Tunisia: a classic attempt at "mouse arrest"
"Tunisia's Tangled Web Is Sticking Point for Reform," by Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 25 June, p. A3.
Nice story about how Tunisian authorities block access to any website they consider subversive, meaning anything that questions the rule of the government. Tunisia pays lip service to the concepts of democratization since 9/11, but monitors email in a wonderfully Orwellian fashion.
Actually, I should complain. I can't tell you how many times I am blocked from accessing websites while at work at the college. My favorite bone-headed example? I am not allowed to visit any "hate sites."
Pretty logical huh? I work at the "war college," but I shouldn't visit any sites that have to do with "hate."
I dunno, maybe I should just focus on the "love" sites . . . oops! Those are off-limits too.
Geez! Tunisia's not looking half-bad when I think about it . . ..