Pakistan to ban Twitter (and perhaps all other forms of communication?)

Pakistan has apparently banned the use of twitter due to its blasphemous content. Gasp – what dreadful thing was being tweeted? Well, Twitter was wickedly tweeting about a competition on Facebook involving caricatures of Mohammed (oh no, not again you may well ask).  Not sure why Pakistan hasn’t banned Facebook instead (whose shares opened at about $40 notwithstanding heavenly disapproval), but perhaps Facebook, now that they are listed and corporate, have to be more compliant in the face of righteous fury.

Perhaps Pakistan should consider banning pencils too. And while they are about it, evil pencil-sharpeners, drawing paper and pens too and all other tempting means by which people communicate non-verbally.  That would avoid any further blasphemous forms of communication and prevent people from daring to speak out about that which has been declared unspeakable.

Here is a quote from Salman Rushdie, who knows a thing or two about this sort of thing:

“The moment you declare a set of ideas to be immune from criticism, satire, derision, or contempt, freedom of thought becomes impossible.”