Facebook deletes anti-BP page

Facebook. It's where dreams go to die.

Facebook allows a group that tries to solicit President Obama's assassination. It also allows a group that openly endorses discrimination against the poor - including forced sterilization. But when anybody dares to criticize BP, they can kiss their group beddy-bye.

In the wake of the ongoing catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, somebody on Facebook started a Boycott BP fan page, which attracted 800,000 fans - making it one of the most popular fan sites on Facebook. Folks used this site to share clips and photos of the spill.

You can argue over whether boycotting BP would be effective. Some have argued that a boycott would just lead the greedy oil giant to declare bankruptcy and shirk its responsibility for cleaning up the mess it helped make. But the real issue here is Facebook's reaction to this fan site.

Facebook - fueled by its own adoration of BP - deleted the Boycott BP page. This deletion was in effect a media blackout of BP's pants-pissing.

All this from the social networking site that provides every excuse in the book to allow the Obama assassination page to go unchallenged. They allow that, but they won't allow a Boycott BP page.

This is more proof that America has become a corporation, folks.

There's a happy ending though. After a small article appeared on CNN's website about Facebook's attempts to muzzle criticism of BP, Facebook has restored the Boycott BP page.

(Source: http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-466703)