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> "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

Please notice that the quote is not "I disapprove of what you say, but I'll offer you my house for you to say it".

This is not offering your house for it. That would be if google was actually hosting their site on its servers. In this case it's a domain pointing to their content. As a registrar Google is serving the public and I doubt you can deny someone this service in a moral sense. Can a doctor deny to treat them if they end up in his office for serious injuries? What if all registrars deny them, is it morally right to effectively erase them from the internet for simply expressing their thoughts?

> As a registrar Google is serving the public and I doubt you can deny someone this service in a moral sense.

Actually, you can deny anyone except protected categories.

> Can a doctor deny to treat them if they end up in his office for serious injuries?

Yes, the doctor chooses not to treat patients with the illness or injury you suffer from.

> What if all registrars deny them, is it morally right to effectively erase them from the internet for simply expressing their thoughts?

Nobody is being erased from the internet. Also, they can open their own registrar system.

So no, there's no obligation for Google, or any other registrar, to host their information.

I hope you dont end up in an emergency hospital with the only doctor who can help you refusing to do so because he doesnt like you for some reason.

So do I, but that doesn't change reality.

And a hospital might fire a doctor for refusing to treat you.

"Having made that decision we now need to talk about why it is so dangerous. I’ll be posting something on our blog later today. Literally, I woke up in a bad mood and decided someone shouldn’t be allowed on the Internet. No one should have that power." http://gizmodo.com/cloudflare-ceo-on-terminating-service-to-...

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