2009/6/24
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2009/6/24 Odhiambo ワシントン <odhiambo@gmail.com>:
> the Internet (which we all begrudgingly accept exist). If we have a rotten
> society at the top it will definately trickle down to our children and since
> it's expensive for individuals to police the Internet, why not let the govt
> do it?
>
Are you naive enough to believe the "we are just filtering porn" snake
oil sold by the chinese government ?
Could that be "all" the Chinese govt also wanted filtered? :-)
I am looking at the filtering from the perspective that while it's a very important communication medium, the Internet also has it's very ugly sides which people need protection from. It could be porn, it could be culture, it could be social engineering - everything has a -ve side. Perhaps I am just being naive, but I still want to believe the Chinese govt isn't more naive!