Ex-President Mr Cassam Uteem today proposed that access to the famous social network Facebook is to be blocked in Mauritius! He is requesting that the Information and Communication Technologies Authority blocks the general access across Mauritius until a message which apparently is against Islam is deleted from Facebook.
Well this is what we call, destroying a planet to eliminate a worm! For the fact, there are about 180000 Facebook users in Mauritius and Facebook receives a daily Mauritian access of around 75000 people. So basically Mr Cassam Uteem (with all respect we do have for him) is implying that we block access to Facebook so that all these Mauritians cannot use it until a silly message against Islam is removed.
We’ll dare to say this is RIDICULOUS Mr Cassam Uteem! We agree that the messages posted by a supposedly VOH Facebook group are really ugly and is an insult to the Islam religion. However, we can’t just go around and ban Facebook.
Yesterday some people complained about it to ICTA and a request to delete the page was sent to Facebook Headquarters.
While we do agree that the page consists of insults and unacceptable things, we can’t just go around and ask that the site’s access is denied to Mauritian! What’s the difference between Iran and Mauritius then? Any mature person will not access the Group’s page. So let those who wanna expressed themselves in a barbaric way do it among themselves. We all just have to avoid them. That’s all!
Now let me show you something. Yesterday a guy going by the name of Dawa Salafia contacted us through IC and asked if we can promote his “racist” video! Of course we will not, but just for the sake of this argument today we will give you the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4WtbyimshE
Now the video is implying that we should not vote. That we are going against the rule of God (according to the guy’s interpretation of Islam) and many other things. The guy is only looking for some fame by trying to manipulate people using Islam. So, what will Mr Casaam Uteem propose in this case? That we ban access to youtube too? Well if we have to act according to Mr Cassam Uteem opinion, then we will have to block Google too!
Think man.
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Tarun7
Ban camarades,moi mo en ti malbar mais mo vir r ban lascar,Pena voh ci ban lascar la envie la guere.
Believe me guys,zot forte!!!!
outofthecountry
i dnt even knw how i got here bt im glad i did.i LOL at Uteem right now.he cld hav jst reported it. mauritius is jst not wat i thought it was.political and racial monopoly are ruining the youth
husn
mo pense MR Cassam uteem ine 2mande pu fair sa pu empeche problem occurs between religions!parey kuma li ti fair pu la mort kaya mai bane imbecile pas comprend
Motwallib
Herezman, dan Maurice ena bann dimoun ki care pou nou larmoni, Mr Cassam ena raison, ces coumsamem ki enn lalit koumansey, mo koney difficile pou fer ferme facebook, ek eradic bann rasiste ek bann assouafey pouvoir ek granoir, mais lalit bizin kontiniey, tigit tigit bizin essay sange mantalitey dimoun, ena boukou kroyan dans Maurice “Sipozey”, bizin ran kont enn zour, si nou dir “Shiv” ti la en ce moman , ki li ti pou fer li, reflechi et aprey ou pou truvey ki bon ki pabon.
AAA
MR…..politic ek religion 2 zafaire different sa…..
politic vs escro/voleur
religion vs science
moi mo pas mtius-mais mo bien triste are seki p passer dans mtius…..dimoune nepli ena resper dans nou ti lile……muslim p call jihad……voh p rode laguer…
zot pas trouver nimport ki religion zot eter——nou tous mauritian
aster la…grow up…..religion la aussi…pas 100 percent vrai sa..science is the way…..
faany
Mo pli sure ki cassam uteem p demande la fermeture de sa ban groupe a base communale ou raciste contrairement a cette article ici ki faire etat ki li p demande block lacces complet a facebook pr tous les mauriciens! De plus aucun journal national evoque ce fait!
Je me demande alors ou avez vous entendu ou lu cette nouvelle pr en publier sur votre page?
Kurt Avish
Le Defimedia du 28 Avril 2010 and Radio.