"This site has been blocked due to content that is contrary to the
societal and cultural norms of the sultanate."
Hot diggidity damn. The above is
the message that a friend of mine who is teaching in Oman received when she
tried to access my blog today. I have been censored!
I would like to take this opportunity
to thank my good friends who have not only put up with my irreverent opinionated
views and verbal outbursts, but have actually encouraged them by not throwing
me to the ground and beating the shit out of me. I couldn't have done it without
them.
Oman thinks what I have written doesn't
coincide with the "societal and cultural norms of the sultanate"? And I haven't even posted the entries about
the transsexual orgies; the willful spreading of oral herpes simplex I, pink
eye, and free thinking by the Western expats; or that I allowed my UAE students
to listen to The Ramones one day when we were bored. "Rock and Roll High
School' was a HUGE hit! The contagious diseases, not so much.. But I think the
free thinking thingy might catch on.
Oh, and now that my friend can't
access my blog that means I can post about her all day long and she won't know
it. I can write about the night that she.... maybe I need to save that for
another entry. I have miles to write and more countries to be censored in before
I sleep.
No comments:
Post a Comment