The Wardman Wire

There have been a few posts in a few places over the week about the Dave Walker situation. I thought it would be a good time to remember the objectives as I wrote them down on 25th July:

1 - We wish to make it very clear to Mark Brewer and everybody else that trying to shut down comment, critique and reporting in the way he has is not acceptable, and just will not work. We aim to ensure he gets more publicity than he ever had before this point.

2 - We want to make sure that the material Dave Walker published remains in the public domain, to help address the SPCK case.

3 - We want to try and make sure that the SPCK case is properly documented and investigated.

4 - We wish to strengthen the movement to reform the UK Libel Laws.

I have 2 thoughts for a Sunday morning:

• What is the difference between a Flash Mob and a Lynch Mob?
• Q: What sort of “free, democratic” country is it where political websites (including this one) are hosted abroad - not because that releases us personally from any legal actions (it doesn’t), but because it keeps non-defamatory material available to the public when webhosts in this country may well pre-emptively remove it to “play safe”, just because someone pays a lawyer to write a letter containing an allegation?A: One that has become a little tarnished at the edges.

What do you think?

I’ll be back later on with a full update with a lot of new people posting.

I’m also doing the Britblog Roundup later, and I promise (almost) not to mention the DW word. If you have seen any excellent posts this week that deserve a wider audience, please suggest them to britblog AT gmail DOT com.