I am a reader of this newsletter for a few months now, but I have never posted before. This is in regards to the Sony fellow who brutally abused animals to "relieve stress". This is not YouTube's fault, people. It is an anonymous video hosting website where any Tom, Dick, or Harry can upload videos of their playful dog, or that funny thing that that guy did. In this respect, it is darn near impossible for every single video to be checked before decided "consumable" by the public. And even then, who is to say what is hands-off and what is acceptable? This act of choosing some videos over others because of content is called "Censorship". Censorship is not one of the infinitely numerous things found on the internet, this is where anyone can express themselves anyway they want, just like we are doing right now. Noone likes to be censored. Some are saying we should flood YouTube with letters to stop allowing such horrible videos on their website, but this is not fair to anyone. The man did not do what he did because he wanted to show off his sucker-punches, he knew what he was doing was illegal. He was stressed, and definably made some bad decisions. In fact, YouTube helped him get caught, considering he was stupid enough to post illegal content on one of the most popular websites of my time. I'm not saying I approve of this man and his actions, the sound of the ferret made me sick, and this is coming from a guy who has seen the annals of the internet and more. I just want to say that if you disagree with what the man did, tell people about it. Make them aware that this kind of thing happens. The more that know, the more that can help stop this (like the people who turned this guy in.) E-mailing the Japanese embassy whoever may be a better idea. YouTube is just going to tell you to fob off with a form letter anyways. --Chompy, Whisky, an' Cody, the 15 year old ferret guy! [Posted in FML 5604]