has been raised
from it's watery grave...
Do you hear it's sepulchral tone?
We are a call to all,
pay head the squall
and turn your sail toward home!
Yo, ho, haul together,
hoist the Colors high...
Heave ho, thieves and beggars,
never say we die.
One thing I did read: if you do go to the Warriors for Innocence website, run your antivirus and spyware detection programs after you leave. Some folks who have gone started experiencing problems afterward.
Wikipedia mentioned this about Strikethrough '07, as this debacle is being called:
When contacted by members by telephone, PR official Jane was "helpful, but evasive." After initial anger died down, an extreme wave of comments came in reference to the fact that Livejournal had neglected to post an official comment concerning the proceedings after telling members that one would be forthcoming. Many comments on the recent news posts are either berating the Livejournal staff, demanding explanations, or quoting the song "Hoist the Colours" from the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End soundtrack, which is considered by many to be the unofficial theme song of "Strikethrough '07" (as the event has been labeled, because deleted accounts are represented with a strikethrough upon deletion), due to the relevance of the lyrics to their situation.
And here are the lyrics:
Yo, ho, haul together,
hoist the Colors high.
Heave ho,
thieves and beggars,
never shall we die.
The king and his men
stole the queen from her bed
and bound her in her Bones.
The seas be ours
and by the powers
where we will well roam.
Yo, ho, haul together,
hoist the Colors high.
Heave ho, thieves and beggars,
never say we die.
Some men have died
and some are alive
and others sail on the sea
– with the keys to the cage...
and the Devil to pay
we lay to Fiddler's Green!
The bell has been raised
from it's watery grave...
Do you hear it's sepulchral tone?
We are a call to all,
pay head the squall
and turn your sail toward home!
Yo, ho, haul together,
hoist the Colors high...
Heave ho, thieves and beggars,
never say we die.
