Hit your kid to punish your enemy
When I was in sixth class, a Chettiar family lived next door. Husband, wife, and a kid. He was a bright kid all right, but he was always nervous. The kid's mother fought with everyone: the ghee vendor, the newspaper guy, the neighbors, her husband, the ration shop clerk... and she always vented her anger by beating the sh*t out of her kid.
what aachi, where is the payment? It's been two months!' The ghee vendor would scream, standing outside her door.
She would storm into her house, a mighty frown creasing her turmeric laden face. The kid would be sleeping, as he would be tired after eight hours of school. She would drag the frail boy out. Make him take off his shirt and she would start slapping him (sometimes she used a cane too) all over his dark, hairy body. Yeah, the kid was hairy trust me. The ghee vendor would leave in exasperation.
That is exactly what our government is doing. Husbands are cheating on their wives? Ban the dance bars. Terrorist strike? Ban blogs. No sh*t.
Blogspot is still being blocked by many ISPs. I use BSNL at home and I could access blogspot sites. At work, however, I am not able to access blogspot. Probably we don't use BSNL. A Financial Express article claims that the Indian government ordered ISPs to block the following sites:
�? hinduunity.org
�? hinduhumanrights.org
�? princesskimberley.com
�? bloodspot.com
�? dalitstan.org
�? clickatell.com
�? blogspot.com
�? geocities.com
�? typepad.com
Some influential voices think that these kind of measures are required to nullify the schemes of terrorists. Who said we are a soft state? Look at what we did now. Ha. I think we need to shut down web mail too so that they can't e-mail each other. And, and, um shut down mobile phone networks (oh well, they ban themselves anyway during emergencies and call it 'high traffic')? Shut down all TV channels? Shut down radio? Stop all flight, train services? Rename our country to China? No, let's call ourselves Pakistan, what say? That will confuse the terrorists too. They will be confused between Pakistan and Pakistan. 'Um, which one is giving us the Lamb chops and the dough? Is it Pak or is it Pak?'
what aachi, where is the payment? It's been two months!' The ghee vendor would scream, standing outside her door.
She would storm into her house, a mighty frown creasing her turmeric laden face. The kid would be sleeping, as he would be tired after eight hours of school. She would drag the frail boy out. Make him take off his shirt and she would start slapping him (sometimes she used a cane too) all over his dark, hairy body. Yeah, the kid was hairy trust me. The ghee vendor would leave in exasperation.
That is exactly what our government is doing. Husbands are cheating on their wives? Ban the dance bars. Terrorist strike? Ban blogs. No sh*t.
Blogspot is still being blocked by many ISPs. I use BSNL at home and I could access blogspot sites. At work, however, I am not able to access blogspot. Probably we don't use BSNL. A Financial Express article claims that the Indian government ordered ISPs to block the following sites:
�? hinduunity.org
�? hinduhumanrights.org
�? princesskimberley.com
�? bloodspot.com
�? dalitstan.org
�? clickatell.com
�? blogspot.com
�? geocities.com
�? typepad.com
Some influential voices think that these kind of measures are required to nullify the schemes of terrorists. Who said we are a soft state? Look at what we did now. Ha. I think we need to shut down web mail too so that they can't e-mail each other. And, and, um shut down mobile phone networks (oh well, they ban themselves anyway during emergencies and call it 'high traffic')? Shut down all TV channels? Shut down radio? Stop all flight, train services? Rename our country to China? No, let's call ourselves Pakistan, what say? That will confuse the terrorists too. They will be confused between Pakistan and Pakistan. 'Um, which one is giving us the Lamb chops and the dough? Is it Pak or is it Pak?'
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5 Comments:
I really friggin dont believe this shit.I think its time we at The Torpedo stopped saying its a free country.
hahahahaha ... ive been breaking my head all morn to figure out what was going on ..
&^**(*%$ bizarre!!
thanks
I hope they unblock the sites. This is a serious issue. However, you can access any blogspot blog using http://pkblogs.com He he. If they block pkblogs, there will always be something else. Internet is truly a free country.
seriously these guys have lost their brains. All that has happened is roused people's curiosity and driven traffic to the banned websites.
What sense does it make to ban a website in such a manner that a large number of people get galvanised (because of the ban) and find out which are the sites that are banned.
Obviously being tech savy these people can in just 5 minutes get to the banned websites and satisfy all their curiosity.
Right now, "dalitistan" or "hinduunity" is perhaps some of the most popularly searched phrases.
Its just a diversion from massive blunders the govt. has done in letting terrorism flourish in the first place.
vasu
Strong measures are not popular, since they display some sort of totalitarian approach that is what I think is mostly feared by the governing authorities of western democracies. But personally I think that what is needed to send a trully strong message withour any look around. To protect ourselves we do not need to look nice, but we need to be decisive in measures taken.
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