sealadaigh
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I've got news for you. There is no freedom of expression anywhere in Asia save Israel who'se mind-set was formed in Europe when it was established. Israel is a Western Outpost surrounded in an undeveoped region called the third world.Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas closed the offices of three media companies, including the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television and Palestinian news agency Maan, on Thursday, employees and a Hamas spokesman said.
Hamas Attorney General Ismail Jaber told The Associated Press Thursday that he closed the Gaza Strip bureaus of satellite channel Al Arabiya and West Bank-based outlet Maan because they "spread fabricated rumors" that "harm the Palestinian national interest and resistance movements."
Al Arabiya and Maan employees said Hamas security men had arrived at their offices with an order from the attorney general to shut down immediately and a Hamas spokesman said the step was temporary, until an investigation was concluded.
"The attorney general received complaints, including from the Ministry of Information, that Al Arabiya and Maan reported false news, fabrications and lies," said Hamas government spokesman Ehab al-Ghsain.
Ghsain did not single out any news reports, but Hamas officials have in the past few days criticised coverage by Al Arabiya and Maan of the Islamist group's tense relations with Egypt's new rulers as "damaging" to the Palestinian people.
Hamas closes 2 media offices in Gaza for criticism - Israel News, Ynetnews
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Western Values here are seen as obscene. Get used to it. The only hope to change these values is to support Democracies which foster self expression.
and this is somehow a selling point?
perhaps western values are seen as obscene, in part, because western powers and corporations have very unfortunately acted out of an obscene self interest in that part of the world.
it would be hard not to be a third world country when the labour forces in these countries has been exploited, and often to the detriment of our own labour force.
what kind of self expression do you expect from a 12 y.o. who works ten hour or more days in a sweatshop.