02-17-2006, 07:45 AM
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| Google.cn CENSORED
by who? god gamned Beijing of course. where is freedom of speech? damn chinese government! just because they are the biggest market, does that mean they can deny people their rights? damnit beijing should be replaced by a democratic government and remove all signs of communism. especially mao. it would seem capitalism works FAR better than communism, even if its the more liberal ones like china. i pity the chinese. they have ZERO freedom.
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02-17-2006, 08:13 AM
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02-17-2006, 08:11 PM
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| If I remember correctly, google agreed to set up filters for the Chinesse gov. There was an entire thread about this a little while back.
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02-17-2006, 08:32 PM
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| The chinese ar just trying to protect their culture. They have tried democracy before and it didn't work for them. Democracy was harmful to their value system. | |
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02-18-2006, 08:14 AM
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| no... democracy would do those confucian minded goons alot of good
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02-18-2006, 02:28 PM
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| Funny you should say that because Singapore is where it is today because of Lee Kwan Yew's Confucian ideals and as far as I know Singaporeans do not have full freedom of speech. | |
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02-19-2006, 06:10 AM
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| well, i believe you can get your answers by looking at statistics, the droves of singaporeans moving off to australia, USA and britain. and i intend to be one of them.
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02-19-2006, 01:58 PM
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| If you do that then understand that all the real good stuff like laksa, chicken rice and nasi lemek tastes like crap over there. | |
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02-20-2006, 05:24 AM
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| wat the. where on earth do you come from?
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02-20-2006, 12:42 PM
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| We don't think he comes from ANYwhere on earth, actually. 
When exactly did China "try democracy"? 1946-49, with a full-blown civil war underway? Yeah, THAT was a fair test.
OTOH democracy seems to have done swimmingly in the Republic of China ( eg Taiwan )....
Face it, no one in the government of the PRC is trying to "protect China's culture" with this sort of policy. They're trying to protect their own political control of the country and their power over its people. At best, they're trying to protect a pseudo-religious philosophy, Communism. At worst, their own personal affluence and influence. | |
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02-20-2006, 02:16 PM
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| They tried it during the Han Dynasty and once again during the warring states. If you read the 3 Kingdoms you can see what happened. | |
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02-20-2006, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ReverseLunge They tried it during the Han Dynasty and once again during the warring states. If you read the 3 Kingdoms you can see what happened. |
Er....Dynasty...Kingdoms...I think that says it all. | |
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02-20-2006, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Inquartata Er....Dynasty...Kingdoms...I think that says it all. | I expected more from you. | |
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02-20-2006, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Aqua_volans wat the. where on earth do you come from? | I'm just a hard working, intelligent black man from America.
Think about it. What is more important? That perfect bowl of mee pok or the right to speak freely. I would take the mee pok anyday. And don't forget chilli crab and black pepper crab. | |
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02-26-2006, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Aqua_volans no... democracy would do those confucian minded goons alot of good | you are an incredibly offensive person.
how dare you judge an entire culture when you know nothing about it. comparing western ideology with eastern rational is about as reasonable as electing an otter to be the president of singapore. | |
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02-26-2006, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by PiratePeter electing an otter to be the president of singapore. | Well, that otter be interesting...  | |
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02-26-2006, 10:13 PM
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| Ha! Cool pun , Inq!
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02-27-2006, 10:30 AM
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02-28-2006, 08:55 PM
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| I find that very interesting... I wonder who/what caused that to be blocked?
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02-28-2006, 10:04 PM
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| It says in the article. "Alas it's not Google that's doing the censoring - and a big red-faced Oops from The Reg. Google explained last week that uploaders had made the decision not to make the clip available to US internet users." | |
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