[governance] Bangladesh Govt blocks YouTube

[Chaitanya Dhareshwar]

Further it appears that although news coverage about this (on youtube) isnt
blocked, the original video itself is blocked in India. An amazing shift
from their "blanket ban" strategy.

-C

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:06 PM, Daniel Kalchev <daniel at digsys.bg> wrote:

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> On 18.09.12 17:59, Fahd A. Batayneh wrote:
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> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 11:34 PM, Daniel Kalchev <daniel at digsys.bg> wrote:
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>>  (snip)
>>
>>  I believe Google are just trying to save their business. You can't blame
>> them about this stance.
>>
>
> Saving their business must not be at the cost of any religion or social
> norm. More, it must not be at the cost of mocking religious figures who
> changed humanity with their message and beliefs.
>
>
> Imagine, that daily Google offends the religious beliefs of people they
> have never, ever heard of. Also imagine, that the beliefs of those who rule
> Google will likely not match yours or mine.
>
> We can claim anything we wish, but as long as we rely on Google for
> (whatever), we will be frustrated with their decisions, when they do not
> match ours.
>
> In the end, it seems that Google indeed restricted access to that
> particular video in certain countries. This costs them business. Like any
> enterprise they need to balance their business interests.
>
>
>   Would you accept anyone to "save their business" at the cost of
> depriving you of something that is owned by you?
>
>
> This happens all the day. Every day. I do not know about you, but I have
> learned to live with this reality and turn it the way I see fit. When
> someone tries to deprive me of something I believe is mine, I fight back --
> one way or another.
> But I also understand, that from time to time my decisions and actions
> might be considered the same way by someone else.
>
>
>
>
>>  Imagine, you post something, that someone who doesn't agree with you
>> claims is offensive to them. Should Google remove it? Why?
>>
>
> I would not wait for Google to remove, I will do it myself. Even better, I
> would not get myself into such a position by posting content that could
> offend someone.
>
>
> Maybe I wasn't clear. You post something. It offends John Doe. He doesn't
> know about you. You don't know about him. He knows Google and posts there.
> You know Google, you see the posting and complain. Google won't intervene.
> If you are not convinced John Doe is right, would you remove your very own
> posting? Why?
>
>
>
>  I happen to live in a country, that was subject to mass extinction for
>> half a millennium because of that same religion.
>>
>
> Do you mean the Persian empire? Or Andalus (Spain under the Arab rule)?
>
>
> I live in Bulgaria. I know the most typical answer, "it was old times,
> barbarian tribes, nobody knows now etc, so a different religion".
> Noticeable part of this country's population still suffers. I have my
> opinion on this and do not insist it be accepted by everyone. I also have
> no problem with anyone's religion --- as long as they stay out of my door.
> About history interpretation: I also lived trough the so called "communist
> regime" and the today's "democracy" -- this let me observe enough
> interpretations of history of all kinds -- most of them, pathetic at best.
>
> None of this has anything to do with the situation at hand, however.
>
> Daniel
>
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