PLUS communist People's Republic of China, the government controls the internet
> I'm just saying how bad censorship is..
> > I know where you live. So why are you complaining about censorship when it doesn't even affect you? It's mostly only the religious-run countries which bother with censorship anyway. The Governments want complete control over their ppl.
> > > I live in America. There is no internet censorship here.
> > > practically every business here monitors web usage
> > > > > businesses can set up censorship for their workers, and they can monitor the web traffic. parents can put software on their young children's computers to censor pages.
> > > > Businesses may not want the extra hassle of having to montior their employee's surf-time. But they can indeed do this.
> > > > So what sort of sites do you think should not be censored which you have failed to access then?
> > > > > > > ... and this page isn't one of them, godwin
> > > > > > > if you go to an obscene site by accident, just close it, or hit back. don't look at what you don't want to see on the net. censorship is stupid.
> > > > > > Godwin isn't complaining about the page, he's just explaining censorship.
> > > > > > Some countries forbid certain information completely. Their ppl are simply not allowed to view such stuff, or they would be arrested. And the more extreme countries would have them executed. So censorship protects these ppl from inadvertently visiting such sites. Also, young children really shouldn't see a lot of what's out there, so again censorship is good. And at work in the office. Without censorship, ppl could be viewing porn when they should be working, wasting money for the company they work for. Although censorship can go a little OTT and block an entire website just because the first few lines on the main page contains the word pussy (quite innocently reffering to a cat)
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.somethingawful.com/jeffk/intarnetguido/
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ROFLMFAO!!!
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > damn, jabbascript lol
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > damn! what the hell is there!? this country i'm in won't let me see it!
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > it's a guide to the internet
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > your country censors pages?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > yah all muslim countries have censorship i think. they can block you from seeing a website if they want.
> > > > > > > > > > > > WTF do u mean by that!?
> > > > > > > > > > > if you try to go to a website that the authorities here don't want you to see then instead of the website popping up in your browser a page will come saying that this site is a blocked site and access to it is denied by Emirates Internet which is the ISP for the United Arab Emirates. It's called a firewall or proxy i think.
> > > > > > > > > > > I'm in Dubai which is a city in the United Arab Emirates which is a country next to Saudi Arabia. Dubai is the most modernized arab city and is the most welcoming to foreigners, but it has censorship. TV, cinema, books, magazines, tapes, DVD, and internet are all screened and can be either censored or banned by the authorities. i think perhaps the only thing which is not censored are computer and video games. for example, Carmageddon was not censored here while in London it was. examples of things which i found were totally banned were the movie American Pie and the South Park movie and series. Also websites that are hosted in Israel meaning any site ending with .il in their address is banned. also anyone with an Israeli stamp in their passport (meaning anyone who once visited Israel) is banned from the country and it has been known to happen in certain countries that these people are escorted back to a plane at gunpoint even if they are not Israeli or jewish.
> > > > > > > > > > > > and define muslim country...
> > > > > > > > > > > > damn...
> > > > > > > > > > > muslim country meaning populated mostly by muslims or with a muslim ruler. examples of muslim countries are United Arab Emirates, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Pakistan, Afghanistan.
> > > > > > > > > > WOW!!!!! Muslims nations don't like Israelis?!?
> > > > > > > > > > Now there's something new LOL
> > > > > > > > > > Unfortunatly I am reminded of that in every time a bomb sets off in my city... :(
> > > > > > > > > > That's right, I live in Jerusalem. :(
> > > > > > > > > > But really now, I didn't know some of that stuff..
> > > > > > > > > I think it's banned cuz of curse words...
> > > > > > > > > But who knows..
> > > > > > > > its to protect the pple or whatever, becuase it is true that there is quite alot of obscene stuff on the net