In September 2012 the Pakistani government blocked the video-sharing website YouTube for not removing an anti-Islamic film made in the United States, Innocence of Muslims, which mocks Mohammad. The website will remain suspended, it is stated, until the film is removed. In a related move, the PTA announced that it had blocked about 20,000 websites due to "objectionable" content.
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—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“the men
Leaving the gardens tidy,
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Lasting a little while longer:
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