[89297] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: AW: Italy orders ISPs to block sites
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Waters)
Tue Mar 7 03:50:12 2006
From: Simon Waters <simonw@zynet.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 08:48:39 +0000
In-Reply-To: <023901c641be$ff9c8fc0$6f00a8c0@tigerteam2>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Tuesday 07 Mar 2006 08:13, you wrote:
>
> I understand, that from an American point of view this kind of restriction
> looks strange and is against your act of freedom, however here in Europe
> gambling is a state controlled business that supports the state economy and
> in most European countries gambling outside state controlled casinos is
> simply illegal and forbidden by law.
Nah the US has strict rules on gambling it is the chosen method of
enforcement.
If I were the gambling sites, I'd stick up a loads of political commentary on
the corruption of the Italian Prime minister, and claim political censorship,
suddenly all the edges blur.
