Who misses freedom?

I do.



China has blocked YouTube. WHAT THE FUCK?????!!!!!

It was due to the protests in Lhasa, Tibet due to all of the human rights violations done by the Chinese government in the past 5o years. Finally that Tibet has done something and stood up for themselves, but came with the price. Chinese government, bitter and abusing power much? At least, tourists are allowed back in Tibet, but need a special pass to go there.

New York Times article about the situation with Tibet and YouTube:

"Because of Tibet, China Blocks YouTube"
By Mike Nizza
Dated March 17, 2009

"China’s efforts to tame protests in Tibet and possibly others in its own provinces has spread to the Web, following a familiar pattern that has once again raised a question posed by Seth Mydans of The New York Times during the crackdown in Myanmar:
[Can] the much-vaunted role of the Internet in undermining repression can stand up to a determined and ruthless government?
In both cases and others, an uprising began largely out of sight before spilling onto the Web in videos and images. Officials in Myanmar and China bother claimed that they were showing restraint while unconfirmed reports hinted at grim tolls.
In Myanmar’s case, a fleeing general’s claim of thousands of dead was never proven. The junta’s toll in October was 10, though no one’s been allowed to confirm that either.
Beijing said today that 16 have died in the protests so far, but a figure cited by exiles is five times that, according to the Times.
For those outside “Great Firewall of China” (who were unaffected by the blockade, unlike Pakistan’s recent gaffe that affected Web users worldwide), the Committee to Protect Bloggers has gathered many first-person videos from Tibet in a playlist on YouTube."