Do you really want Comcast, Qwest, or AT&T tell you that, in order to get Myspace or Facebook, you must also get a dozen services you don't need or want, just as they now tell you that to get ESPN or HBO, you must also pay for three dozen other channels you don't give a shit about? That's what is going to happen if Internet Neutrality is allowed to be defeated by the special interests currently gearing for war with the FCC.

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You say, "Where there have been a handful of questionable actions in the past on the part of a few companies, the Commission and the marketplace have responded swiftly. The case has simply not been made for what amounts to a significant regulatory intervention into a vibrant marketplace." Essentially, you are claiming that since no carrier has been bold enough to actually implement a tiered structure, they won't.

You must realize that in many cases we're talking about the same companies that charge more to send a single SMS text message than it costs to retrieve the same amount of data from the Hubble telescope. The terms "fair" and "reasonable" aren't in these companies' dictionaries.

Please pass along the information above to everyone you can. certain corporate interests want to make sure that only those who can pay through the nose for internet service will do so. The want to make the internet just like cable tv, with one service, holding both consumers and providers over a barrel just to talk to each other.

And of course, write your various state and federal lawmakers, expressing your EXTREME DISPLEASURE for this kind of back door policy making.

Is not just a catchy song by Queen, it's also the state of reality here on DA...

has now been run off by the same trolls and crusader moderator's we fan artists have all been plagued by before.

PLEASE read, comment, copy, and forward his well written blog to anyone you know who is suffering at the hands of nazi shippers, fucktarded trolls, and self-appointed defenders of decency who think that showing a photo of a boob is artistic expression, but drawing one is child porn, and being one means you report often and are a valued community member.

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I only wish that I could express my irritation with the system so eloquently as KC has, but frankly, I'm a bit too pissed and unstable to do so despite my writing talents.

I am currently part of a message board community started by ~LLToon *enigmawing and a few others, as well as KP Slash Haven and FanFiction.net. And I am trying to ween myself off of this nice little shitstorm of hypocritical neo-conservatism that is not-so-Deviant Art.

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Here's an additional thought... Do away with the fucking "anonymous reporting" system... Deviant Art is run in and from and UNDER U.S. laws by their own TOS... and in the United States... we have the Constitutional right to face our accusers. I wonder how many people would be hounded off this site if all these trolls and shippers had to justify their claims to the content poster rather than just saying "it doth offend mine eyes" to some moderator.

I about shit myself when I saw something about Disney buying Marevel blurb by on my news ticker... I thought... "Naw, that can't be right, it must be my allergy clogged eyes playing tricks on me." I mean....

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Okay, Marvel and DC both have sucked major donkey dick in the last two decades, spending most of their creative talent writing to fourty year old fanboys and clinging to characters and stories just as old instead of really innovating, thus allowing manga and web comics to feast on their rotting corpses.... (Black lanterns = undead super heroes anyone?)

But Marvel at least managed to remain independent while DC was swallowed up by the behemoth that is Time Warner. They ran interesting cartoon and movie interpretations of their properties and were the last to leave the failing CW Kids network before it was sold out to 4cha- erm 4kids.

Meanwhile, DC execs pissed a bitch to the execs of Cartoon Network about their running Marvel shows instead of the corpses of JLA and The Batman over and over after both series had been off the air and not even shown in their entirety, thus causing Marvel to bail on CN and move most new properties over to Nick.

I wouldn't look to see those properties continue on Nick, a MAJOR competitor to the Disney Channel, once the current agreements expire, BTW. Be prepared to see W&tXM, Ironman Armored Adventures, and the reborn Fantastic Four either fold up in two years, or move over to Disney XD.

Not that the House of Mouse is any stranger to either running Marvel Properties (the current season of Spectacular Spiderman, and several properties that had previously run on the Jetix program block such as Uncanny Xmen and Spiderman/Unlimited) or Comics (see the myriad tie-ins to their toon properties) But it seems like Disney is only interested on continuing the Status Quo, trading on the strength of old names and old properties like Iron Man and Xmen than in actually turning a floundering Juggernaut (see what I did there?) around and really innovating.

Anyways, yeah, We are not amused!

::EDITED 08/29/2009::

As of this morning, KP Slash Haven is now back on line at its old address... IRC chat and mail have yet to be restored, but the boards are back up and running, much faster than before... Please pass this info along to anyone you kno who uses the site

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Hey, if anyone has any news about KP Slash Haven, let me know... the site has been down for a week, after what was supposed to be just a simple downtime for AT&T to run maintenance on the lines.

So if you have anything more current to report, post it here, please...

(that, and it was time to take down the TheaterNXS blog, as the season closed a week ago)

::edited 08/17/2009:: UPDATE via

No further news on its return.

An ad hoc IRC channel was set up.

server: [link]
channel: #kpslashhaven

I am going to be very busy over the next few weeks but will give you what updates I can, when I can.

Thanks for being patient.

::edited 2:: Update via LionkigoWolf

this is a TEMPORARY link to a backup version of slash haven...it will be slow, please bear with it...

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If you plan to be in or around the Columbia MO area in the next few weeks, PLEASE check out this struggling theater company of dedicated actors, writers, and directors.

and of course, if you're not, but you know someone who is, please pass it along.