AxMi-24: Fascist is by definition state and companies running each others errands.
I wouldn't go as far as calling it fascism, although it might have some of its features indeed. However, more payment options would be nice, if for the sake of having a choice if you are confronted with such actions.
bansama: So because they exercise their right to refuse service to a site whose activities are bordering on being illegal, they're "fascist"? Methinks the Internet needs to grow the fuck up and stop acting like little children.
Well, I don't think fascism is an accurate description. But from my communication with MasterCard I get the idea they aren't very sure they are legally in the green themselves. They won't even point me to a press release (guess what, there is none, just try some search machines) regarding the issue.
As far as illegality is concerned, if what you say is true, then newspapers balance on this ridge all the time, yet I haven't heard of any traditional news sources having been cut off from their subscribers? Might this be because they have a right not getting cut off?
Oh, and bytheway, feel free to also join the discussion
here, which has become a discussion of alternatives, rather than a petition.