Banned in Pakistan

Banned in Pakistan email from YouTube

I received this email from YouTube over the weekend. At first I thought it was another malicious copyright or flagging strike but no, this one turns out to be different. Here’s the text (my highlights):

Regarding your account: Brian London

We have received a legal complaint regarding your video from the government. After review, the following video: Robert Spencer on Fox and Friends has been blocked from view on the following YouTube country site(s):
Pakistan

YouTube blocks content where necessary to comply with local laws. Please review our help center article on legal complaints.

Sincerely, 
The YouTube Team

YouTube email

This bit catches my eye: “We have received a legal complaint regarding your video from the government.”

THE GOVERNMENT?

Banned in Pakistan email from YouTube
Banned in Pakistan email from YouTube

Oh…. let me read on, this is from THE GOVERNMENT of Pakistan! Strange how it just reads “The Government” at the beginning though.

What we have here is Google/YouTube enforcing the censorship laws of an Islamic State (Pakistan) even though those laws should not apply to me or to Google. Google have chosen to be good Dhimmis, respecting the laws of superior Muslims.

The video itself, which I’ll embed below, is one of the very first clips I put on YouTube in 2006. I taped it off Fox News and it is Robert Spencer of JihadWatch and the most remarkable thing about it is how consistent Robert has been through the years. And right. He even talks about an Islamic State, long before what came to be known as ISIS or The Islamic State emerged in the ruins of Iraq and Syria.

Of course Robert doesn’t get booked on Fox and Friends these days: I guess the influence of Pakistan extends beyond YouTube.

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Making Lord of the Rings politically correct

This is a short segment from Shire Network News first broadcast in November 2006 just after the Democrats regained the upper hand in the US following the mid term elections in Bush’s second term. It is a parody speech from the Lord of the Rings talking about what would have happened had the armies for good been stopped before the final battle.

Oh how we foretold what the world would become when recording this more than a decade ago.

002 Podcast remembers episode 2 from 25 May 2005

Shire Network News Archive
Shire Network News Archive
002 Podcast remembers episode 2 from 25 May 2005
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This is the earliest episode of Shire Network News from Thomas Paine that still exists. Show notes have gone but the audio remains. This was first broadcast way back on 25th May, 2005

It’s time to own my work

For the longest time I’ve published all over the web, on social media sites and blogs I don’t directly own. Finally I’ve set up my own site. There’s a lot of cosmetic work to be done but it’s important to start. I’ll also be cross posting the content to the Steem blockchain for safe keeping.

Podcast explains why 5G with low latency and high capacity is such a revolution

Brian of London
Brian of London
Podcast explains why 5G with low latency and high capacity is such a revolution
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I’m doing a fair bit of testing as I set this site up.

5g Phone
5g Phone

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