Gross, right? Now that I have your attention, I’d like to point you in the direction of Pakistan’s new list of banned words.
In fact, the list is so good that I’m going to risk my blog once again getting incorrectly categorized by content filters just so you can see the whole thing:
You’re welcome.
Now, if you want to do something about it, see Bytes For All’s excellent article on moral policing in Pakistan.
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Jillian C. York is Director for International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. She writes regularly about free expression, politics, and the Internet, with particular focus on the Arab world. She is on the Board of Directors of Global Voices Online, and has written for a variety of publications, including Al Jazeera, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, and Bloomberg. Views expressed on this blog belong to Jillian alone and do not represent her employers, past or present.
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21.11.2011Kofi Bosque-Hamilton
Wow – that is quite the thorough list – I tried busting it and I couldn’t – the folly with this though is swear words come out of nowhere so the committee has to be working round the clock to keep up – or they should probably just have an RSS feed of urban dictionary.
I have a question about the “Jesus Christ” – are they banning it for religious reasons or because it is used as a swear?
Well done Jillian – you’ve gotten your blog banned by Pakistan for ever :-)
28.11.2011Joseph Mornin
Somewhere, George Carlin is weeping tears of joy.