Those of us living in America take a lot for granted. By now, you’ve probably heard about YouTube being banned, and then unbanned in Turkey. I read a bit about it on my friend Osman’s blog - he lives in Turkey, and went through this nonsense first hand. How lucky we are to live in a country that allows us to go anywhere, and do almost anything on the internet, from viewing stupid videos to blogging for money. You can even find out how to build a bomb online if you want - because we’re ALLOWED to go where we want online. Is our country without fault? Certainly not, but being told where I can and can’t go online isn’t something I worry about.

I’m really happy to see that Turkey reversed the decision. I wouldn’t want anyone in Turkey to be deprived of anything that I can access online.