• Freedom House report 'Freedom on the Net': Estonia the most free, Iran the least
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I love Estonia, they have a very awesome Army uniform and their flag is bitchin'. This just gives me another reason to love them! also because of these [media]http://englishrussia.com/images/estonian_army/2.jpg [url]http://englishrussia.com/images/estonian_army/1.jpg[/url][/media]
[QUOTE=Tark;29328741]I love Estonia, they have a very awesome Army uniform and their flag is bitchin'. This just gives me another reason to love them! also because of these [media]http://englishrussia.com/images/estonian_army/2.jpg [url]http://englishrussia.com/images/estonian_army/1.jpg[/url][/media][/QUOTE] Rape faces? Wait. That's the CF's camouflage. CADPAT. How the hell is Estonia using Canada's camo? Everything, the pockets, the cut, it all matches Canada's old CADPAT BDUs. I know. I've worn them. [B]The old style:[/B] [img]http://www.flecktarn.co.uk/photos/dgccs1na500a.jpg[/img] [B]The New Style:[/B] [img]http://www.mpmuseum.org/securuniform/cadpat/1475.jpg[/img] [img]http://airsoftcanada.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=6798&g2_serialNumber=2[/img] [img]http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/Images/2_0/68.jpg[/img] [img]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_P8_bDQBoJUY/SPzaNs63BUI/AAAAAAAADYc/nV8os8i5KRU/CADPAT-TWprobablysuffieldas2005-054.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Bryanrocks0;29316670]How are we number 2? That just shows how bad the internet is being censored when we're considered the second most free.[/QUOTE] Or maybe it's because this study only covers 37 countries. Europe hardly got touched.
Err, all the DNS servers for major ISPs in Estonia block certain sites. I wouldn't call that free, but at least you can just use another DNS server.
[QUOTE=archangel125;29328898]Rape faces? Wait. That's the CF's camouflage. CADPAT. How the hell is Estonia using Canada's camo? Everything, the pockets, the cut, it all matches Canada's old CADPAT BDUs. I know. I've worn them. [/quote] The Estonian ESTDCU is very similar to CADPAT yes, but they weren't stolen or anything like that. Designed by completely different people.
[QUOTE=nikomo;29329557]Err, all the DNS servers for major ISPs in Estonia block certain sites. I wouldn't call that free, but at least you can just use another DNS server.[/QUOTE] [citation needed] I've never been blocked from any site, at least.
Ah, Freedom House and their ridiculous rankings :doh: They make these because the USA almost always ranks fairly low in international rankings and indexes akin to this one... Apart from Estonia, they conveniently only included western countries with notoriously much censorship. And they obviously didn't consider criteria like privacy, net neutrality and legal infrastructure protecting consumers. Why would they? USA's ranking would plummet. [editline]21st April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=EcksDee;29330142][citation needed] I've never been blocked from any site, at least.[/QUOTE] It's probably like most other northern European countries, where the only sites blocked are sites with stuff like child pornography.
[QUOTE=Tark;29329699]The Estonian ESTDCU is very similar to CADPAT yes, but they weren't stolen or anything like that. Designed by completely different people.[/QUOTE] Huh. So I see.
[QUOTE=nikomo;29329557]Err, all the DNS servers for major ISPs in Estonia block certain sites. I wouldn't call that free, but at least you can just use another DNS server.[/QUOTE] Yeah, online poker sites that don't follow Estonia's gambling laws (Need to have servers in Estonia, need to pay a percentage) - And that's it.
Estonia has tech out the ass, as far as I know. How the hell they managed to avoid the fate of much of the Soviet satellites I have no idea. [editline]21st April 2011[/editline] ESTONIA Y U SO PROGRESSIVE ...it must be rubbing off the Nordic countries :geno:
Where is Canada, and why is USA on the 2nd most free. I'd say US is partly free.
[QUOTE=Strongbad;29316217]Estonia HAS an internet? and Best Korea isn't the most censored? :frog:[/QUOTE]North Korea doesn't even [i]have[/i] an Internet system for the most part; only very high-ranking Party officials are likely to have a connection, the slightly less high-ranked get an internal intranet system.
true story: [img]http://satwcomic.com/art/party-crasher.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Jaanus;29332750]true story: [img_thumb]http://satwcomic.com/art/party-crasher.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] Everytime I think of Estonia I think of D2K5S1/Erika. [sp]I'm not sure why, her profile says she live in England.[/sp]
[QUOTE=Nerts;29333872]Everytime I think of Estonia I think of D2K5S1/Erika. [sp]I'm not sure why, her profile says she live in England.[/sp][/QUOTE] FYI I'm an Estonian but I do live in England nowadays.
just cause Estonia has nice internet infrastructure doesn't mean it is good or progressive by default
[QUOTE=D2K5S1;29441446]FYI I'm an Estonian but I do live in England nowadays.[/QUOTE] Ah, I must've heard that before and half remembered it.
[QUOTE=Anteep2;29441630]just cause Estonia has nice internet infrastructure doesn't mean it is good or progressive by default[/QUOTE] but uh it kinda is?
[QUOTE=doonbugie2;29332681]Where is Canada, and why is USA on the 2nd most free. I'd say US is partly free.[/QUOTE] What is the basis of this statement? There is almost zero censoring of anything in the U.S. [editline]26th April 2011[/editline] Oh wait I forgot the U.S. is actually the Galactic Empire lead by Cobra Commander.
Estonia represent (#9999) Win all day etc.
[QUOTE=JDK721;29316376]more proof that the US is the land of the free take that britain and canada :fsmug:[/QUOTE] Relax, your country has only recently dropped the 'Flawed Democracy' status according to Freedom House.
[QUOTE=doonbugie2;29332681]Where is Canada, and why is USA on the 2nd most free. I'd say US is partly free.[/QUOTE] Because Canada wasn't a part of the study
[QUOTE=Explosions;29444889]What is the basis of this statement? There is almost zero censoring of anything in the U.S. [editline]26th April 2011[/editline] Oh wait I forgot the U.S. is actually the Galactic Empire lead by Cobra Commander.[/QUOTE] Cobra Commander 2012 :911:
[QUOTE=Strongbad;29316217]Estonia HAS an internet? and Best Korea isn't the most censored? :frog:[/QUOTE] Kim Jong Il can look at whatever he wants on the internet.
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