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Study on Internet Censorship in Germany
An anonymous reader writes "There is a report on Germany forcing ISPs to censor the Internet by faking DNS entries. ISPs also seem to use this to steal mail and generally screw up the Internet. Next thing they plan is using BGP to break routing to unwanted webservers. Scary."
...But the cause is idiotic as well Censorship never accomplished anything of value except perhaps limiting little boys' access to likenesses of the human body, if you see that as valuable, and stopping reporters from giving out so much information about troops that the enemy starts watching CNN for combat intelligence. Everything else that censorship has done was destructive.
Repeal the DMCA!
You do have some good points in your rant. But what about Canada, Denmark, Sweeden, and such? The USA isn't as bad as some make it out to be, but there are examples of where it could be better.
Any of those might be fine, as might Germany, France or England.
Myself, I have other issues with many of those other countries. I am not a big fan of being taxed any more than I already am. I don't know the tax rates in any of those countries, but I'd bet they are more than the US. I don't like the idea of nationalized health care, as Canada has, and Denmark and Sweeden probably have (I could look it up, but not worth it).
My point original point was that the US isn't this draconiam state where the government decides what you eat, where you work, what entertainment you are allowed. Folks seem to forget that.
Its easy to rail against the US when you are sitting infront of your GHz class machine, in air conditioning, eating 2000 calories a day. A US citizen has it pretty easy over all. I just mainly think that a lot of the folks here (especially teens and mid twenties folks) don't really appreciate the history of the US and the foundations of the country. Sure, we cannot rest on our laurels of history, but we can draw knowledge and drive towards a future.
Norris/Palin 2012
Fact: We deserve leaders who can kick your ass and field dress your carcass.
Sure, ignore that the US also blocks websites. Also ignore that i had no problem accessing stormfront.org from the largest german ISP - as if I would have missed something but American Nazi Scum. But American Nazi sites don't get blocked by King Shrubya and his merry dudes.
Lars T.
To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck
[US govt doesn't] decide what you eat,
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As long as it isn't one of the many forbidden herbs, in which case you could go to jail.
where you work,
Unless you want to work for a government contractor and happen to enjoy the aforementioned forbidden herbs. All government contractors are required to give drug tests.
Or maybe you want to conduct business on Sunday, or sell alcohol, things that are still forbidden in many areas.
what entertainment you are allowed
Unless you want to:
Have anal or oral sex (in most states)
Have sex before marriage
Be homosexual
Hire a prostitute
Watch porn on broadcast TV
Smoke a joint in the privacy of your own home
Crack a commercial DRM product
Trade music online
Light a bonfire (california emissions laws)
I mostly agree with you, things aren't too bad here, things are a lot worse in some aspects in some other countries. That doesn't mean there aren't severe limitations on what is allowed and what is not.
I've had enough abrasive sigs. Kittens are cute and fuzzy.
Perhaps somebody who actually understands how DNS works could convince me this isn't just a black-helicopter urban legend. Until then, I'm inclined to put this with that guy that "proved" that whitehouse.gov was registered in the U.K.!