Pitiful !
It says : " We apologize the site that you are attempting to visit has been blocked due to its content being inconsistent with the religious, cultural, political and moral values of the United Arab Emirates "
I say : " inconsistent - my ass "
How disgusting and painfully sad this is. tch tch tch
Just a fine example of why i feel so creatively stiffled by this country and its policies. Doesn't the the 'Big E' realize that there are much more clever ways of finding nudity if one needs to find some and that blanket blocking sites such as flickr.com does not at all offer a solution to the problem. If the 'higher ups' were realllly so concerned about 'practices' that were so inconsistent with religious, cultural, political and moral values of the country - does it not make more sense to go out and clear the streets and dodgy nightclubs around town first !!!? pitiful !
Earlier this year, E blocked out 'friendster.com' apparently because it encouraged 'dating' ... hmmm... yea right !! you heard me ! 'DATING aint allowed here' hmm so let me get this right - One is allowed to go and pick up a tight skirt russian or a filipina or both from the cyclone parking lot, but you aren't allowed to 'date' .... pitiful !
I wouldnt be surprised if every single blog and other blog engines of the likes of blogger and livejournal too get blocked out soon ..... pitiful !
June 30th, 2005 - 16:44
Yes I’ve had about enough of Big Golf Balls too. Do you know they’ve blocked the site of Clickatell, a company who sell bulk SMS services. And why is it blocked? Because it is operating (from another country, serving a global market) in competition with BGBs own bulk SMS offering. That;s all. Now that BGB no longer has a monopoly, this kind of idiocy needs to be stopped. Skype also.
Grrrr.
June 30th, 2005 - 17:41
BGB SUCKS !!
your’e right – this kind of idiocy has been absolutely ridiculous!
Skype still works though .. does it not ?? its just the site thats blocked… no ??