For me, it is not a matter of forgiveness. It is a matter of where I spend my time, energy and money. The ongoing level of discourse on this blog that Q Girl talks about is what drew me back again and again, especially for discussing thorny issues.

And now that level of discourse has been exploited to benefit pornographers. Here’s where I bow out.

Saddest thing about this whole thing: I am a firm believer in woman and men working together to combat the patriarchy, and have argued with others who feel that men are the enemy, that they will all sell us out in the end. So I gladly read a blog written by a “male feminist”–and in the end, he sold women out by helping promote the most disgusting, racist, scary porn–and utilizing his feminist internet cred to do so. Just like my “men all suck” friends have been saying for years. God/dess, I hate it when the asshats and the haters are right. And they were right here.

You sold us out, Amp, in the end. It’s all very well and good for you to say you’re not that upset by pornography. Women aren’t really your people after all, are we?

Do I forgive Amp? Of course I do–go with god/dess Amp and enjoy your life and your family. Will I participate on this blog, read here, post here, encourage friends to read here? Never again.

Good luck to all, hope to see you in cyberspace, contributing to the consciousness raising that will bring our sisters and daughters out of oppression, not contributing to their continued exploitation as sexbots for hire.

[huddles in the corner]

And since Amp kept the sale secret for many months and did not solicit money for his blog (which in *not* why he needed the money in the first place), those nasty old feminists did not have a chance to contribute monetarily.

Look at the righthand margin, and scroll down until you see it. It’s not newly gone up or anything. It has been there all the time.

And since Amp kept the sale secret for many months and did not solicit money for his blog (which in *not* why he needed the money in the first place), those nasty old feminists did not have a chance to contribute monetarily. However, intellectual-property wise, those same smelly old feminists *did* contribute (mightly) and it is that intellectual property of theirs that drove up the popularity of this blog.

I know you wish to impune all feminists with your misogynistic belief that all women are just the leeches, sucking away at the rational decision-making of men folk, but you should at least check your facts first, Yohan, and read over the last five years of dialogue that has created Alas!

But I do admire your cowardly style in waltzing into a blog where you have seldom (if ever) posted before now that you assume all those nasty ass, smelly, hairy feminists have retreated to disgorge the supposedly collective blood of our sucking. Or something like that. Purhaps you should purchase a spine before you try to sell us your opprobrium.

Such a site cannot run sccessfully without money, not to talk about time, Ampersand spends every day to keep it up-to-date.

Now, plenty of feminists are blaming Ampersand, but I think, it is totally unjustified to accuse him for any ‘wrongdoing’.

To blame are the feminist users of his unique male-feminist www-pages. They should have opened their wallets and helped Ampersand with regular donations, every month USD 10,- or USD 100,- or whatever you consider as a small amount.

Nobody works for free, this includes internet-providers.