The end of Warblogging

Last night was a sad night for free speech and responsible behavior. The Warblogging website has been taken down indefinitely due to an unfortunate series of events. Although I did not agree with the opinions of the editor, I enjoyed his forum since it allowed people of all opinions to express themselves responsibly and to continue the social debate about the condition of our nation.

Unfortunately someone with a political agenda and a grudge against the current administration crossed way over the line by posting pictures of the dead bodies of people killed in Katrina. The editor of the site removed the pictures out of respect for the families of those who were killed, and then the person who had posted the pictures went nuts. He accused the owner of the forum of hypocrisy and began revealing personal information about him and generally defaming him. As a result Warblogging.com has been rolled back to the old version, and may never return. So I'll have to find another forum where I can fight the hypocrites and frauds.

It's sad that the partisan outburst of one individual can ruin an outlet of free speech for everyone.

Trey
PS. I'm sure that my posting of Christopher Hitchens article didn't help calm anyone down, but everyone should be required to read it!