Speaking of copyright violation, a poster referring to themselves as "Gothic" recently attempted¹ to post a comment on "An Open Query on Religious Belief". I say attempted, because I refused permission for its publication.
And here's why.
Rather than address the issues raised in that entry, they instead accused me of "illegally upload[ing] a book in violation of copyright law".
Which, I didn't do.
They seem to have taken offense at me quoting Sean Manchester from the first edition of The Highgate Vampire (1985). It might have been the bit where Manchster said that was "not pre-eminently religious".
The pseudonymous poster then goes on to provide a link to Manchester's forum before saying, "You may raise any question you like, but kindly observe the forum rule of posting no links and no email addresses."
Almost makes me think they have some kind of authority on it...
But it's hard to tell, because if you click on "Gothic"'s profile, you'll notice that it is inaccessible. Oh well.
However, the main reason I didn't publish the comment, was that it publicly revealed the private identity of a member on the Dark Matters Radio Exploration forum. Obviously, "Gothic" is more keen on stalking and harassment than in discussing matters seriously.
So, permission denied!
¹ Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 6:13 PM.
