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Pakistan bans YouTube, Facebook in crackdown on 'Draw Muhammad Day'

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[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0qA0QK8LsU"]YouTube- Pakistan bans YouTube, Facebook in crackdown on 'Draw Muhammad Day'[/nomedia]

RussiaToday said:
Hundreds of people have gone out in the streets in Pakistan's major cities in support of the government's crackdown on 'sacrilegious' Internet content. Access to YouTube and Facebook has been blocked in the country amid anger over a Facebook page which posted Prophet Muhammad images.
 
Well what do you expect.
 
I'm shocked. This caught me totally by surprise. I would have never thought that they would do something so..... well, radical.
 
What do you expect? :roll:

I expect superstitious totalitarians to act like superstitious totalitarians and limit the free expression of ideas.
 
I'm shocked. This caught me totally by surprise. I would have never thought that they would do something so..... well, radical.

You think Pakistan is governed by Islamic radicals:lol:
 
You think Pakistan is governed by Islamic radicals:lol:

Pretty much. The only reason they even tolerate us is as a diplomatic buffer with India.
 
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