You have blogger? Turkey has blocker!
First, it was Wordpress. Then YouTube. And now Blogger, world's largest 'free' blog service, is blocked or banned in Turkey.
Why? What difference does it make? What's next? The Internet?
Is this a ploy by traditional media outlets (i.e. sensationalist Turkish newspapers whose readership among porn enthusiasts is on the way down) to shut down the competition (of 'real' news)?
Maybe TypePad is behind this.
Why not ban Starbucks too? Not because of their bad coffee, or outrageous pricing, but for allowing WiFi, which allows for Google search, which allows finding ways around bans. Trick the system into thinking you're in Texas, for example.
It seems in Turkey, a country of blunders, if you have a valid reason to show (the courts) that somehow you are directly or indirectly offended, as a result of some specific website or web presence, then the entire Internet service that happens to contain that 'offensive' website is banned. For one bad apple, whose 'badness' is already subjective and can be argued, the entire apple orchard is abolished. And an apple a day becomes hoping for an apple one day. Rotten!
