Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Secret Dubai Diary

Any time you want to push something forward, ban it!

Apparently, Etisalat (the UAE's sole telecom provider at the moment) has blocked access to this site: http://secretdubai.blogspot.com/ perhaps it delves into deeper, murkier waters of the Dubai social structure..

I read this in a local public newspaper...

hmmm... it saddens me, cause there is so much good and so much freedom of expression that something like this is more of an annoyance.

Etisalat had also at some point blocked a dictionary site and a translation site... go figure! At one point it took me TEN DAYS of pleading for them to block a site that showed pictures of a couple who had killed their plumber and decapitated him. they had posted those pics on this particular sitee. TEN DAYS! I coundln't access an online dictionary nor a translation site.

Perhaps it's a relapse. 'Cause there is are a lot of liberties here that are taken for granted, so it's a shame that this shouldd happen.

Does that mean if they read this, they'll block my blog? I wonder...

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