Still a smart ass at heart...
Jun. 9th, 2010 12:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
libertangoSo Jim Fallows has a post on Internet censorship in China. It's thoughtful, as Jim's posts tend to be, but... I couldn't help myself. I just wrote to him:
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"When you ask Chinese officials why they feel compelled to control the Internet, the first thing you hear back is: It's not just China. No country believes in absolute free speech, on the internet or anywhere else."
To which my response is (modified for local idiom): "And if Li Bao was to jump off the CCTV tower, would you jump off the CCTV tower?"
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UPDATED TO ADD: Jim's reply was typically succinct: "Indeed!"
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"When you ask Chinese officials why they feel compelled to control the Internet, the first thing you hear back is: It's not just China. No country believes in absolute free speech, on the internet or anywhere else."
To which my response is (modified for local idiom): "And if Li Bao was to jump off the CCTV tower, would you jump off the CCTV tower?"
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UPDATED TO ADD: Jim's reply was typically succinct: "Indeed!"
