Google is Wrong. Here's why. (Score 1)

Muslim from Pakistan here. There's a lot more happening related to his: Youtube has been banned for near a month in Pakistan now because of Google's stance. But even that's not so bad. The worst is that in anti-youtube protests, more than 21 people have died in Pakistan (http://newsweekpakistan.com/scope/1841). Essentially, Google has opted to protect a BS troll video over the lives of 21 people. Anyone who has the faintest idea about the current situation in Pakistan would have expected these deaths to happen. You touched upon a sensitive topic causing droves of people to come out in protests. Pakistan is marred with terrorism and sectarian violence so clashes, attacks and taking advantage of the protests was to be expected. The result was almost two dozen dead. For these same reasons, Google censored the video in Libya. Apparently, the same logic doesn't apply for them here.

It's about time global corporations of Google scale understand that one size-policy cannot be applied to the world at large. Every place has different sensibilities, customs and laws. This "insistence" on pushing western ideals down the throats of everybody in the world is very myopic and arrogant. It's sad that they'd rather have Youtube blocked in Pakistan rather than work with the people of that country to bring the greater good Youtube brings.