tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749590.post115318992657003607..comments2023-11-27T15:39:10.408+05:30Comments on Ram Viswanathan: India Blocks BlogsRam Viswanathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14505725596819403724noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749590.post-1153292126954267432006-07-19T12:25:00.000+05:302006-07-19T12:25:00.000+05:30When have the communicated anything properly that ...When have the communicated anything properly that u expect them to do so now. Especially to crowd that doesn't number more than 5000 at the most.<BR/><BR/>I have a lot of friends who work in India, none of them have even heard of blogger.com.Karthik Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708889941523477552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749590.post-1153290886832538042006-07-19T12:04:00.000+05:302006-07-19T12:04:00.000+05:30The point is we really do not know what happened. ...The point is we really do not know what happened. On the outside all the bloggers from India are unable to access blogger. <BR/><BR/>What was the directive from the Govt ? How did the ISPs implement it ? etc are big unknowns. <BR/><BR/>To call it curtailing of freedom of speech is an extreme. Curtailing freedom of speech is when a selective population is muzzled. Here everyone in India cannot access blogger.com. You just happened to use it and feel the effect.<BR/><BR/>Even Kiran Karnik says that the center wanted to block out (not ban) certain blog sites.... Which tells me that the center never wanted to ban entire blogger.com.<BR/><BR/>Why is no one even acknowledging the fact that the ISPs could have over reacted ?Karthik Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708889941523477552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749590.post-1153286799858386542006-07-19T10:56:00.000+05:302006-07-19T10:56:00.000+05:30KarthikIf India is serious about catching the bad ...Karthik<BR/><BR/>If India is serious about catching the bad guys.. this is certainly not the way to do it.. Do you seriously believe that by blocking few sites.. India can clip the wings of the 'bad' guys? These guys will just find another way to do their stuff..<BR/><BR/>Let me quote Kiran Karnik on this issue.. NASSCOM President Kiran Karnik, told PTI that the Centre's decision to block out some blogsites was "neither desirable not feasible."<BR/><BR/>What is even more annoying is the fact that no responsisble Govt. official has come forward to set the record straight..Ram Viswanathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505725596819403724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749590.post-1153285825958836812006-07-19T10:40:00.000+05:302006-07-19T10:40:00.000+05:30Here's a news article from ToI"http://timesofindia...Here's a news article from ToI<BR/><BR/>"http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1773589.cms?headline=No~way~you~can~block~blogs!"<BR/><BR/>Quoting relevant portions of it..<BR/>"<BR/> By Tuesday, it became clear that the government had in fact asked for all of Blogspot to be blocked. As things turned out, it was an obscure blog on the Blogspot network that government was targeting as part of its regular drive at censoring unpleasant voices.<BR/><BR/>Internet Service Providers who received the directive, though, simply banned the entire network. Fortunately, technology can circumvent censorship....."Karthik Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708889941523477552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749590.post-1153285041864536152006-07-19T10:27:00.000+05:302006-07-19T10:27:00.000+05:30If u can post and not view it, then may be they ar...If u can post and not view it, then may be they are allowing the terrorists to send out information but not receive it :-0).<BR/><BR/>Now Ram, tell me if you start www.ramvishwanath.com and start ur blogging will the govt. block it ?<BR/><BR/>Don't u see a difference between censorship and blocking of websites to track terrorists ?<BR/><BR/>Can u print ur views in leaflets and distribute it in India ? Can u write ur views to newspapers ? Are ur letters being opened and read in post offices.<BR/><BR/>Censorship is too strong a word here IMO.Karthik Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708889941523477552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749590.post-1153190974140221802006-07-18T08:19:00.000+05:302006-07-18T08:19:00.000+05:30Ram, please let us not jump the gun. Mutiny.in say...Ram, please let us not jump the gun. Mutiny.in says Govt. Instructed the ISPs to control access to certain blogs. I urge restraint on Indian bloggers part before we cry censorship and china comparisons.<BR/><BR/>My thoughts here <BR/>http://mufasasden.blogspot.com/2006/07/pissed-at-indian-bloggers.htmlKarthik Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708889941523477552noreply@blogger.com