Holy dum-diddeley-oodle. Apparently we the internet public have even more influence than we had previously believed. We are great. We are unstoppable. We can move mountains and then move them back, just because they are there.
Apologies for the froth. It is just that I am breathless with astonishment and drunk with power.
You will of course remember a recent post in which I recounted the sorry, sorry tale of the Crossroads TV church empire, and the sorry, sorry depths to which that once-proud institution has fallen. Here is a recap:
One day the TV church people held a vote on their web site, to see if the internet public approved or disapproved of gay marriage. The internet public approved. So the TV church people rigged the results, because they thought gay people were yucky.
Yesterday I got a note from Carolyn, who pointed out a fascinating development on the Crossroads web site:
I'm sure you've noticed, but Crossroads posted the actual final poll results, blaming them on "solicited votes." Hmmm.
To those of you who sent stern scolding letters to Crossroads, congratulations. To those of you who read the sorry tale on this hot sandwich and sank into despair, be of good cheer.
For you have influenced the behaviour of a TV church media giant.
You have made your voices heard.
You have changed Crossroads from a shameful dirty liar into a shameful reluctant foot-dragging adolescent teller of half-truths.
You better go have a quick look right at their page right now, before David Mainse finds out the gay mafia got to his web master and sends him off for de-programming.
Posted by Bret at July 27, 2003 11:01 PM
Comments from you, the internet public:
All hail Google! Here's a cached snapshot of the page with the real results. Eat it David!
Posted by chris at July 29, 2003 05:19 PMWell done chris. Eat it indeed David!
Posted by Sean at July 29, 2003 10:02 PMLesson: The god nazis can rewrite the Bible. They can rewrite their web pages. But they cannot rewrite Google.* Google is mightier than god. Google is mightier than god's mom.
* Until they figure out the secret Google handshake.
Posted by Spoothe at July 29, 2003 10:58 PMPost a comment of your own:
We have fixed your little red wagon.
If you visit
Posted by David Mainse at July 28, 2003 02:30 PMhttp://www.crossroads.ca/events/marriage.shtml
now, you'll see that we've taken it down alltogether. Hah! Now go and pray to Jesus that He may forgive you for mocking us and our holy ways.