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Pakistan Blocks YouTube

Posted by Soulskill on from the out-of-sight-out-of-mind dept.

Multiple readers have written to tell us of news that Pakistan has ordered its ISPs to block access to YouTube "for containing blasphemous web content/movies." This follows increasing unrest in Pakistan over a Danish newspaper's reprinting of cartoons which depict Islam in a less-than-favorable light. The cartoons also sparked controversy when they were first published a few years ago.

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  1. Hmm. by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I didn't know their public was even on the internet. I thought that was one of those countries where owning a modem was like a 5 year prison sentence.

    Oh well.

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  2. Crusader Wabbit by Harlem_Jackson · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    How long before the googles concede to the mussies? ...not too long

  3. Re:Screw Mohammed. by macdaddy357 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ha Ha! Those wacky Pakis. Will civilization ever be established in Muslim countries, or will they be savages forever?

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    How ya like dat?
  4. Re:Islam - Always Used to Getting its Own Way by Zollui · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No that's completely wrong. Christian fanatics today are incredibly violent and psychopathically extremist. They far excel even the worst of the Muslims in that regard. See this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owCXbDVTLRE