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This incarnation of Nathania was originally hosted on Bluehost and then Hostmonster. After a concerned citizen submitted a report of "adult content", Hostmonster issued a terms of service violation notice on 10 September 2012 noting that the website would be deactivated unless the content were removed within 48 hours. Eventually, Nathania ended up at Dreamhost; like other sites that use Dreamhost's share hosting, Nathania is subject to frequent performance problems, including internal server errors, although as of February 2014, these had become less common. | This incarnation of Nathania was originally hosted on Bluehost and then Hostmonster. After a concerned citizen submitted a report of "adult content", Hostmonster issued a terms of service violation notice on 10 September 2012 noting that the website would be deactivated unless the content were removed within 48 hours. Eventually, Nathania ended up at Dreamhost; like other sites that use Dreamhost's share hosting, Nathania is subject to frequent performance problems, including internal server errors, although as of February 2014, these had become less common. | ||
New prisoner-related content ceased to be added in February 2014, | New prisoner-related content ceased to be added in February 2014, the stated reason at that time being that upon further reflection, Larson considered that his giving in, on 7 December 2012, to pressure to tell the judge what he wanted to hear (viz. that those who communicate with felons in violation of their terms of supervised release are at fault for their own incarceration), rather than taking a principled stand similar to the one Oscar Wilde took while being cross-examined in ''[[wikipedia:Oscar_Wilde#Regina_v._Wilde|Regina v. Wilde]]'', disqualified him from doing further [[wikipedia:Jail solidarity|prisoner solidarity]] work, as it constituted an unforgivable betrayal of the values of integrity and courage required of such a worker. The caving in to the judge's expectations had been influenced by Larson's mother expressing loneliness at his absence, which put Larson in a position of having to choose between standing for his political beliefs or provoking the court to impose a punishment that would cause his family additional suffering. Since, according to Larson's philosophy, liberty is the highest cause that a person can pursue, only the most honorable individuals are deemed fit for the task; and a dishonorable act of such magnitude, even under duress, results, according to Larson's personal standards, in a lifetime ban from the most sensitive and important libertarian work, viz. that which involves interaction with persons incarcerated for victimless offenses. However, Larson did not deem it to be violation of those standards to continue operating personal blogs such as Nathania.org, since those are one-person operations that do not involve prisoners, and therefore their administration can be considered a position of lesser responsibility. | ||
Since the fight over pedosexuality is still, in [http://www.ipce.info/ipceweb/Library/mirkin_text.htm the terminology of Harris Mirkin], a Phase I struggle, there seemed to be little to gain, politically, by becoming a martyr, since fellow activists would be unwilling to spread the word of what happened. Furthermore, there was no avoiding some form of defeat, since a severe punishment would have incapacitated Larson from carrying on any activities that cannot be conducted from prison. But this did not constitute an excuse from duty, in Larson's view. | Since the fight over pedosexuality is still, in [http://www.ipce.info/ipceweb/Library/mirkin_text.htm the terminology of Harris Mirkin], a Phase I struggle, there seemed to be little to gain, politically, by becoming a martyr, since fellow activists would be unwilling to spread the word of what happened. Furthermore, there was no avoiding some form of defeat, since a severe punishment would have incapacitated Larson from carrying on any activities that cannot be conducted from prison. But this did not constitute an excuse from duty, in Larson's view. | ||
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Originally, suicide had been considered the best option, since the way in which society is currently set up only gives a person two other options, both of which are problematic. One of those paths is to work within the system, attempting to effect change in ways that don't involve lawbreaking. The other is to rebel in illegal ways. This latter path is the most in accord with the [[wikipedia:Henry David Thoreau|Thoreauvian]] values set forth in ''[[wikipedia:Resistance to Civil Government|Resistance to Civil Government]]'', but can often result in incarceration, which rapidly grows tiresome. In Larson's view, the suicides of [[wikipedia:Mohamed Bouazizi|Mohamed Bouazizi]] and [[wikipedia:Aaron Swartz|Aaron Swartz]] had beneficial impacts on public opinion concerning statist tyranny; and further suicides of activists might have the same effect. However, as documented in the bliki, Larson, after making a plan and acquiring the necessary supplies, found himself incapable of going through with it; and unwilling to go back to prison, had to resort back to the path of working within the system. | Originally, suicide had been considered the best option, since the way in which society is currently set up only gives a person two other options, both of which are problematic. One of those paths is to work within the system, attempting to effect change in ways that don't involve lawbreaking. The other is to rebel in illegal ways. This latter path is the most in accord with the [[wikipedia:Henry David Thoreau|Thoreauvian]] values set forth in ''[[wikipedia:Resistance to Civil Government|Resistance to Civil Government]]'', but can often result in incarceration, which rapidly grows tiresome. In Larson's view, the suicides of [[wikipedia:Mohamed Bouazizi|Mohamed Bouazizi]] and [[wikipedia:Aaron Swartz|Aaron Swartz]] had beneficial impacts on public opinion concerning statist tyranny; and further suicides of activists might have the same effect. However, as documented in the bliki, Larson, after making a plan and acquiring the necessary supplies, found himself incapable of going through with it; and unwilling to go back to prison, had to resort back to the path of working within the system. | ||
Within a week of the making of the decision to cut ties with the prisoners, the decision was revoked, and the adding of prisoner-related content resumed. The rationale was that although it had seemed that the focus on activism had been interfering with Inclupedia development, this could be alleviated by devoting the most productive hours of the day to programming, and then using the hours of diminished concentration, motivation and mental acuity for "funner" and less intellectually demanding activities such as activism and writing. | |||
==Controversies concerning the site== | ==Controversies concerning the site== | ||