How To Turn Kuwaiti Youth Into Law Breakers:
Lord, have mercy! Who doesn’t know that the quickest way to get young people to want to read a book or watch a movie is to BAN it?? It’s just human nature! So you take smart, tech-savvy young people and FORBID them to watch YouTube, or hey! even better – block it – and watch how fast they find a way around every attempt to block it.
There are a lot of sayings that come to mind – like “That train done left the station” or “Like getting ketchup back in the bottle” – you might as well ban water from running downhill.
Lawyer to file case against ministry over failure to ban YouTube
Al Watan staff
and agencies
KUWAIT: A leading Kuwaiti lawyer Mubarak AlـTasha has said that he intends to file a case against the Ministry of Information for not blocking the Web site YouTube or at least blocking infamous clips that are considered as insulting to Islam and the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH).
The lawyer said that since the ministry failed to carry out its promises, a law suit will be filed against it in order to ensure that this is legally binding, and added that the Kuwaiti Constitution protects freedom of expression, press and publication however such freedoms should not in any way insult Islam.
He added that the State needs to uphold the Constitution and respect it since law 70/2002 issued by the Information Ministry states that internet providers should not promote or encourage pornographic, indecent and antiـIslamic material.
A few months ago local newspapers reported that the ministry ordered local Internet service providers to block the Web site over clips that could offend Muslims.
“Since the Web site displays the Quran in the form of songs sung with the oud … and displays disrespectful pictures of the Prophet Mohammed … please proceed with immediate effect in blocking the Web site http://www.youtube.com,” read a copy of a memo obtained by Reuters.
However, following the circulation of this memo, the ministry went back on its decision and the site was subsequently not banned.
Last updated on Monday 24/11/2008
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What’s he still doing checking YouTube if he knows those “offensive” clips may still be there?? If something offends you or upsets you then just avoid it! You don’t like YouTube? Stop using it! Don’t deprive the country because of it! It’s beyond ridiculous. I honestly don’t know how those people think.
Yes, in the current book fair I didn’t buy anything. I have a feeling that any book that is being sold at the fair means that it is not banned by the ministry. And If a book is not banned by the ministry, then it means it is not worth reading.
I simply go to the fair to find out what is banned. Then I buy the banned book from outside the country.
Smart guy….. *smacks forehead*
Whats ‘indecent’ ??!
Are our blogs indecent? Or all of blogspot or wordpress?? Or CNN or MSN?? What about chats?! What about most of todays music?
Who the hell is deciding whats indecent and whats not??
And why would I need to listen to him??
Hey … got an idea!!
Why don’t they cut off the Internet / western TV and Radio and so forth??
Rather have a INTERNnet and only local hallal entertainment!
Ohhh wait … then they don’t make money with the hollywood film rights anymore … I should think things thru first before speaking out loud … 🙂
The govt. of Kuwait can ask Google to block/remove certain videos offensive to its people. Why do they have to block the whole site ?
Sorry to double post.. the same goes for VOIP, i mean c’mon everyone uses Skype to communicate with friends and family. Just coz the govt cant control they would prefer to ban it. Very mature 😛
There are countries where they have succeeded in turning the clock back . . . Iran . . . Afghanistan . . . It’s very difficult to hold back the flood of time as it races forward.