On: Iran readies domestic Internet system, blocks Google

[whacker]

This is pretty much the equivalent of the Berlin Wall. We know how that worked out.

[zalew → whacker]

> This is pretty much the equivalent of the Berlin Wall.

elderly citizens of Berlin would probably beg to differ. or just punch you in the face.

[phillmv → whacker]

You mean, it will be an effective tool of systemic oppression that is continually improved, despite being a glaring reminder of the contradictions of the government's propaganda and will only be dismantled once the patron state of which your country is a client begins to collapse?

[mikeash → whacker]

It achieved its goal spectacularly well for decades?