YouTube

Do video sharing sites like You Tube encourage violence and crime? To what extremes would one go to earn themselves a few minutes of fame?

Ah….the first post. The leap into another facet of the blogosphere. Perhaps I should start this post off with a question. Or perhaps not.

For those who didn't know, Youtube was banned from Thailand earlier this year (I believe Youtube is now banned in some other countries as well). The reason for this was because one of the user on Youtube thought it was funny to produce a clip that made fun of the King of Thailand. I just saw another similar video clip on Youtube and it's really making me upset.

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