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Iran Cracks Down on Internet Sites
Dan Brickley writes "It appears that Iranian ISPs have been ordered to block a large number of popular Web sites, including weblogging, community, chat and email services. Web (particularly weblog) use has been increasing rapidly in Iran, with 64000+ weblogs published by Iranians via various sites. As of today, if the news is correct, the majority of these may be inaccessible to their authors, as will the email (eg. Yahoo) services they use to communicate with friends, colleagues and family worldwide. See stop.censoring.us and hoder.com for more details. The newly expanded blocks include PersianBlog, Blogger and the Google-hosted Orkut 'social networking' site, where Iranians come third after Brazil and USA, representing 7% of all users. How can we get our Iranian friends back in the Web?"
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ravenspear (756059): Are you an American, or do you just share the same gene that tells you when something can't be easily fixed the best solution is to blow it up?
Are you a European, or do you just share the same gene that tells you when something can't be easily fixed the best solution is to pretend there is no problem until it becomes too big to ignore and then to cower and wait for someone else to do something about it?
GWB has hard on for war not just arabs. This is basiclly The bush way of saying that he is helping the economy, less poor kids = less unemployed and better numbers.
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Overthrow of the islamic fundamentalists is the only solution for Iran.
I hope you're not in the U.S. They have some of their own fundies they need to overthrow.
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Why is the religion of peace directly responsible for 28 out of the 30 violent conflicts raging in the world today?
Why is the religion of peace responsible for the vast majority of chattel slavery in the world today?
Why is the religion of peace responsible for the vast majority of terrorism in the 20th and 21st Centuries?
Why are the practitioners of the religion of peace routinely slaughtering unarmed practitioners of every other religion wherever they can get away with it?
Why does the religion of peace call for the murder of anyone who converts from the religion of peace to another religion?
Why do so many of the believers of the religion of peace look forward to the opportunity to rape 72 virgins in heaven if they die while killing innocent women and children of other religions? Is it a god they worship, or just sex? If a god, then shouldnt heaven have more to do with him than their libidos?
Why do the leaders of the religion of peace routinely issue fatwas (death warrants) for anybody who questions their holy book of peace and their holy prophet of peace?
Why is the religion of peace responsible for the sexual mutilation of millions of little girls and the savage oppression of women?
Why did millions of the practitioners of the religion of peace laugh, cheer and dance in the street because 3,000 innocent men, women and children were murdered by seventeen men who supposedly hijacked the religion of peace? And why dont the real practitioners of the religion of peace condemn the supposed hijackers of their religion? Why the deafening silence? Why the smiles? Why all the cheers and high fives?
Perhaps I just dont understand this whole PEACE thing. Did the definition of the word change, or is somebody just blowing a lot of smoke?
Whether you agree with war or not, this guy is willing to put his neck on the line for what he believes...which is freedom. You know, that thing that the US is known for.
I can't believe all the morons who post on slashdot and get modded up just because it's popular to bash Bush and the US and Christians, and in general anything that stands for good and does what it believes to be right.
Don't take life so seriously. No one makes it out alive.
It would probably be more effective if our European "allies" would do something novel, like stop buying their oil and goods. An invasion isn't necessary here -- a revolution can occur from within, but the international community has to tighten the screws a bit.
Liberation is the only recourse the US has, really, because we have *zero* contacts with them, diplomatically. All US official communication with Iran goes through a third country (normally Sweden).
Good for you. You're a fine example of what makes this country great. The same idiots who whine and complain about all the problems in the word are the same ones who think they can protest or just wish it away, or worse, have decided its not their problem and our country should have nothing to do with it.
Like it or not, this is the most powerful country in the world and a model for how to run a free society. We have a responsibility to end some of the suffering that happens, and that's a long term problem. If not us, then who? There's not another nation in the world fit to handle that responsibility. I'd go proudly to end some of the problems you mentioned, knowing full well there's a lot of people right here back home that will disgrace our nation's efforts with their words, "journalism", and protests. And in some ironic twist, the country still owes it to them to fight for those very freedoms, because that's who we are. I say if you don't like it, Canada's always looking to expand its population and we won't miss you when you're gone.
God Bless America, and all for which she stands and fights.
Wow. Making fun of the President's intelligence. That's really original. Did you just think of that? Seriously, because its hilarious. I've never heard anyone make those sorts of jokes before.
You ought to go over and live in the middle east for a few months, pick a dictatorship or a monarchy. Come back and tell us if their strict totalitarianism is something that the rest of the world should ignore, from a humanistic standpoint.
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THe problem is a political one and we need a political answer. The people of Iran need to make it heard that they want blogs and such. Only they can secure their own freedoms. The best thing that we as a free people can do is offer assistance in helping their government learn that free speach is good.
You forget that Iran is a theocracy run by religious fanatics. The ruling council of ayatollahs is the real power in Iran. The parliament is simply there to rubber stamp their edicts and handle the trivial matters. The Iranian people either agree with everything that the ayatollahs do and say (the minority) or they are too afraid to speak out for fear of their lives. Would you speak out against the government when the punishment was indefinite imprisonment, the amputation of limbs, or death? The only way to liberate people caught in the grip of repressive tyranny is by force, it is the only language that ayatollahs, communist party chairmen, and dictators understand and respect. If you believe that the ayatollahs give a damn about what the people want or free speech then you are living in fantasy land. The real world, especially outside of the United States, is far uglier and nastier than most Americans either know or are willing to believe.
And you're just one more idiot in the world.
So, I guess that evens it out?
If the US attempts another invasion hot on the heels of their last revolting effort, the rest of the world will rise up and slap them so hard they might finally get a clue. We've had 60 years of their murderous bullshit and there is no reason to tolerate any more.
you had me at #!