same was the case in lbsce kasaragod..... orkut and sites related to cricket or football were blocked using some firewall....
but now net is accessible to all students via wifi 24x7 and no site restrictions...... On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Santhosh Thottingal <[email protected]>wrote: > > > http://polishlinux.org/gnu/richard-stallman-on-isp-filtering-and-censorship/ > Read the comments also... > Many IT companies of India decide what sites their employees are > allowed to visit. Many educational institutes also follow same > practice. > > RMS: " I am against all censorship, because censorship is the tool of > tyrants. However, blocking certain network protocols is not exactly > censorship — it is a different kind of injustice. > Whereas censorship attacks the freedom of expression, the blocking of > these protocols attacks the freedom to share and the freedom to > communicate." > > From a comment in that link: > "Look, I can buy a kitchen knife. Then I surely can backstab someone > with it and kill someone with it. This will be clearly illegal action > and I have to be jailed, etc. But does this means that kitchen knives > should be forbidden or restricted for sale (as most dangerous weapons > and radioactive materials for example)? Surely not! So you can come on > and buy kitchen knife. Even if you can use it to backstab someone > later." > > -Santhosh > > > > -- junise safvan project guidance on vhdl, image processing, embedded system designing etc --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For details visit the website: www.ilug-tvm.org or the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
