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http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/04/06/turkey.youtube.ap/index.html

Welcome to the Information Age, Turkey. As several other countries are learning to their chagrin, you can't join the Information Age and expect to control the information. ;)

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/04/06/turkey.youtube.ap/index.html

Welcome to the Information Age, Turkey. As several other countries are learning to their chagrin, you can't join the Information Age and expect to control the information. ;)

Well, there's still The People's Republic of China who actually almost controls the flow of information, and yet,...

Well, there's still The People's Republic of China who actually almost controls the flow of information, and yet,...

they are also having a difficult time doing so.

Well, there's still The People's Republic of China who actually almost controls the flow of information, and yet,...

I've heard that they don't have anywhere near the kind of control they'd like the west to believe they have. *nod*

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/04/06/turkey.youtube.ap/index.html

Welcome to the Information Age, Turkey. As several other countries are learning to their chagrin, you can't join the Information Age and expect to control the information. ;)

Idiots.

The biggest improvement in our lives the Internet provides is freedom of expression/speech. These idiots that want to ban sites or certain aspects of the net are on the loosing end of the information battle. It surprises me that Turkey seems to be taking a step backwards.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/04/06/turkey.youtube.ap/index.html

Welcome to the Information Age, Turkey. As several other countries are learning to their chagrin, you can't join the Information Age and expect to control the information. ;)I know USAmericans don't mind if Washington or Jesus gets insulted, but Turks may have greater sensibilities about their nation as USAmericans have about theirs. Others still have things to be proud of... ;)

I know USAmericans don't mind if Washington or Jesus gets insulted, but Turks may have greater sensibilities about their nation as USAmericans have about theirs. Others still have things to be proud of... ;)

And I have things to say about Turkey.

The biggest improvement in our lives the Internet provides is freedom of expression/speech. These idiots that want to ban sites or certain aspects of the net are on the loosing end of the information battle. It surprises me that Turkey seems to be taking a step backwards.

Well said.

The biggest improvement in our lives the Internet provides is freedom of expression/speech. These idiots that want to ban sites or certain aspects of the net are on the loosing end of the information battle. It surprises me that Turkey seems to be taking a step backwards.

Ain't that the sad and sorry truth :(

I know USAmericans don't mind if Washington or Jesus gets insulted, but Turks may have greater sensibilities about their nation as USAmericans have about theirs. Others still have things to be proud of... ;)

I'm proud of free speech. :)

I've heard that they don't have anywhere near the kind of control they'd like the west to believe they have. *nod*

Well, I guess we'll just have to wait for somebody to post some real facts about this.

Well, I guess we'll just have to wait for somebody to post some real facts about this.

I can't. China is concealing them. ;)

Can anyone read this? If so, then why is a moderator approving all posts?

I'm proud of free speech. :)Is burning the US flag still punishable in the US?

Can anyone read this? If so, then why is a moderator approving all posts?

WTF? There's a moderator going over each and every post? Since when?

Can anyone read this? If so, then why is a moderator approving all posts?Known bug. Just go ahead.

Now they've banned YouTube also?!?!?!? *boycotts Turkey and Thailand until they revoke the ban and apologize*

WTF? There's a moderator going over each and every post? Since when?

I tried quoting someone and I got something that states that a mod was looking over it. weird.

Damn the Turks. They won't be able to block all information getting in.

anyone who attemts to censor the internet is an idiot for 2 reasons:

1) Censorship is wrong

2) The internet is far too large and dynamic for all of a certain website type to be blocked off successfully.

I know USAmericans don't mind if Washington or Jesus gets insulted, but Turks may have greater sensibilities about their nation as USAmericans have about theirs. Others still have things to be proud of... ;)

Or maybe Americans aren't so insecure? ;)

I'm quite proud of the UK, although I don't let my pride blind me to our faults. Despite this, I'll cheerfully defend anyone's right to insult or ridicule my country as long as they refrain from inciting violence or stirring up hatred.

I know USAmericans don't mind if Washington or Jesus gets insulted, but Turks may have greater sensibilities about their nation as USAmericans have about theirs. Others still have things to be proud of... ;)

Are you telling me that because we're not scared of having our founders insulted, we must be a WORSE country then Turkey? Because we're not insecure about our founding parental units?

Is burning the US flag still punishable in the US?

No, but it could be if you do it on someone else's property, or with someone elses flag.

Turkey is still a primitive military ruled country in many aspects,don't expect them to understand every aspect of more civilised countries.

Leves;12521306']Turkey is still a primitive military ruled country in many aspects,don't expect them to understand every aspect of more civilised countries.Without the military it would be another Islamic/Islamistic state.

Without the military it would be another Islamic/Islamistic state.

Actually they're a secular state populated mostly by Moslems.

Yet another reason that turkey does not belong in the EU.

Actually they're a secular state populated mostly by Moslems.And who keeps it secular?

WTF? There's a moderator going over each and every post? Since when?
The first of April. All of us regional mods have little windows popping up now and then saying "do you approve this?" and such.

Life's a bitch, eh?

Now they've banned YouTube also?!?!?!? *boycotts Turkey and Thailand until they revoke the ban and apologize*
...

OK, read the article a bit more... they revoked the ban within 2 days.

The first of April. All of us regional mods have little windows popping up now and then saying "do you approve this?" and such.

Life's a bitch, eh?

What do you mean by "us regional mods"? You ain't no mod. You aint got no avatar picture.

What do you mean by "us regional mods"? You ain't no mod. You aint got no avatar picture.
... on NS (the actual game) some of us were made regional mods.

Go figure. Note for when you read this - it's a lie.

And who keeps it secular?

Probably their unicameral parliament? I dunno, who keeps the US secular anyways? (as to "what" on both accounts I can safely say, it's their respective Constitutions).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secularism_in_Turkey

Are you telling me that because we're not scared of having our founders insulted, we must be a WORSE country then Turkey? Because we're not insecure about our founding parental units?

Apparently

... on NS (the actual game) some of us were made regional mods.

Go figure. Note for when you read this - it's a lie.

Weird.

Wait a sec, does the mean they'll censor Monty Python fan sites? (the Eric routine suggests Ataturk had an entire menagerie called Abdul). How sad! An entire nation, deprived of the comic genius that is Monty Python... :(

Is burning the US flag still punishable in the US?

It hasn't been punishable for nearly two decades...

you' know I once had a friend who was going to move to Turkey thank God shes too lazy :p

Turkey has been on my naughty list for awhile what with the domestic abuse rate through the roof and the idea that homosexuality is a mental illness but this takes the cake, first they start with censoring anti-state sites next its porn then NSG!

Without the military it would be another Islamic/Islamistic state.
Yes, Turkey is in a real pickle. On the one hand, the EU wants Islam's predominance in politics to be subdued. On the other, it believes the military is far too powerful. Too bad that the military is what keeps the country (semi) secular.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/04/06/turkey.youtube.ap/index.html

Welcome to the Information Age, Turkey. As several other countries are learning to their chagrin, you can't join the Information Age and expect to control the information. ;)


ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- A parliamentary commission approved a proposal Thursday allowing Turkey to block Web sites that are deemed insulting to the founder of modern Turkey, weeks after a Turkish court temporarily barred access to YouTube.

It is illegal in Turkey to talk of breaking up the state or to insult Ataturk, the revered founder of modern Turkey whose image graces every denomination of currency and whose portrait hangs in nearly all government offices.

so....
Atturk was an idiot
and
Long live the break away state of Kurdistan!

Guess NS is banned in turkey in the near future.
Actually come to think of it this forum must be banned in a few countries already....