RE: Afghanistan

["Hallgren, Michael" <michael.hallgren () Teleglobe com>]

> At 11:43 AM 9/18/2001 -0500, Basil Kruglov wrote:
>  >
>  >On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 12:23:58PM -0400, Smith, Rick wrote:
>  >> Has anyone started to deny all traffic to/from Afghanistan ?
>  >>
>  >> Wouldn't that be worth it ?
>  >>
>  >> Or did I miss that post?
>  >
>  >Do they even have Internet?
>  >
>  >http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/af.html
>  >Internet Service Providers (ISPs): NA
>
> It is my understanding that the free flow of ideas and 
> discussion of same 
> is detrimental to an extremist or dictatorial government.  
> Such governments 
> rarely (ever?) survive open discussions and flow of ideas.
>
> Either that, or their beliefs are so strongly held, so pure, 
> so obvious 
> that other ideas / beliefs need not even be examined.  
> Apparently the "boys 
> and girls" are simply told what to believe, and the reasoning 
> behind or, or 
> counter arguments to it, are irrelevant.  No discussion or 
> substantiation 
> is necessary, "people with clue" told them so.
>
>
> I vote for #1.  What does the rest of NANOG think?

#1, (provided the open minded people over there do enjoy access to
such a free flow of information, something I can't tell from my
horizon.)


mh

>  >-Basil
>
> --
> TTFN,
> patrick