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 Google Caves to Porn-Weary ChinaPosted on Jun 21, 2009
Is China experiencing a pornography epidemic? Beijing’s obsession with porn blocking now rivals its attempts to stifle political dissent. On top of censorship software soon to be packaged with every computer sold in the country, China has told Google to limit its search functionality for fear of accidentally helping Chinese users find the good stuff. Google said it is “taking all necessary steps to fix any problems with our results.”
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By Alan E., June 22, 2009 at 8:32 am Link to this comment
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christian said “If the perverted porn industry
had been banned in America we would not be experiencing the many varied abuses our young people
are being subjected to.”
Right, like all those incidents in the Catholic Church wouldn’t have happened if their was no porn for the priests and nuns to look at.
Report thisBy RAE, June 22, 2009 at 5:38 am Link to this comment
Nothing like putting a lock on the cookie jar to fire up everyone’s curiosity and ingenuity.
I wonder how many millennia it’s going to take before it sinks in - a FEW - maybe 1% or 2% of any population - would even bother to look at “porn” more than once or twice.
EVERYONE ELSE COULDN’T CARE LESS.
What is with “authority” when they just assume they can curtail the freedom to choose for 99% to prevent #1 from getting at their vices?
Reminds me of the old English saying - “The British didn’t ban bear baiting because it did so much damage to the bears but because it gave the onlookers SO MUCH PLEASURE.”
But go ahead… those who want to look at porn WILL LOOK AT PORN no matter how many millions “authority” spends on preventing them from doing so. It’s like prostitution - blow a few billon on it - won’t make a damn bit of difference.
Report thisBy christian96, June 22, 2009 at 5:36 am Link to this comment
Thumps up for China! There are some things that
Report thisshould be banned. If the perverted porn industry
had been banned in America we would not be experiencing the many varied abuses our young people
are being subjected to. We have weak ignorant
corrupt leaders in Washington who refuse to protect
our children and instead serve their own selfish
WANTS. One day people will read about America in
their history books and shake their heads saying,
“Why did their leaders let this happen?”
By Dar, June 21, 2009 at 11:56 pm Link to this comment
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Their right.
Every society has the right to ban pornographic materials.
That such software maybe used to ban politcal criticism, doesn’t not negate the tool or its primary prupose.
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