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nosmokes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 12:25 PM
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google bomb sends MLK fans to racist site
Edited on Fri Dec-17-04 12:53 PM by nosmokes
a pal was looking for a copy of dr martin's 'i have a dream' speech on tape, googled it and was directed to:

http://www.martinlutherking.org/

which is a site operated by:

http://www.stormfront.org/

a "world wide white pride" bullshit racist site which is home to david duke and friends. needless to say the martinlutherking.org site is full of lies and hate filled tripe, but as it shows up 3rd on the list at google, it will be what many kids find next month when it comes time for them to to some research on a great american. please send an email to google informing them of this insult. with a large enough response they'll listen and take action.

best address i can find so far is
comments@google.com
but i'm working on finding something better.
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DireStrike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 12:26 PM
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1. I don't think google 'fixes' google bombs
Google "miserable failure" for an example.
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Jo March Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 12:33 PM
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2. Can't MLK's family do something about this group using his name?
I'd sue the shit out of them.
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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 12:36 PM
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3. Do you have time to edit your post title?
Edited on Fri Dec-17-04 12:38 PM by Straight Shooter
How about "google bomb sends MLK fans to racist site"?

That will get more people's attention, and I think there's a way to reprogram the google bomb, maybe another DU'er can explain how.

BTW, this really really really pisses me off that the memory of Martin Luther King is being exploited in this fashion. I effin' HATE racists.

edit: Oops, I see that your "edit" function is missing. Too late.
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nosmokes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 12:56 PM
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4. thanks shooter
i suck at this whole editing thing. ranting/street fighting is more my style...
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LibbyLou Donating Member (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 01:17 PM
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5. heres my little letter
Dear Google,
.......
our friends were trying to pull up the "I have a dream speech" by Martin Luther King and the third site listed
was a white supremicist hate site that encouraged children to print business cards with their web address on it to take to school.
www.martinlutherking.com is run by "stormfront" and gives false information, slanders the man the site is named after and then leads to white power and antisemitic forums.
The fact that there is prophanity and violence on the site, along with a "kids information" button, makes me think it has to be breaking some rule somewhere. I understand free speech and a white supremacist groups' right to exist but this is really really wrong.

Please let me know if writing you means we can somehow prevent this site from coming up when a kid searches for info.

Thanks alot
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nosmokes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 03:04 PM
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6. kick
:kick:
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