Comments on: Yahoo Mail Lifts Ban on Allah in Usernames http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2729 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:33:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Fo Sho http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2729#comment-916782 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:09:24 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2729#comment-916782 big_bALLAH_69 coming to a yahoo chat room near ya. woot. big_bALLAH_69 coming to a yahoo chat room near ya. woot.

]]> by: Ramsey http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2729#comment-13505 Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:12:52 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2729#comment-13505 I understand the reasoning too, but that does not mean that it is not blatantly discriminatory. If I registered the username "praiseYahweh" and then went on to propagate hate speech with it, would they ban the string "Yahweh"? Or "Jesus," "God," or "Buddah?" I doubt it. But they had no trouble with "Allah." What is happeneing is that, out of fear, we allow the crimes and atrocitities committed by a few people to lead us to discriminate against all people who share their background. This simply promotes the circle of hate. And the unreasonable people on both sides of the aisle speak the loudest, drowning out the voices of moderation from both sides. Sorry if the soapbox speech is inappropriate in this forum. I understand the reasoning too, but that does not mean that it is not blatantly discriminatory. If I registered the username “praiseYahweh” and then went on to propagate hate speech with it, would they ban the string “Yahweh”? Or “Jesus,” “God,” or “Buddah?” I doubt it. But they had no trouble with “Allah.”

What is happeneing is that, out of fear, we allow the crimes and atrocitities committed by a few people to lead us to discriminate against all people who share their background. This simply promotes the circle of hate. And the unreasonable people on both sides of the aisle speak the loudest, drowning out the voices of moderation from both sides.

Sorry if the soapbox speech is inappropriate in this forum.

]]> by: David Johnston http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2729#comment-13458 Thu, 23 Feb 2006 05:14:35 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2729#comment-13458 Don't forget Flickr! Don’t forget Flickr!

]]> by: Ryan http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2729#comment-13448 Thu, 23 Feb 2006 02:29:20 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2729#comment-13448 Actually, it's not a Yahoo! Mail thing. It's a Yahoo! thing. Registration is centralized for applications. So if you wanted an account for 360, Calendar or Music, you wouldn't have been able to include "allah" until now. Actually, it’s not a Yahoo! Mail thing. It’s a Yahoo! thing. Registration is centralized for applications. So if you wanted an account for 360, Calendar or Music, you wouldn’t have been able to include “allah” until now.

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