Having now read their “excuse”, I’ve got to say that I will never link to nor read from BoingBoing again. Their actions have undone any good they ever attempted to do in the realms of open and honest communication, and I will always remember them as a bunch of slimy cowards that got caught trying to lie about being the biggest hypocrites since Fred Phelps.
Well OK, maybe only half a Phelps worth of hypocrisy.
But still…they are being dishonest about their rationale for this kerfuffle. They say they wanted to spare ’someone’ embarrassment. But that’s not the truth. The truth is contained in their statements about wanting to silence Violet Blue by denying her links. If they tell everyone they aren’t linking to Violet Blue anymore, that’s just going to encourage people to search for her themselves, and they haven’t cost her any traffic. It’s obvious they thought they could sneak in her disappearance from their web, and avoid sending any more traffic her way.
EPIC FAIL
It’s almost like Cory was right, back when he lived by his principles, instead of merely espousing them, that honesty is the best path thru dramatic waters.