“这里是伦敦,不是乌斯别克斯坦!”

9月3日,翻译了英国前驻乌兹别克斯坦大使,敢于直言的克莱格 – 墨里(Craig Murray)的一篇写给阿森纳球迷的博客《引狼入室》,向阿森纳球迷介绍了那位可能成为阿森纳主席的爱利舍 – 乌斯马诺夫(Alisher Usmanov),博客中称这位前乌斯别克的亿万富翁为“一个凶残的暴徒,罪犯,诈骗犯,毒贩子,被控的强奸犯”!

克莱格 – 墨里已预言,乌斯马诺夫昂贵的律师团有可能将自己告上法庭,但这正是墨里所期望的,他在博客中说:“I am most happy to give evidence to the Premier League if anyone can point me in the right direction. But I rather hope Usmanov’s hyperactive and expensive lawyers will sue me for libel. Questioning Usmanov in a British court would bring a much fairer result than anything I expect from our tainted football authorities.
如果有人告诉我应该找谁的话,我会非常高兴为英超提供证据。但我宁愿让乌斯马诺夫Usmanov’s的极度活跃和非常昂贵的律师们以诽谤罪将我告上法庭。因为在一个英国法庭上来质问Usmanov,将会比我们的那些腐败的足球当局得出更加公正的结论。”

看来乌斯马诺夫的律师们还没有狂妄到敢与科莱格-墨里对簿公堂,但他们却犯了一个蔑视网络媒体的错误!

这位现在已经控股21%的阿森纳股东调用其律师团 Schillings 向许多转载或讨论了克莱格-墨里博客的博主们发信威胁,让他们将有关墨里的博客内容撤下,当时,这些博主绝大部分还都是关心阿森纳的球迷,比如著名的arseblogger

但Schillings的进一步举动,却惹恼了许多从来没有听说过阿森纳的博客群博主们,arseblogger昨天收到了克莱格-墨里的 email 告知其网站因网络服务器受到乌斯马诺夫律师的威胁,已被取下,但不只是他一个网站受到影响,一些与乌斯马诺夫一点关系都没有的网站也都被取下,其中包括伦敦市长竞选人,保守党议员Boris Johnson!

这一情况,引起了另一位议员Tom Watson 的注意,在他的博客上,这位工党议员发出了“Unity is strength – 团结就是力量”的号召

“国共合作”,加上主张言论自由以及人权运动的团体,在网络媒体上开始了一场对乌斯马诺夫这一举动的声讨!

Tom Watson 议员希望了解阿森纳球迷们对乌斯马诺夫和他有可能的全面收购的看法,所以大家可以在他的博客上与他对话。

下面是对乌斯马诺夫此举提出疑议的许多博客:
http://mreugenides.blogspot.com/2007/09/blogging-and-free-speech.html


Curious Hamster
, Pickled Politics, Harry’s Place, Tim Worstall, Dizzy, Iain Dale, Ten Percent, Blairwatch, Davide Simonetti, Earthquake Cove, Turbulent Cleric (who suggests dropping a line to the FA about Mr Usmanov), Mike Power, Jailhouse Lawyer, Suesam, Devil’s Kitchen, The Cartoonist, Falco, Casualty Monitor, Forever Expat, Arseblog, Drink-soaked Trots (and another), Pitch Invasion, Wonko’s World, Roll A Monkey, Caroline Hunt, Westminster Wisdom, Chris K, Anorak, Mediawatchwatch, Norfolk Blogger, Chris Paul, Indymedia (with a list of Craig Murray’s articles that are currently unavailable), Obsolete, Tom Watson, Cynical Chatter, Reactionary Snob, Mr Eugenides, Matthew Sinclair, The Select Society, Liberal England, Davblog, Peter Gasston Pitch Perfect, Adelaide Green Porridge Cafe, Lunartalks, Tygerland, The Crossed Pond, Our Kingdom, Big Daddy Merk, Daily Mail Watch, Graeme’s, Random Thoughts, Nosemonkey, Matt Wardman, Politics in the Zeros, Love and Garbage, The Huntsman, Conservative Party Reptile, Ellee Seymour, Sabretache, Not A Sheep, Bartholomew’s Notes on Religion, The People’s Republic Of Newport, Life, the Universe & Everything, Arsenal Transfer Rumour Mill, The Green Ribbon, Blood & Treasure, The Last Ditch, Areopagitica, Football in Finland, An Englishman’s Castle, Freeborn John, Eursoc, The Back Four, Rebellion Suck!, Ministry of Truth, ModernityBlog, Beau Bo D’Or, Scots and Independent, The Splund, Bill Cameron, Podnosh, Dodgeblogium, Moving Target, Serious Golmal, Goonerholic, The Spine, Zero Point Nine, Lenin’s Tomb, The Durruti Column, The Bristol Blogger, ArseNews, David Lindsay, Quaequam Blog!, On A Quiet Day…, Kathz’s Blog, England Expects, Theo Spark, Duncan Borrowman, Senn’s Blog, Katykins, Jewcy, Kevin Maguire, Stumbling and Mumbling, Famous for 15 megapixels, Ordovicius, Tom Morris (104).

以上所列博客还在不断更新

http://www.chickyog.net/2007/09/20/public-service-announcement/

这种对博客言论自由的无视,引起博客界的相当强烈的反响也是意料之中的,这使得开始仅仅存在于阿森纳球迷博主中对此的不满,扩散到了许多其他的博主,包括一些有影响的政治评论博客博主(其中有几位议员)

这位阿森纳大股东的行为让我们许多阿森纳球迷感到难堪,可能需要一再地声明,乌斯马懦夫的行为,不能代表阿森纳!

幸好绝大部分枪迷是反对乌斯马诺夫对俱乐部的全面收购的,想来我们的董事会现在也会更加坚决地抵制收购!

已有一些政界人士和阿森纳向FA提出对乌斯马诺夫进行character check 品格调查的要求,阿森纳执行长官在回答球迷有关收购问题时,也提到了收购英超球队,英足总是要对收购者进行品格调查的,不过看看曼城的新东家,估计以前足总的调查也是走走形式?

伦敦市长竞选人Boris Johnson议员对乌斯马诺维奇说:“这里是伦敦,不是乌斯别克斯坦!”

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