Jubilant Zam Wants Porno Sites Banned Next. Blog Restriction Can't Be Far Behind

"If the Multimedia Commission can stop the illegal investment website via the Internet, why can't similar action be taken against the pornographic website which is becoming more rampant," asks Lord Zam, Darth Vader of the Information Darkside.

Frankly I had expected something like this from Zam sooner or later, but our info dictator believes in striking while the censorship iron is hot and fired his first salvo real quick. Oh and he's a smart cat. Instead of directing his ire at his pet hate, the internet media and blogs, he uses porno websites as a stepping stone. After all who would publicly declare that porno sites are absolutely essential, and more importantly how many people will openly support these sites and demand that they be left untouched?

Therefore it is only a matter of time before these are closed to Malaysian surfers. But what about the "no censorship" pledge given prior to the establishing of the MSC? Zam's logic is probably, "when even the MSC has not really taken off, why bother about a small matter like an assurance/promise? After all it is in the national interest and the good of the rakyat."

The next logical move that our intolerant Lord will make is to justify the banning/censoring/closing down of 'dangerous, subversive, anti-nationalistic, anti-government and opposition controlled' blogs. He would create a media hoo-haa along with like-minded dunderheads, of whom there are aplenty in Umno, on grounds of insult, injury and affront to 'bangsa, agama dan negara'. Those magic words should gain him some measure of support from the less literate groups on the ground. From that point on, it will be a war of wills between the resoluteness of bloggers on one side and the innate intolerance to free speech of this government, especially its Information dictator-in-chief, Lord Zainuddin Maidin, on the other.

If he gets his way, a few years down the road, the only Malaysian websites you can see would be an internet version of RTM 1. There will be thousands of blogs praising the munificence and benevolence of the government, some websites highlighting Islam Hadhari, a few hundred sites on Umno's continuing 'struggle' and also its role in achieving Merdeka, maybe a few government approved business websites selling baju kurung online and perhaps one or two on Lord Zam's ancestral hometown near the Malabar coast. Now THAT would be really semuanya OK in Zam's book.

Read of Lord Zam's fire and brimstone tirade HERE.
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