Yahoo,the new enemies of freedom

[Rick1138]

<a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2002/07/15/china/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2002/07/15/china/index.html</a>


How can anyone with a clear consience sign an agreement with the Chinese government agreeing to restrict free speech?

[Anders]

[quote]Originally posted by Rick1138:
<strong><a href="http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2002/07/15/china/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2002/07/15/china/index.html</a>


How can anyone with a clear consience sign an agreement with the Chinese government agreeing to restrict free speech?</strong><hr></blockquote>

I got this Lisa Minelli tune in my head and I just cant get it out. Something about something that makes the world go round <img src="confused.gif" border="0">

[Stroszek]

[quote]Originally posted by FellowshipChurch iBook:
<strong>Just Sick.. Thought control is a Crime!
Peace ;) </strong><hr></blockquote>
Not trying to chage the subject, or anything, but isn't religion a form of thought control?

Now back to the subject, I couldn't get the link to work. Is there a problem with it, or is my computer just ****ed up?

[Eugene]

Man, how dare they. What's next, are they refer to God all over and violate the Constitution? That would be awful!

[AppleMaster]

[quote]Originally posted by Stroszek:
<strong>
Not trying to chage the subject, or anything, but isn't religion a form of thought control?
</strong><hr></blockquote>

It could be, but not state forced thought control. Voluntary religion and governments using brutal force to inflict mind control are two very different things.

[Vargas]

If anything religion can be the opposite of thought control in some cases. It can mean having to make some choices simply based upon listening to yourself.

[PC^KILLA]

There's a lesson to be learned from the cold war with the Soviets. Too bad pragmatism is the new religion today. It has never prooved itself. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />

mika.

[ 07-18-2002: Message edited by: PC^KILLA ]</p>

[Powerdoc]

[quote]Originally posted by PC^KILLA:
<strong>There's a lesson to be learned from the cold war with the Soviets. Too bad pragmatism is the new religion today. It has never prooved itself. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />

mika.

[ 07-18-2002: Message edited by: PC^KILLA ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
You've got it , pragmatism is the (new?) busisness religion

[Splinemodel]

OK. . . in my book a censored version of a good thing is better than nothing at all.

A lot of people say that the fax machine did a lot to kill the Soviet Union. People found ways to sneak in what they wanted. The Chinese with internet access are the educated ones, and I bet they know everything is censored.

1) Censor the internet? Good luck.
2) A taste of something good creates a desire for more. Quick information is good. More is better.

I'm glad that yahoo is doing this, and I think it will only boost the gradual Chinese revolt against socialism and totalitarianism. You want what you don't have most of all.

[ 07-19-2002: Message edited by: Splinemodel ]</p>