All of a sudden I can’t access YouTube. Everything else seems fine, Napster is streaming ok, other websites are ok, Skype’s ok - but no YouTube. The tracert stalls at the sixth hop. Strange. Friends seem to have no problems so it seems like it’s just me.

Oh and the people of Pakistan.

From the BBC News website

Its telecommunications authority ordered internet service providers to block the site until further notice.

Reports said the content included Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad that have outraged many.

But one report said a trailer for a forthcoming film by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, which portrays Islam in a negative light, was behind the ban.

They don’t seem to like this kind of thing very much.

Luckily Pakistanis can get still get their fix of Pat Condell on Liveleak.

Tags: freedom from religion, islam

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