tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post7024482234559053268..comments2024-03-22T06:22:08.010+00:00Comments on Stephen Law: Oktar's lawyer gets in touch...Stephen Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02167317543994731177noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-14389161238742459322008-12-08T15:07:00.000+00:002008-12-08T15:07:00.000+00:00My opinion, for what it's worth: If you do anythin...My opinion, for what it's worth: If you do anything at all that is construed as "damaging" to Oktar (like option No.2), you'll end up getting banned anyway. I would rather you just stuck by your guns from the beginning. "Removed under threat of legal action by the lawyers of Adnan Oktar" looks like he intimidated you into doing so, no matter what the reality of the situation. And besides, blogs are international. Why should the rest of the world not be able to read something just because Mr Oktar finds it offensive?jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17353716090668341520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-44325294289633672012008-12-08T09:56:00.000+00:002008-12-08T09:56:00.000+00:00I think I probably have two options - do nothing a...I think I probably have two options - do nothing and, like Dawkins, become "banned in Turkey". Or, remove the quotes they mention and replace with "Removed under threat of legal action by the lawyers of Adnan Oktar" and then add links to the info about what he has already got banned. I think option 2 is probably more damaging to Oktar than the original quotes, so it's probably what I will do.Stephen Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02167317543994731177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-18185151249012724532008-12-08T09:49:00.000+00:002008-12-08T09:49:00.000+00:00Thanks Nathan - look forward to seeing the piece.Thanks Nathan - look forward to seeing the piece.Stephen Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02167317543994731177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-15896047042348946262008-12-08T08:46:00.000+00:002008-12-08T08:46:00.000+00:00hmmm,I suspect that more than rich wahabbis have d...hmmm,<BR/>I suspect that more than rich wahabbis have discovered the usefullness of British libel law. <BR/>(Didn't a rich Middle-Easter manage to stop a book published elsewhere, in a British court - last year?)<BR/><BR/>So besides the scientologists<BR/>(who obviously hold litigation as a sacrament), I suspect that this Turkish cultist would like to give it a try, as well. <BR/><BR/>Cassanders<BR/>In Cod we trustAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-13919035564179046202008-12-08T01:58:00.000+00:002008-12-08T01:58:00.000+00:00I just noticed that Bianet from Turkey has publish...I just noticed that Bianet from Turkey has published <A HREF="http://www.bianet.org/english/kategori/english/111175/bia-media-monitoring-report-for-the-third-quarter-of-2008-3" REL="nofollow">a summary of the country's website-banning activities</A> for the third quarter of 2008. Oktar (Yahya) is present in a number of them.<BR/><BR/>I'm the "Nathan" you mentioned in <A HREF="http://stephenlaw.blogspot.com/2008/10/invitation-to-meet-mr-oktar-yahya.html" REL="nofollow">an earlier post</A>. I'll be in touch when my article about meeting with Yahya comes out, which should be soon.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03624561841951020857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-30472125948409249732008-12-07T20:27:00.000+00:002008-12-07T20:27:00.000+00:00Talk about insecure...Talk about insecure...jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17353716090668341520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905686568472747305.post-42471407693825970432008-12-07T16:40:00.000+00:002008-12-07T16:40:00.000+00:00Someone has to clean the toilets: If the Turkish g...Someone has to clean the toilets: If the Turkish government wants to prevent its citizens from having a factual educations, it might as well be them. <sarcastic cynicism>Larry Hamelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788697573946266404noreply@blogger.com