Pakistan bans YouTube

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Whilst reading the good ole Yorkshire Post with my morning coffee and toast I read a snippet of news about how the country Pakistan (that’s right the entire country) has banned the use of video sharing network YouTube. The government has banned access to the site because it contains ‘anti Islamic’ movies. Whilst I do not agree with slander, whatever happened to the right of free expression? And isn’t the whole point of religion that you choose to believe despite what anyone else has to say? Having faith in something and living a life by that belief should be a choice rather than enforcement and does banning something not make it more desired? I ask myself what is the government afraid of? That when people see these movies they will suddenly turn against the Islamic religion? What little faith the government has in its people.

I understand that some videos may be offensive to the Islamic religion but there are lots of videos on YouTube that I do not agree with, but I simply choose not to view them. It is surprising that in this democratic country where recent elections spurred hopes for change and development that the government has been so closed minded about an Internet revolution that is taking the world by storm. By banning the site, a taboo will be generated around these videos and they will ironically end up with more views than if they had never been mentioned in the first place.