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The 13 Enemies of the Internet
Hennell writes "Reporters without borders has just released its annual list of internet enemies, a list of countries 'that systematically violate online free expression.' A couple of countries have been removed, but Egypt has been added. A detailed summary can be read on the BBC Website." From that article: "The blacklist is published annually but it is the first time RSF has organized an online protest to accompany the list. 'We wanted to mobilize net users so that when we lobby certain countries we can say that the concerns are not just ours but those of thousands of internet users around the world,' said a spokesman for RSF. Many of those on the internet blacklist are countries that are regularly criticized by human rights groups, such as China and Burma."
I spent a day there earlier this year, and could not find a single cybercafe in the place.
Where were you when the voynix came?
They're probably calling it Burma in protest of the military government there, one of whose changes was the name. It's not uncommon. For example, this non-crank author does it.
And I seriously doubt "human rights groups" put "profiteering" on the same level as e.g. torture and racism. Where are the human rights protests over Microsoft?
Apology to Ubuntu forum.
Americans are protected by the constitution and a multitude of checks and balances.
You've got to be kidding. If the constitution was honored as intended by the founders, the US federal government would less than 1/10 the size it is today, measured both in revenue and power over the people.
As it stands, the US federal government is the most expensive, most powerful government and world empire this planet has ever seen. If the constitution were honored, that kind of growth wouldn't have been remotely possible.
Of course, the constitution is still good for one thing: lip service. And that's exactly what it gets.