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I apologize if I missed something, but I think it's shamefully insensitive of the editors of that site to not even acknowledge that this issue is proportionally irrelevant in light of the fact that peaceful protesters are getting shot to death TO-DAY in Libya.

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23924674-liby...

Let's do a thought experiment for a moment and pretend there are some things more significant than web development and e-commerce, shall we?

yes I cross-posted.

EDIT: the author/editor there (Allen Stern) was gracious and considerate in his response to my complaint, and committed to trying to find a way to put the .ly domain issue in perspective in the article. Kudos centernetworks!



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