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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. Re:WHY IS THIS IN POLITICS????!!! by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's cause we own the middle east.

    They just dont know it ;)

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  2. Re:WHY IS THIS IN POLITICS????!!! by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's no need to get all religious about it. ;-)

  3. mTube by pha7boy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Welcome to mTube. To upload videos, please make sure that all models are wearing mTube approved burqas. Religious discussion are to adhere to Quran aproved topics. For information on how to carry out stoning, please see the miscellaneous section.

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    -- All this knowledge is giving me a raging brainer.
  4. Re:Lets bring these people up to speed by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 3, Funny

    We really need to bring these people up to speed with the 21st century. What's the best way to do it? Three weeks of heavy meteorite bombardment followed by moving in a new population of sane people.
  5. Re:God by Knave75 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Doesn't religious persecution tend to kill the moderates and breed more radicals?

    It is true, I used to be a moderate secularist, but now I'm a rabid and radical anti-religion zealot.