One of the real advantages of having my own blog on the Internet, is that it allows me to have a forum for my ideas and thoughts that is free from censorship. It also allows me to use any kind of language I may choose. If I want to say that someone is an asshole, then I am free to do so. I am liberated from the constraints of the morally upright, self-righteous hypocrites, that dominate much of the conservative world.
These are the very same sanctimonious self-seekers that are the first in line to to censor critical thought and what they perceive to be distasteful or inappropriate ideas or language. Their condemnation is about moralizing, and not about the questioning of content, purpose, nor intent. It is exactly this kind of attitude, and narrow minded, intolerant behavior, that literature calls into question.
Censorship accomplishes nothing, other than the promotion of ignorance. "Those in control" often suppress the speech of others in an arbitrary, subjective, and prejudicial manner. A case in point, are the actions taken by the very popular trading forum, Investors Hub.
The management of this forum routinely censors controversial ideas and radical thought. They are overtly restrictive and arbitrary in their allowance for the use of sarcasm and other literary devices. If Mort Sahl, Will Durst, or Dennis Miller were traders, and had participated on this forum, I wonder how many of their posts would have been deleted for having been deemed as being inappropriate or offensive.
A recent experience of mine with Investors Hub, was the deletion of a one of my posts and my one week “suspension” from the forum by the IHub "nazis". The post in question contained a parody of the Mel Brook’s parody “Springtime for Hitler”, titled “Springtime for Larry”.
The Larry in question is Larry Stambaugh, the CEO of Cryoport ( CYRX:OTCBB). The script pokes fun at the company because there are not any Jewish people employed by Cryoport, and suggests that if there were, the company might be doing better, due to the alleged superior business acumen of Jewish people.
Springtime for Larry
narrator:
cryoport was having trouble
what a sad, sad story
needed a new leader
to bring it some glory
nothing but bad news
not very happy and gay
that’s why they hired Larry
it was their hope and pray
this strategy had to work,
there was no other way
they hadn’t been producing
just letting the investors pay
so, here’s a little tale
about larry and cryoport
a company and it’s ceo
with not much to report
larry was brought on to
generate revenues and sales
and turn CYRX into one of
the next great business tales
standing by his new BMW
in scenic orange county
surveying his rich land
and all it’s wonderful bounty
worried that his master plan
had gone so terribly wrong
if he was still the same man
why it had been taking so long
when it came to his mind
that nowhere you could find
a cohen, greenberg, or saul
just a bollinger, muller, and doll
it was just a flash thought
a fact he did contemplate
what the struggling Cryoport
had been missing to date
conspicuously absent
were any children of Zion
although I’m sure it’s not
for any lack of larry’s tryin
but not one on the board,
or in upper management
not one damn jew in sight
in the whole establishment
johnson, mc’dowell, and o’toole,
the return of the master race
pass the white bread & hellman’s
please don’t forget to say grace
chorus:
hey larry stambaugh
whad’ya say
have you hired
any jews today
i heard what they say
just might be true
they’re good with money
know business and fair value
larry:
I’ll give it a try
c’mon, vhy not?
hire a token
maybe the stock gets hot
I’ll make it done,
a fait accompli
a jew from l.a.
can set me free
like Moses before me
his people he led
a jew might just save me
get Cryoport out of the red
chorus:
it’s springtime in lake forest
Mexican’s are crossing the borders
ve'll get us some cheap labor
to handle the increase in orders
Parody is a frequent ingredient in satire and is often used to make social and political points. Shakespeare often used a series of parodies to convey his meaning. While I am no Shakespeare, I appear to be in good company when using this form of literary expression to convey a message. My comments were neither a personal attack nor off topic. On the contrary, they were factual and accurate observations.
According to The administration of Investors Hub, the purpose of the suspension is so that I can “cool off”, figure out what I did wrong, and eventually get re-instated. In the ultimate act of hubris, they went so far as to offer me, a "plea bargain" in which I could “plead guilty” or "no contest" to the transgression committed against Investors Hub, in return for a promise of a recommendation of leniency in sentencing to be made by the Investors Hub administrative team.
In the IHub version of the auto-da-fe, they even offered up this script as an example of an acceptable way of expressing my penitence."Yep, guilty as charged. I acknowledge and regret my actions and I am prepared to accept the consequences. I commit to modify my bad behavior in the future."
Inquisition's Hub
when on the Investors Hub
careful what you say
cause they are judge and jury
even have their own auto-da- fe
tow the IHUb line
just give up your belief
say “guilty as charged”
and it’ll be a relief
just say you were wrong
c’mon its time to confess
admit they we were right
just say yes, yes, yes
don’t say no, no, no
cop a plea, pretty please
give them some thanks
now get up off your knees
forget your self-respect
change your p-o-v today
because IHub and not you
are here to stay
hey IHub what do ya say
burned any members
at the stake today?
changed their opinion
forced their position
does the “I” in IHub
stand for “Inquisition”?
like Torquemada before ya
vs. the Muslims and the Jews
don’t let'm express an opinion
but, always make'm pay their dues
I wonder if Matthew Brown, the head of Investors Hub came up with IHUb's pre-scripted quote? This is of course the same Matthew Brown, that was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to forfeit $4.78 million in illicit profits for his alleged involvement in multiple “pump-and-dump” schemes. Maybe when Matt is on the receiving end of multiple "pump and dumps" in prison, he'll commit to to modifying his bad behavior, but I certainly won't, because my behavior was neither bad, illegal, nor immoral.
Are the people at IH so arrogant and egotistical that they think I will sell out by cutting a deal with them? Do they really expect me to forget about all that I have worked so hard to develop - my ideals, my beliefs, and my self-respect - just to expedite my return to Investors Hub?
That's why I'm glad, I'm free to tell them - they are assholes !
