Should Russia and China be banned from the internet?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Blogmaster, Jun 6, 2008.

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We should be able to ban certain countries or have the option to do so ourselves.

  1. definitely

    16.4%
  2. no

    58.2%
  3. definitely, but I need to be politically correct and some people may call me a racist.

    16.4%
  4. I have no clue, please make the spam stop without me having to voice my opinion

    10.4%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. #1
    Having received another load of spam from one of the same old countries which nothing good comes out of internet and otherwise, I have decided to make this blog post:

    http://firetown.com/cool/?p=453

    My question goes to DP members with a brain (there are some here :) )

    Wouldn't it be good to be able to block all incoming email and all websites from certain countries which we can pick?
     
    Blogmaster, Jun 6, 2008 IP
  2. H3llas

    H3llas Well-Known Member

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    #2
    my vote goes for no.
    and for the record i am getting biggest ammount of spam at my joomla comment system from France.
    complained to abuse service, but they did not respond and i eventually moved from ako comment tse to joomcomment
     
    H3llas, Jun 6, 2008 IP
  3. chandan123

    chandan123 Prominent Member

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    #3
    all proxy owners might have banned these countries ;)

    but how to ban e-mails :confused: from specific countries

    i want to stop lot of winning lottery spam mails :cool:
     
    chandan123, Jun 6, 2008 IP
  4. nedim

    nedim Guest

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    #4
    My vote goes to no.
    In that countried you have good people too.
    They just need to make better laws about spam and warez and to cooperate with worldwide police, and that would be okay.
     
    nedim, Jun 6, 2008 IP
  5. !Unreal

    !Unreal Well-Known Member

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    #5
    Damn those communist fools! Ooops, I said it. Russia's communist.

    Nobody should be banned from the internet that is too far. We should have the ability from banning emails from other countries though like Chandan said. That's a good idea.
     
    !Unreal, Jun 6, 2008 IP
  6. thewizardofodds

    thewizardofodds Peon

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    #6
    no but i would ban nigeria!! (or any nigerians ANTWHERE!!lol)
     
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  7. nedim

    nedim Guest

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    #7
    Communism is okay, but not radical communism like in Russia. During communists in ex Yugoslavia (that was not communism it at all - it was socialsm, but western states called it communism), that country has more freedom of speech and the best health care in Europe. And of course crime has been lawer for 300 % than now in ex Yugoslavian states, which some of them are in EU or they are candidates (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Macedonia and Monetnegro).
     
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  8. Emie.

    Emie. Banned

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    #8
    Yeah, because we all know how all Nigerians are evil scammers. :rolleyes:
     
    Emie., Jun 6, 2008 IP
  9. thewizardofodds

    thewizardofodds Peon

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    #9

    Yes we do. lol
     
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    greenlea Peon

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  11. JavaPF

    JavaPF Member

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    #11
    I get about 30 spam accounts a day sign up to my joomla site from Russia. Poland is also another big spammer!

    The spammers are probably not even in that country though. That are just doing whatever they do to cover their tracks.
     
    JavaPF, Jun 6, 2008 IP
  12. alan_smithee

    alan_smithee Active Member

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    #12
    for the sake's of free world, no.. dont do this :D
     
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  13. V3nom

    V3nom Peon

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    #13
    I vote for no because spam is world wide thing. Every day I get e-mail like "Make smth bigger". And most of spam are not from RUS and CHI.
     
    V3nom, Jun 6, 2008 IP
  14. webblab

    webblab Guest

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    #14
    Ban yourself :D
     
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  15. leet

    leet Notable Member

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    #15
    Absolutely no. Ridiculous idea.
     
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  16. Ichigo91

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    #16
    I never heard such a stupid idea!
     
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  17. Blogmaster

    Blogmaster Blood Type Dating Affiliate Manager

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    #17
    Thanks for that. Added the image to my blogpost along with another graph I have found, one with completely different data.
     
    Blogmaster, Jun 6, 2008 IP
  18. greenlea

    greenlea Peon

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    #18
    It's OK! [​IMG] I also hate spammers too much. [​IMG]
     
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  19. Blogmaster

    Blogmaster Blood Type Dating Affiliate Manager

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    #19
    Leet, I live in Costa Rica. There are huge underground scam rings here involving phone centers and Western Union. If Western Union closed its doors here, do you believe that the honest businesses who suffer from it would take a stand and make sure that the government does its job and get rid of illegal activity to make sure that business continues?
     
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  20. leet

    leet Notable Member

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    #20
    I believe so. What about individuals though? Won't it be such a hassle?
     
    leet, Jun 6, 2008 IP