US bans students from “blacklisted” countries from getting access to Coursera

Re:US bans students from “blacklisted” countries from gettin... by c7b0rg on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @03:15AM (#7142664)

The US regime never ceases to amaze me.

Projection of power at all levels in the lives of ordinary people, from privacy to education.

I'm completely dumbfounded that they consider themselves protectors of freedom, how such cognitive dissonance runs rampant within the US is beyond me.

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Re:US bans students from “blacklisted” countries from gettin... by pliny on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @03:21AM (#7142679)

The EU has a ban on trade with Syria since 2012[1].

http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and-regions/count...

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Re:US bans students from “blacklisted” countries from gettin... by c7b0rg on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @03:30AM (#7142710)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque

What does it have to do with the matter at hand?

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Re:US bans students from “blacklisted” countries from gettin... by pliny on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @04:16AM (#7142851)

If someone is 'the protector of freedom' and if 'the protector of freedom' is someone that doesn't boycott Syria, then that leaves Japan, South Korea, Australia and countries who's government don't make decisions based upon enlightenment values.

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Re:US bans students from “blacklisted” countries from gettin... by c7b0rg on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @04:37AM (#7142928)

>If someone is 'the protector of freedom'

>'the protector of freedom' is someone that doesn't boycott Syria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man

Not my argument, what are you even arguing against?

If I were you, I'd question myself why I create strawmen, am I interested in the truth, or am I guided by misplaced nationalism?

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Re:US bans students from “blacklisted” countries from gettin... by acqq on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @06:52AM (#7143290)

For EU, the amount of trade is reduced, it's not actually "banned." I also don't see that having an internet site with free access can be interpreted as "trade" in EU.

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Re:US bans students from “blacklisted” countries from gettin... by baddox on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @04:35AM (#7142923)

Cognitive dissonance isn't much of a problem. The problem is lack of education. You have to know about the ridiculous things the US does in order to experience cognitive dissonance.

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Re:US bans students from “blacklisted” countries from gettin... by c7b0rg on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @04:46AM (#7142961)

I don't know about it, by personal experience I think americans have good education.

I'd hazard to say that the median american experiences a media echo chamber.

That's not special, all countries I lived in do that. But they usually don't delve too deep in doublespeak.

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Re:US bans students from “blacklisted” countries from gettin... by Grue3 on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @05:25AM (#7143070)

Are you even serious? "US regime" not allowing somebody to access a website? Talk about a first world problem. I don't see you complaining about Cuban, Iranian, etc regimes who forced these sanctions in the first place.

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Re:US bans students from “blacklisted” countries from gettin... by c7b0rg on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @05:31AM (#7143086)

Please read again my post.

Also, you don't have to be mad.

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