Freedom of expression

The Indian government wants to block certain blog sites, which include blogspot too. I can still access my account, but my friend in Mumbai has already lost access. All this jazz is happening because they found certain pages where there where opinions expressed which were obviously not praising the government policies/functioning. They are the authority, they have the power to block the modes of expression, but there's no way they can change the way people think. What do they think? If people mouth anti-government opinions on phone they'll block phone lines?? I don't even understand why such an issue is being made out of such a miniscule thing... and this is what will blow things out of proportion. Blocking those particular pages they found objectionable would have been bad enough.. but they're going to block the complete sites and prevent anyone to host blogs! People will find other ways to express themselves.. this really will not help. And whatever happened to freedom of expression?? So what if certain people do not agree with everything that's going on? and for every extremist opinion expressed on a blog, there are at least five other opinions expressed which are opposite of that in the first place. A healthy interaction goes on. what's the fuss all about? The goverment can also study these and find what their people are like, what they want and how satisfied or not their people are.

It's shameful to see how the government of the largest democracy in the world functions.

Regards,

Devil's own