Comments on: Censorship of LIRNEasia book gets media coverage http://lirneasia.net/2008/03/censorship-of-lirneasia-book-gets-media-coverage/ a regional ICT policy and regulation think tank active across the Asia Pacific Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:47:25 +0530 hourly 1 By: zzainudeen http://lirneasia.net/2008/03/censorship-of-lirneasia-book-gets-media-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-9592 zzainudeen Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:33:58 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2008/03/censorship-of-lirneasia-book-gets-media-coverage/#comment-9592 One more: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41731 One more: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41731

]]> By: samarajiva http://lirneasia.net/2008/03/censorship-of-lirneasia-book-gets-media-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-9588 samarajiva Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:55:08 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2008/03/censorship-of-lirneasia-book-gets-media-coverage/#comment-9588 More coverage: http://www.lakbimanews.lk/special/spe3.htm More coverage: http://www.lakbimanews.lk/special/spe3.htm

]]> By: lol http://lirneasia.net/2008/03/censorship-of-lirneasia-book-gets-media-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-9584 lol Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:40:28 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2008/03/censorship-of-lirneasia-book-gets-media-coverage/#comment-9584 This is hilarious. This is hilarious.

]]> By: Hem and Haw http://lirneasia.net/2008/03/censorship-of-lirneasia-book-gets-media-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-9587 Hem and Haw Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:42:53 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2008/03/censorship-of-lirneasia-book-gets-media-coverage/#comment-9587 why not published it in Tamil. The custom officer will have to learn Tamil from grade one by the time he finish reading the book the contents will be out dated and we will be moved to a different planet why not published it in Tamil. The custom officer will have to learn Tamil from grade one by the time he finish reading the book the contents will be out dated and we will be moved to a different planet

]]> By: Customs Officer http://lirneasia.net/2008/03/censorship-of-lirneasia-book-gets-media-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-9585 Customs Officer Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:52:44 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2008/03/censorship-of-lirneasia-book-gets-media-coverage/#comment-9585 You are wrong. We are not stupid to read every book. We just wanted to read one copy but as you can understand, it takes time to get it translated to Sinhala. Our boss does not know English, so you have to wait till the translations come. If you feel so sorry for us, publish your next book in Sinhala. Then we can release it quickly too. (I thank my eight year old son for posting this comment for me.) You are wrong. We are not stupid to read every book. We just wanted to read one copy but as you can understand, it takes time to get it translated to Sinhala. Our boss does not know English, so you have to wait till the translations come.

If you feel so sorry for us, publish your next book in Sinhala. Then we can release it quickly too.

(I thank my eight year old son for posting this comment for me.)

]]> By: samarajiva http://lirneasia.net/2008/03/censorship-of-lirneasia-book-gets-media-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-9590 samarajiva Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:38:15 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2008/03/censorship-of-lirneasia-book-gets-media-coverage/#comment-9590 Copies have not been confiscated. They are just reading them page by page, every copy, not knowing that they are identical copies. Poor customs officials. My heart goes out to them. Copies have not been confiscated. They are just reading them page by page, every copy, not knowing that they are identical copies. Poor customs officials. My heart goes out to them.

]]> By: Abu Saeed Khan http://lirneasia.net/2008/03/censorship-of-lirneasia-book-gets-media-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-9589 Abu Saeed Khan Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:18:32 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2008/03/censorship-of-lirneasia-book-gets-media-coverage/#comment-9589 Confiscating the hardcopies is a mindless bureaucratic giant leap to nowhere. It is also an example of governmental ignorance about the power of internet. Sri Lanka is not the only example of such foolishness. Technology empowers us to bypass the idiots. Welcome to the new millennium! Confiscating the hardcopies is a mindless bureaucratic giant leap to nowhere. It is also an example of governmental ignorance about the power of internet. Sri Lanka is not the only example of such foolishness. Technology empowers us to bypass the idiots. Welcome to the new millennium!

]]> By: akm http://lirneasia.net/2008/03/censorship-of-lirneasia-book-gets-media-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-9591 akm Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:59:16 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2008/03/censorship-of-lirneasia-book-gets-media-coverage/#comment-9591 And an ineffective censorship at that, as the chapter is freely available online, and more Sri Lankans will likely have access to that version than the book. Chapter 3: I Just Called to Say: Teleuse under a Ceasefire by Rohan Samarajiva, Mariam Hameed, and Ayesha Zainudeen http://www.crdi.ca/fr/ev-118602-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html And an ineffective censorship at that, as the chapter is freely available online, and more Sri Lankans will likely have access to that version than the book.

Chapter 3: I Just Called to Say: Teleuse under a Ceasefire
by Rohan Samarajiva, Mariam Hameed, and Ayesha Zainudeen

http://www.crdi.ca/fr/ev-118602-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

]]> By: samarajiva http://lirneasia.net/2008/03/censorship-of-lirneasia-book-gets-media-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-9586 samarajiva Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:34:58 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2008/03/censorship-of-lirneasia-book-gets-media-coverage/#comment-9586 Also in Sunday Times, 23 March 2008: http://www.sundaytimes.lk/080323/News/news014.html Also in Sunday Times, 23 March 2008: http://www.sundaytimes.lk/080323/News/news014.html

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