Google Allows Clip

From Yahoo:
"Google says it won't take down anti-Muslim clip"

 Google is refusing a White House request to take down an anti-Muslim clip on YouTube, but is restricting access to it in certain countries. The White House said Friday that it had asked YouTube to review whether the video violated its terms of use. Google owns YouTube, the online video sharing site. YouTube said in a statement Friday that the video is widely available on the Web and is "clearly within our guidelines and so will stay on YouTube." The short film "Innocence of Muslims" denigrates Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. It played a role in igniting mob violence against U.S. embassies across the Middle East. And it has been blamed for playing a role in violence in Libya, where the U.S. ambassador and three others were killed though the exact cause of the attacks is under investigation. While the protests intensified over the video, YouTube blocked access to the clip in Libya and Egypt. YouTube cited "the very sensitive situations" in those two countries. Later YouTube also blocked access to the video in India and Indonesia after their governments told Youtube the video broke their laws. The controversy underscores how some Internet firms have been thrust into debates over the limits of free speech. In its Friday statement, YouTube said that outside of Libya, Egypt, India and Indonesia, the video will remain on its website.

 

^ Good for Google. In the civilized, Western countries the video should be allowed as a form of free speech. Anything that does not openly call for any violence should be allowed. As for the countries where the video is banned it's clear that the people there don't have real freedom of speech. People are saying that the video led to the violence across the Middle East and Muslim World, but in fact the people in those countries that have become violent don't need an excuse to attack and kill us. They are merely terrorists that are using the video (even though most have never seen it) to get what they already had planned - done. Obama needs to stand alongside Google and show his pride (if he has any) in being an American and our fundamental right to freedom of speech. He also needs to stand up as Commander-in-Chief and protect our embassies, consulates and people threatened by violent mobs around the world. ^

http://news.yahoo.com/google-says-wont-down-anti-muslim-clip-005258913.html