Farewell Falwell

[Raider]

So by your logic we shouldn't celebrate Hitler's death? And we can't say anything bad about him because he's dead?

Your now comparing Falwell to Hitler? a man responsible for over 30 million deaths?...do you hate the man so much to be this desperate?

 

[GT Web]

Your now comparing Falwell to Hitler? a man responsible for over 30 million deaths?...do you hate the man so much to be this desperate?

Nope, not comparing the two at all. You said "There are many people I dont like and disagree with, I would never wish them dead or celebrate there death". So that means you wouldn't want Hitler dead? There are quite a few people which the world would be better off without. No one can argue against that.

I mean, both Hitler and Falwell were highly intolerant people with great influence who hated millions of their countrymen because of their different beliefs. But am I comparing the two? No.

 

[Raider]

Your taking what I stated out of context, and extending it to that of a mass murderer, if your going to make comparisons, make them on the same level.

 

[companyone]

Falwell internet domain names selling briskly

Matt Busse
mbusseat newsadvance .com
May 16, 2007

Within hours of the Rev. Jerry Falwell’s death Tuesday, buyers already were snapping up Web site names about him.

Among those registered were falwelldead .com, falwelldies .com and even falwellinhell. com.

“It’s very common,” said Christine Jones, general counsel for GoDaddy, a company that sells Web site names. “Anytime there’s a big event - and it happens with good events and with bad events - people rush out and register domain names that relate to the subject matter.”

After a Virginia Tech student fatally shot 32 people and himself at the school last month, names such as vtmassacre .com and virginiatechshootings .com were purchased.

Some speculators, often called “squatters,” buy Web site names in hopes of selling them for profit, while other buyers use the names for their own sites.

Domain names are often available for less than $10 each a year. Typically, unless a Web site buyer chooses to hide his name and contact information, any Internet user can look them up via a number of Web sites, including GoDaddy .com, Whois .net and DNSstuff .com.

Within three hours of Falwell’s death, a Georgia man named Brian Raymond bought falwelldead .com.

Raymond said he had positive intentions - he bought the name to take it off the market. He has no plans to sell it and might simply let his subscription expire in a year, when he said he thinks the name will be worthless.

“I would hate to see somebody get a really good name that they could exploit and use in a negative way,” Raymond said.

A California resident, Brent Nicholson, bought at least four names: falwellisdead .com, falwelldies .com, jerryfalwelldead .com and jerryfalwelldies.com. Nicholson couldn’t be reached for comment Wednesday.

Brent Azzo, a University of North Florida student, registered rememberjerryfalwell .com. Azzo said he and his brother, also a college student, began looking for available Falwell-related Web site names shortly after they heard of his death.

“They’re for sale,” Azzo said.

Azzo wouldn’t give his brother’s name, but GoDaddy’s records show revjerryfalwell.com is registered to Jason Azzo using the same mailing address as Brent Azzo.

Jeff Cohen, a Georgia artist, bought falwellinhell .com. Cohen said he plans to use the site for a satirical comic he’s creating about what would happen if Falwell “woke up someplace other than where he expected.”

“He’s just been a thorn in the side of a lot of people for a long time,” Cohen said, adding that he expects the comic will be “probably very offensive” to many people.

The name jerryfalwelltribute.com was registered Tuesday. The site now is home to a message board where visitors can leave comments about Falwell, though by late Wednesday afternoon only one person had.

Other Web site names bought since Tuesday include reverendjerryfalwell.com, falwelldeath.com and jerryfalwellmemorial .com.

Falwell once sued a New York City man over a Web site name, fallwell.com - note the extra letter “l” - saying it would confuse Internet users.

Court proceedings went on for several years before the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case last year. That kept in place an appellate court’s ruling that the site’s owner, Christopher Lamparello, could continue operating fallwell .com.

Lamparello uses the site to criticize Falwell’s opinions on homosexuality, but after Falwell’s death, Lamparello wrote a message on it extending his sympathies to Falwell’s family and friends.

“Although we have clearly been on opposite sides of the issues, there is no satisfaction in hearing of his passing,” Lamparello wrote.

In 2003, an Illinois man, Gary Cohn, turned over the rights to jerryfalwell.com and jerryfallwell .com - again, note the extra letter “l” - to Jerry Falwell Ministries. Cohn had used the names for a parody Web site.

Despite the apparent rush to purchase Falwell-related Web site names, those still available by late Wednesday afternoon included falwellinheaven .com, revfalwell.com and rememberfalwell .com.

 

[Sarcle]

In 2003, an Illinois man, Gary Cohn, turned over the rights to jerryfalwell.com and jerryfallwell .com - again, note the extra letter “l” - to Jerry Falwell Ministries. Cohn had used the names for a parody Web site.

Note that 'ole Jerry did lose a wipo. So when they say "turned over" means there was money under the table in my opinion.

http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2002/d2002-0184.html