"The DoT is of the opinion that some of these sites were being used by banned organisations to transmit messages to their colleagues. Blog entries cannot be tracked as easily as email."

Of all the bizarre statements the government issues from time to time, that has to be the bizarrest. They mean to say finding out somebody's e-mail id and host, cracking it open and then tracking the mails is easier than reading something that's just sitting there for all to read and is meant to be read? Ludicruous as this whole ban issue is (as someone said, would the government block all phone calls because terrorists use phones?), this one is just a scream.

Of course, all this has a lot to do with the government's inadequate knowledge about new technology and its applications, though I know most bloggers wouldn't feel blogs particularly represent new and emerging technology. The DoT obviously just don't know enough about blogs, and certainly can't keep pace with the way things change around here.

I am reminded of Fahrenheit 451 with alarming frequency these days.