Bahrainblogs.org Blocked by the Ministry of Information

Bahrainblogs.org, the aggregator which brings together Bahraini blogs under one roof, is the latest victim of the Ministry of Information's vicious attack on the Internet and closing up all venues of free expression which they cannot control. 

Am I outraged? No. Not anymore. You want to play that game? Fine. Go for it. But before you continue with this child play, please remember that efforts to fight filtering and censorship are a step ahead in the game. Anything you censor and block, can be opened and read, circulated and spread, with or without your blessings. And this isn't a challenge. This is common sense: You have chosen to hide something. You have elected to cover it with a shroud - and it is something which isn't dead. It will struggle to break free from the shackles and people will be curious to see what is it exactly that you are trying to hide. Never mind not many will ask why, because why isn't a question we are allowed to ask, given all the freedoms we enjoy. Besides, we don't deserve an explanation. Never have. Never will. 

Now that you have blocked Bahrainblogs.org, a service run by a blogger, paid for from his own pocket, effort and time, to create a one-stop shop for all Bahraini blogs, do you think you have stopped the rest of the world, or people from Bahrain for that matter, from accessing this site? 

Thank you Ministry of Information for the free publicity that Bahrainblogs.com will now get around the world! You just made my day! 

Further reading: Dissent made safer 

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