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To: WaterDragon
Google spokespeople liken what they do in China to the filtering they do in France and Germany - censoring porn and Nazi sites in compliance with their laws. I do not believe you can compare compliance to laws in democratic societies to what they're doing in China. In France and Germany, there is some connection between the laws and the user's consent. People in those countries have the ability to vote out of office the politicians who make unpopular laws.

Google is correct, there is little difference between Google censoring Nazis for France and Germany and censoring for China. If you buy one you can't really object to the other. The hogwash about people having the ability to vote out politicians is nonsense, it ignores the fact that free speech is an individual right, and it doesn't matter if it's removed by a dictator or the mob.

5 posted on 01/31/2006 6:10:41 PM PST by jordan8
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To: jordan8

It should be understood that the collaberation Google is involved in with the thought police of Red China goes far beyond merely deletion. From what I understand, for instance, searching for "Christianity" in Red China's Google will get you redirected to government dogma re: the danger of cults.

This perversion of the stated goals of Gaggle, Google, Googoo, whatever they called themselves, will be and must be condemned by all good men and women of conscience and for God's sake, now is not the time to do nothing.


6 posted on 01/31/2006 6:59:40 PM PST by at bay ("We actually did an evil....." Eric Scmidt, CEO Google)
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