Northeast Corridor

FOREIGN POLICY PROPOSAL

I read in the WP, a fact noted by Andrew Sullivan in his blog, that Muslim countries are the ones who do the most searching for the word sex. I have also been reading that companies like Google and Yahoo have cooperated with the Chinese Government in filtering content to it's own people. It gave me an idea, why can't the US use companies like Yahoo and Google as a tool to enact Foreign policy. Say Iran continues with it's course to pursue nuclear weapons, the US should use Google, Yahoo, and MSN to block all access to porn in Iran. The sceen they will see will look something like this:

Dear Sir: We know that as a Muslim man you must have come accross this site by accident. This site contains very sexy and shocking adult content. The US Government has decided that as not to offend any Muslim sensibilities, it will now block any site that does contain this adult content. Please take this as a goodwill gesture from the US to the Islamic world. Any questions about this policy should be directed to the leaders of your country or your local Mullah. Thank you and have a good day.

posted by Long Island Bob @ 3:33 PM