Pakistan Bans You Tube.com, ISP's Block All Access

[SIG220]

Yes, it is true.   The government of Pakistan has officially ordered that all access to You Tube be blocked in their country.   All Internet Service Providers in Pakistan have now done so, preventing anyone living there from visiting the You Tube website.

One major ISP there sent an email to all of its customers, urging them to write letters to You Tube.com and demand that they take down all videos, photos, and documents that are offensive to Islam.   Government regulators said that if You Tube simply complies with this reasonable request, that access to their web site would then be restored by the government.

Here is a link to the full story about this:

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5io-SE_bmENEzM46rwdVuDt9iK5zg


What should You Tube do about this controversy?

[Blooz]

Tell Pakistan to get bent.

[mg1942]

why do muslims always demand preferential treatment?

[john9001]

ooga ooga ooga chucka.

[REP0MAN]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZfQHOj-0RPs

With crap like this, I ban it too

[Eagler]

Originally posted by REP0MAN
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZfQHOj-0RPs

With crap like this, I ban it too

I'll take Cat Steven's Islam presentation over many Islamic "leaders" I have heard screaming for western blood..

[mensa180]

Originally posted by Blooz
Tell Pakistan to get bent.

[trax1]

Originally posted by SIG220
Government regulators said that if You Tube simply complies with this reasonable request,

How is that a "reasonable request"?

[AKIron]

Unlikely youtube will make any concessions other than maybe offering the possibility of tagging videos offensive to Muslims to Muslim censors.

[Wes14]

Originally posted by Blooz
Tell Pakistan to get bent.

Agreed.

[Yeager]

I dont care really, but it is unfortunate that muslims wish to remain so ignorant in this world today.  Any time you ban yourself access to any information you are insulating yourself in ignorance.

[Vulcan]

Originally posted by Yeager
I dont care really, but it is unfortunate that muslims wish to remain so ignorant in this world today.  Any time you ban yourself access to any information you are insulating yourself in ignorance.

TBH I don't think its that much of a request. The Islamic population in the world is farily significant and could be quite a sizeable chunk of youtube viewers.

And it is no different to any other potentially objectionable materials. For example porn/mature material is already flagged. How is material muslims might not want their kids to see any different from stuff we don't want our kids to see?

Sure, we might think it's silly, but it's not like they've declared a fatwa on youtube.

I believe the US, UK,  Australian, and NZ governments are all in talks with ISPs blocking access to sites with known 'objectional' material which in some cases is perfectly legal in the countries hosting those sites (such as bestiality in Holland).

[SIG220]

Originally posted by Vulcan
TBH I don't think its that much of a request. The Islamic population in the world is farily significant and could be quite a sizeable chunk of youtube viewers.

And it is no different to any other potentially objectionable materials. For example porn/mature material is already flagged. How is material muslims might not want their kids to see any different from stuff we don't want our kids to see?

Sure, we might think it's silly, but it's not like they've declared a fatwa on youtube.

I believe the US, UK,  Australian, and NZ governments are all in talks with ISPs blocking access to sites with known 'objectional' material which in some cases is perfectly legal in the countries hosting those sites (such as bestiality in Holland).

But Bestiality is not a religion, is it??   Wouldn't doing that be giving Islam preferential treatment??

To be equal, you would have to remove all content with any religious overtones.   For such content could potentially offend someone's religious beliefs.  I think that all content about any religion ( including Islam ) would thus have to be banned.

[trax1]

Originally posted by SIG220
But Bestiality is not a religion, is it??   Wouldn't doing that be giving Islam preferential treatment??

To be equal, you would have to remove all content with any religious overtones.   For such content could potentially offend someone's religious beliefs.  I think that all content about any religion ( including Islam ) would thus have to be banned.

Exactly, once you give in to one groups demands then you open the door to all the others to request something they find offensive to be removed.

[MORAY37]

Originally posted by Yeager
I dont care really, but it is unfortunate that muslims wish to remain so ignorant in this world today.  Any time you ban yourself access to any information you are insulating yourself in ignorance.

Right on sir.