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Uncensored Search Engines

Posted by on 30 Jan 2010 | Tagged as: Commentary, Random Rantings, Website Review

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A9
Abacho
AbiFind
AbiLogic
Acoon (DE)
Accoona
Aeiwi
Aesop
Ajdee
Alexa
Alive Directory
AllSitesDirectory
AllTh.at
AlltheWeb
AltaVista
Amfibi
Amidalla
Arielis
Ask.com

Aviva Directory
Azoos

B
Beaucoup!
Best of the Web
Best Web Sites
BigFinder
Bing
Biveroo (DE)
Browse8.com

C
CaloWeb (DE)
Camana (DE)
Cbgred Internet Resources
ChaCha Search
Cipinet
Click for Choice
Clush
Clusty

Copernic
Cuil

D
Dabble
DeeMX
Direct Crawler

Ditto
Dogpile*

E
EarthLook

ENCY Pur (DE)
EntireWeb
Eurekster
ExactSeek
Exalead
Excite
Exploit
ez2find
Ezilon Search

F
Findelio

Findinfo.com
FindSounds
FlexFinder
Flnder
FranceEvasion (FR)
Free Web Index
FyberSearch

G
Geniee
GigaBlast

GlobIntS
GoGuides.org*
GoodSearch
Gooru (PL)

H
Hakia
Hedir

HomerWeb
HotBot
HotLava
HotSheet*
Hot vs. Not
HotSportsLinksI
IceRocket
iCrawl.us

IllumiRate

Info.com
InfoSeek (JP)
InfoSniff
InfoTiger
Insitor (DE)
ixquick

J
Jayde
JoeAnt

Jozzle

K
Kartoo

Keotag
Kerplop
KinderStart
Kosmix
Kwat

L
L3xicon

Langenberg
Libero (IT)
LoadedWeb
LookSmart
Lordship
Loryx
Lycos

M
Maki Search

Mama.com
Manhattan Service
MaxPromo
MediaOnline
MetaCrawler.com
MetaGer (DE)
MetaGer2 (DE)
MetaWebSearch
Meteora (DE)
Miko.de (DE)
Miragro (UK)
Microsoft Live
MixCat
Mojeek
Mooter
MostPopularSites.net
Ms. Dewey
MSN Live
MyWay

N
Netluchs.de (DE)
NetSifter

Net Zoning
NinjaGate*

O
Objects Search

Octopedia
Odyssearch
One Big Directory
Onkosh (EG)
Open Directory
Open Grid
Optevi
Orange.fr (FR)

P
PageBull
Plazoo

ProLinkDirectoryQ
Quintura

R
Really Big Search

Romso (DE)

S
Schoenes-Schenken.eu (EU)
Scirus
Scroogle*
Scrub the Web

SearchEngine.com
Search Hippo
Search Hound
Search Monster
Search-O-Rama
Search Ramp
Search Turtle
SearchUK
SearchWarp.com
Sedir
Seek Bullet
Seek-N-Pick
Seekport
Semager (DE)
Seoma
Sertchy?
Shazee
Sight Quest
SonicQuest
SplatSearch
StartPage
Subjex.net
Sujada!
Super-ENCY (DE)
Szukacz (PL)

T
ThomasNet
Trexy

Tygo

U
Ujiko

Unasked.com
Uncover the Net
Uquick
USA People Search

V
Velvnet

Vivisimo
Voila.fr (FR)

W
Walhello
WebCrawler*
WebSavvy
WhatUSeek
Wikia Search
Wikio (UK)
Wikiseek
Windows Live
Wolfram.com
WotBox

Y
YaCy (DE)
Yahoo!
Yambot
Yandex (RU)
Yatinoo (SA)
Yoofindit

Z
ZabaSearch

Zyas

Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. — influence trumps innocence as a defence

Posted by on 21 Jul 2009 | Tagged as: Commentary

Stories of the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. on charges of disorderly conduct after a rancorous altercation with Cambridge MA police responding to a report of a break-in have been understandably disseminated widely.  This may have been a case of racism, but it is certainly one which illustrates the fact that innocence is not as effective a defence as is influence.  

Prof. Gates’ contention that he was being suspected of wrongdoing and singled out for his race is eclipsed by another, perhaps more exigent and to many, more poignant aspect of this case:  Prof. Gates expected and eventually received preferential treatment with charges dropped, not by virtue of his innocence but simply because he was influential.

Professor Gates is quoted (See the Henry Louis Gates police arrest report) as saying repeatedly to the officer “You don’t know who you’re dealing with” — not a defence or explanation based on his innocence, but a warning of reprisal and repercussion, a plea  that he should be treated with respect because of his exalted status and ability to bring legal pressure and media attention to bear.

This incident will certainly have some residual effect on law enforcement policy, but that effect will be of no significant value to minorities or indeed to most of us.  An innocent person of any color but without connections and influence is no safer as  a result of this precedent than before.  There is no doubt, however, that police in Cambridge and elsewhere are likely to detain individuals on charges of disorderly conduct (verbal abuse) only if the suspects are lacking resources and connections which might later be cause for embarrassment.

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