Saturday, May 12, 2007

The troops and censorship

The only way to keep them fighting is to keep them ignorant, apparently. Take a look at part of an article I found on OpEdNews:

Starting May 14th, the Department of defense, citing security reasons, will block troop access to some of the most popular websites on the planet.
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The sites blocked include Myspace, Youtube, MTV, Blackplanet , photobucket, live365, hi5.com, pandora.com, 1.fm, and other sites.

The troops WILL be allowed to access the sites from home computers. But, since most troops on assignment in Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea, etc. are using DOD networks, they would not be allowed to use THEIR personal computers on DOD networks.

So. Those who are "fighting for freedom" have their freedom taken away. I wonder if anybody responsible for that decision is aware of the irony.

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