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Iran Continues to Censor Internet Communications
eldawg writes "Iran has recently been in the news after electing a 'hardliner' president. But even previous 'liberal' Iranian governments have been putting together a sophisticated Internet filtering system to prevent their citizens from visiting 'questionable' websites and censoring dissent. An earlier posting at Slashdot outlined the crackdown on blogs, chat rooms and email communications. A more recent research paper from the OpenNet Initiative provides an update on the censoring activity in Iran. Reports indicate that the Iranian authorities are specifically targetting 'content in the local Farsi language using a filterning second only to China.'
We know Cisco has played a large role in bulding the 'Great Firewall of China' but is the Iranian initiative homegrown?"
"Anti-Christian rhetoric on this board is fairly free flowing and thick and utterly without redeeming value."
I don't see a whole lot of anti-Christian rhetoric here. I see quite a bit of other-than-Christian opinions though. Some of it is pretty harsh, but so were you just now. You're just fanning the flames.
There are a lot more socialist and communist we-want-to-run-your-life liberal wacko's out there...
Paranoia anyone? The current administration and its proponents are arguably creating an environment that will cause much more lasting damage to your freedoms than the laughable minorioty of "liberal wackos" saving chickens from the KFC "holocaust" or blowing up Hummers to save the rain forests. Please, do yourself a favor, turn off FOX News for a moment and gain some perspective.
We all know by now the US wants to invade Iran. We just need a reason. WMD's? Terrorism? Because they live in tyranny and we must give them liberty? Let us Free them of their oil and land. That'll teach them to censor internet communications.
Jesus wasn't the super nice guy that mainstream christian teaching would like to have everyone believe.
What would Jesus do?
-- Using the preview button since 2005
I'll never understand what it is people have against socialists - except for that whole Soviet Union, which wasn't a socialist or communist state in the first place.
Trust me, neoliberalism is the real threat.
It's really scary that SO many people believe that socialism could be something good. Nope. Soviet union failed exactly because it was socialist state, not because of communist ideology (nobody cared about communist ideas after 1960s). Socialism inevitably leads to uniformity and lack of productivity. That's what is going in the U.S. and Europe lately, every shift towards socialism is accompanied with increase in "political correctness" and stripping rights from people. Step by step. And in the end socialism will lead into total stagnation...
I live long enough to remember socialist times of Soviet Union. It wasn't bad as emigrants describe (to justify their actions) but it was really DULL existance with all authorities enforcing dullnes everywhere.
Everyone imagine Soviet Union as Empire of Evil where slaves worked hard to earn tiny piece of bread. Nope. After WWII quality of life rose up considerably, there was no serious repressions and it was VERY, VERY EASY to make a decent living IF you comply with rules (and these rules weren't that draconian either, actually it's the only one rule -- be average and don't stick out).