Hey sorry if anyone is offended at me bumping this thread again. But I saw an interesting reply comment on the local Shelbyville online version of the paper. Basically I spammed a comment section in the hope that the paper would get wind of my website. I never thought they would let the comment get approved and posted. Well Surprise! They put the comment up. The cop shills and thinly disguised local officials are always quick to leap at any critical comment or article that is posted. Here's the article link with comments at the bottom if you want to read it.
http://www.shelbynews.com/articles/2010/12/31/news/doc4d1be189861fb832902909.txtAnyway here is the comment that I got a kick out of. It is so telling
" Maybe if shelbyjustice.org registerd the site legally, instead of from Panama, the American Registry of Internet Numbers would not have received so many coimplaints! Looks like justice prevailed....again! "
This means some clown, "likely cop" saw the site and leaped to do a whois search to find out who he could retaliate against Then he was totally annoyed to discovered it was anonymously registered and hosted in Panama (way outside of his jurisdiction)
Either he is woefully uninformed on how the internet works and thinks complaining to ICANN can get a domain yanked, or he is making some pitiful attempt to imply registering a domain overseas is illegal. I just love pissing these folks off! The site was offline because of a buggy server for a few hours it's been back up since.
Driveling on ... A couple of years ago the local Sheriff decided that releasing a deputy's name after "police action shooting" was an optional affair. Yes, he thought that cops should be able to shoot people anonymously. The local paper's editor took issue with this and started action. The sheriff complied. But...just a coincidence...shortly thereafter, that editor was arrested for marijuana possession and resigned his position. The paper has been well behaved since.
That's right registering a website anonymously is illegal, but cops should be able to shoot folks anonymously.