Monday 13 February 2006

DIY

My position on Google and other companies censoring websites in response to demands by the ruling Chinese despots is this: if the government in China wants this or that website censored for Chinese consumption, they'd better just do it themselves. I think there is a symptom developing here that speaks of the internet censorship becoming too great a burden for the Chinese government, so they're asking the companies to do it for them. If there is a general "Yeah? Do it yourself!" response, it is likely that the entire scheme will come apart, at least to a certain degree, and the citizens of China will once again have the internet they deserve.

Mokalus of Borg

PS - China may have to shut down the internet completely to get what they want.
PPS - I don't mean just locally. I mean bombing the entire Earth back to the stone age.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ah yes, but the lure of access to the possibly the largest consumer market in the world is very tempting, and all businesses have forgotten that nothing exists if it isn't on paper, and are doing this 'editing' with the hope that the Chinese will all of a sudden welcome them in with open arms.

Yeah Right!