Hi pot meet kettle...
I love the US government. There has been a lot of banter from Congress this week to some of the big search engine companies about irresponsible behavior in China. They claim that by complying with Chinese law and censoring search results these companies are committing and atrocity. Yet, this is the same government that is horribly upset with Google for not turning over search results in a very wholesale manner. You tell me which is the bigger human rights violation? Censorship or illegal search? Which is it Representative? Can you tell me? You can't play China as the "bad" guy when our government does things that are just as atrocious....I am not going to start on the laundry list of violations by each country. I suffice it to say that neither country is exactly a model citizen. Congress just needs to be a little more introspective and fix the problems at home first.
Google and Yahoo! take a beating
Response to the DoJ motion
posted by devFalse @ 8:17 PM
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Absolutely! I had to add to this the fact that the government also took pains to swear in and remind the Information Technology executives that they were sworn in. How is this behavior compared with the staunch immobility on swearing in oil exeecutives, one of the industries whose income puts IT to shame? Big Oil not only was allowed to lie in session, but they were barely questioned on how they might provide relief to their customers, the senator's constituents!, in an effort to grow the US economy. I suggest everyone take careful account of where they put their heart and vote this fall. I suggest that neither of the entrenched political parties are any more connected with the People than the other. If you vote for the lesser of two evils, you're still voting for evil. If even 5% of the People cast their vote for a third party, then that party gains government subsidies for election campaigns. As long as a given party in power can protect their power by making it difficult for more reasonable and concientious voices to be heard in debate, not just heard, this is merely a pale shade of democracy. I for one must stand up. I dearly hope you stand with me.
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Right on, bro
Google has had to adjust their marketing strategy to give their Chinese customers the best service available within Chinese law. Google and the Internet in general will continue to be a force of democritization in China, bringing the outside world in. But, if they were to give up their search data to the American gov't, they would be betraying the millions of people who use the search service each day.
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