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Saturday, October 23, 2004
Guardian knocked off-line
Charles Johnson of Little Green Footballs reports an article in the Guardian calling for the assassination of President Bush.
On November 2, the entire civilised world will be praying, praying Bush loses. And S**’s law dictates he’ll probably win, thereby disproving the existence of God once and for all. The world will endure four more years of idiocy, arrogance and unwarranted bloodshed, with no benevolent deity to watch over and save us. John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, John Hinckley Jr - where are you now that we need you?
Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit cites the same story, describing it as "more peace talk from the global left." Finally, Matt Drudge's Drudge Report links the story. The result? The Guardian is knocked off the internet. When three web news sources can direct so much traffic it has the effect of a denial-of-service attack it is time to rethink how seriously anyone needs to take anything said in the Guardian.
I have included links to the Guardian's article and their main page on the grounds they will get their server back on-line at some point if only to issue the apology many will demand of them.
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The Guardian had gone live again the last I checked. Three hours of a Guardian-free internet kept the dream alive!
Posted by: Ghost of a flea | 2004-10-23 7:55:06 PM
Guardian home page carries the fatuous claim:
Best daily newspaper on the world wide web.
Posted by: gg | 2004-10-23 8:10:05 PM
Maybe the newspapers in Clark County could re-print Brooker's column. It's the least they could do after such intense effort by the Guardian staff to extend the hands of friendship across the Atlantic.
Posted by: Debbye | 2004-10-23 8:38:02 PM
Yeah, let's get rid of "arrogance", "idiocy" and "bloodshed" by expressing our yearning for the assassination of another country's President!! Brilliant!
Do these people put down their pints long enough to, like, read over the stuff they write before they print it? Maybe run it past the solicitors? Obviously I have a really old fashioned idea of how big media works, being a lowly, uneducated blogger and all.
Posted by: Kathy | 2004-10-24 6:35:35 AM
As I point out in the trackbacked post - do they not consider the greatness of the three presidents that Booth, Oswald and Hinkley shot?
Posted by: Kate | 2004-10-24 8:12:34 AM
Or that if they got their wish, Cheney would be president?
Posted by: Kathy | 2004-10-24 2:08:05 PM
A quick update: the Guardian has pulled the column and replaced it was the usual apology if "they offended anyone" but protest that, gosh, it was just harmless humour.
The Pirates Cove, however, has preserved the text:
http://piratescove.typepad.com/piratescove/2004/10/the_guardian.html .
Posted by: Debbye | 2004-10-24 11:34:11 PM
Any stateside newspaper that reprints this column can expect to watch the support for Bush pour in.
Sometimes I wonder which side The Guardian is on.
Oh well. :)
Posted by: dr_dog | 2004-10-25 12:36:34 AM
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