Part of the reason why I read this list is to put me in contact with other folks around the world. While I like the atmosphere of a friendly 'Pentax Pub', I do want to hear about politics and religion on occasion. When my country is doing stupid or silly things, I think that's fair game for a comment or two. When my opinions show that I've got my head wedged up my nether regions, I hope somebody will tell me. I don't want to start big flame wars on politics or religion, but the article below makes some excellent points with regard to the current election unrest in Iran. You can censor new sources and you can censor focused efforts, but you can't break up old, established internet friends. Be it Rugby, or Kittens, or Photography, this is how information can get out. I'd like to keep that going... Regards, Bob S.
TECHNOLOGY / INTERNET from the NYTimes | June 22, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/technology/internet/22link.html?emc=eta1 Link by Link: As Blogs Are Censored, It's Kittens to the Rescue By NOAM COHEN Totalitarian governments are unlikely to cut off sites like Blogspot that host innocuous content alongside political speech. -more- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
