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:

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Not trying to chage the subject, or anything, but isn't religion a form of thought control?

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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.

ghost_user_name

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.



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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.



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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.



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