Jul 23

Keeping up with the SSG libel threats

Tag: Blogging, Links, SPCK — doug @ 11:07 am

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Two good places to keep up with the ongoing saga of “Rich Texan lawyer threatens to sue Lambeth cartoonist”.

Note also this post from Iyov, where he reveals the secrets of resurrecting posts from Google’s cache.

For those who want a quick summary to date:

Liar! Liar! pants on fire!
Brewer, Brewer, he’s going to sue yer!

Update 16:40. Here is Matt Wardman’s list.

Who’s Posted about Mark Brewer’s Cease and Desist Notice to Dave Walker

  1. St Aidan to Abbey Manor - David Keen - Vicar (Yeovil)
  2. The Wardman Wire - Matt Wardman (audio of BBC interview from 12/2007)
  3. Gentle Wisdom - Peter Kirk
  4. Bishop Alan’s Blog - Alan Wilson, Area Bishop of Buckingham
  5. Blogula-Rasa - Ginny (detailed - worth a read)
  6. Metacatholic - Doug Chaplin - Vicar (West Midlands)
  7. Of course, I could be wrong - Madpriest - Priest (somewhere in England)
  8. Seven whole days - Scott Gunn - Parish Priest (Rhode Island) and Lambeth Conference.
  9. Thinking Anglicans - Simon Kershaw - Cambridge, England (likely to follow further press coverage)
  10. The Jewish Blog Network - How to recover deleted pages. Firefox Resurrect Pages add-on.
  11. Lingamish - Blogger Bludgeoned by Bozos - David Ker - Mozambique. Kudos for the cartoon above.
  12. [Update: 23/07/2008] SPCK Watch - Gagging attempts by Mark Brewer - SPCK Watch. (Somewhere in Europe). Whole blog devoted to SPCK saga.
  13. [Update: 23/07/2008] Elizaphanian - We are all Dave Walkers now - Sam Norton, Rector of West Mersea, Essex. Suggests that we reposts Dave’s ex-posts from Google cache.
  14. [Update: 23/07/2008]Mad Hare - Solidarity post - SPCK/SSG and Dave Walker (New Mexico : United States).

9 Responses to “Keeping up with the SSG libel threats”

  1. Sam Norton says:
    July 23rd, 2008 at 12:10 pm
  2. Richard says:
    July 23rd, 2008 at 12:30 pm

    I’ve got a technorati search going that is picking up most posts on the subject.

  3. David Keen says:
    July 23rd, 2008 at 1:49 pm

    I’ve set up a ‘We Support Dave Walker’ Facebook group, for anyone who wants to register their support, as Dave’s blog is probably not the best place to do this! http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=40107747008 is the link.

  4. David Ker says:
    July 23rd, 2008 at 4:56 pm

    This is getting fun. I’m sure Dave is comforted that so many friends are prepared to attend his hanging. Did you post my cartoon? I don’t see it.

  5. Joel L. Watts says:
    July 23rd, 2008 at 5:14 pm

    Doug, thanks for the info and update. I believe that more people need to have solidarity posts. Save Dave.

  6. Speech Oppression Reaches Cyberspace « The Church of Jesus Christ says:
    July 23rd, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    [...] Here is a good start on what is going on with SSG and the SPCK. [...]

  7. Save Dave « Lingamish says:
    July 23rd, 2008 at 8:51 pm

    [...] kerfuffle continues with a huge number of posts showing support for our besieged blogger buddy. See Doug and Matt for lists of [...]

  8. Matt says:
    July 23rd, 2008 at 9:24 pm

    If you guys want to know what else to do, try some of these (read all of it):

    http://evgenymorozov.com/blog/?p=68

    I like the Wikipedia Article and the Lolcat Generator.

    We also need an archive of all the posts on say Blogger or Wordpress.com before they drop off the back of Google.

    Plus Diggs and Stumbles on various key articles.

  9. Matt says:
    July 23rd, 2008 at 9:43 pm

    And we need a Technorati WTF - pulling in the Dave issue to the larger Free Speech and UK Libel Laws question. It is one battle in a culture war imho.

    One place to start:
    http://www.ministryoftruth.me.uk/2008/07/15/defending-the-fifth-estate/

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