Telegraph Does Not Like It Up Them

I don't usually re-publish on here what I publish elsewhere but I am unhappy this afternoon about something brewing on Guido's Blog so here goes:

See first the great Order-Order and now my (edited) comment regarding the Telegraph owners' taking down of Nadine Dorries' Blog as follows:

Taking down blogs is more serious than the Order-Order comments imply. Right to reply; correction of inaccuracies; removal of certain statements; mmm, maybe ok.

Certainly the right to deal with it in full under existing provisions eg libel laws. But pulling down a whole blog? You may not like Nadine Dorries (tired, stroppy, trougher or not) and her accusations may have been ill advised in the absence of some careful research but are you happy to focus on her shortcomings and accept that her blog be silenced?

I agree with some of the comments (including ND’s) that we are risking something here in our glee at the downfall of the troughing political class; a vacuum is indeed forming and we need to be vigilant as to what turns up to fill it.

This is not a funny moment and one or two on Order-Order maybe need a quick swot up on how the minority National Socialists achieved power in Germany in the 1930’s. A reminder:

Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Kommunist.

Als sie die Sozialdemokraten einsperrten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Sozialdemokrat.

Als sie die Gewerkschafter holten,
habe ich nicht protestiert;
ich war ja kein Gewerkschafter.

Als sie die Juden holten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Jude.

Als sie mich holten,
gab es keinen mehr, der protestierte.

In finding the translation I hope it will make some think more carefully as to what happens next.