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One of the many reasons I would uh, never want to go to China. It's crazy over there.
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They also blocked various web hosting sites, probably for the same reason. 
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I am not the least bit shocked by this "news". I kinda figured the whole Internet would've been blocked by now anyway.
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| I think censoring the internet is stupid. I mean, can't they let the people decide if they want to watch them? Free country, free will? |
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Use a proxy hosted in Japan or anywhere but China.
Originally posted by Pandaren
Free country, free will?
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I heard about something similar to this.
I'm not the least bit suprised about having YouTube blocked in China. The communist government that they have are trying to prevent freedom acts from their citizens and a lot of people in China could watch those videos of protest in Tibet.
Most likely the Internet users there will try to figure out a way to connect to YouTube even with the block.
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Remember when Pakistan blocked Youtube and it kept half the world from accessing it?
Yeah, that makes me worry. :-\
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Originally posted by IIMarckus
Remember when Pakistan blocked Youtube and it kept half the world from accessing it?
Yeah, that makes me worry. :-\
Speaking of this, isn't this, what, the third or fourth time Youtube has been blocked similarly to this? It's become somewhat of a target, hasn't it.
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Well, when people keep uploading stuff that the government goes apesh!t over... 
(not that I want them to stop or anything, all people deserve to know what's going on in their own backyards)
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I don't want to sound like a fag but it's bad to force your morals on other people. (i'm looking at all you freedomlovers)
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Originally posted by Kagome
I don't want to sound like a fag but it's bad to force your morals on other people. (i'm looking at all you freedomlovers)...
Likewise?
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Originally posted by Kagome
I don't want to sound like a fag but it's bad to force your morals on other people. (i'm looking at all you freedomlovers)
Which is exactly what the Chinese government is doing...
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Originally posted by Imajin
Which is exactly what the Chinese government is doing...
Isn't that what every government does? 
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Originally posted by Kagome
Originally posted by Imajin
Which is exactly what the Chinese government is doing...
Isn't that what every government does?
Yes, but the Chinese (and some other countries) take it beyond the extreme.
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Originally posted by NightKev
Yes, but the Chinese (and some other countries) take it beyond the extreme.
What you and most western people tend to forget is that there is no such a thing as extreme. Western morals are NOT absolute morals. |
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Originally posted by Kagome
Originally posted by NightKev
Yes, but the Chinese (and some other countries) take it beyond the extreme.
What you and most western people tend to forget is that there is no such a thing as extreme. Western morals are NOT absolute morals.
This has nothing to do with morals. I'm saying they take the concept of limiting freedom much farther than most other countries.
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Originally posted by Kagome
Originally posted by NightKev
Yes, but the Chinese (and some other countries) take it beyond the extreme.
What you and most western people tend to forget is that there is no such a thing as extreme. Western morals are NOT absolute morals.
Well it's as much about the role of government as it is about "morality", I would say. (The two are not necessarily equal- just because my government permits adultery, for example, does not necessarily make that action correct)
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Call it culture then.
The role of the government isn't the same in every country. |
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Originally posted by Kagome
Call it culture then.
The role of the government isn't the same in every country.
Bah, the whole problem with your argument is that the Chinese people have absolutely no say in how their government works. If the censorship and such is just part of their culture they'd vote in leaders who do it anyway, right? And before you say "Democracy isn't part of Chinese culture", I'll point you to the island of Taiwan (which is majority ethnic Chinese to the point where its legal name is the "Republic of China"), which seems to be doing it alright.
And of course, you ignore the fact that there are other cultures within China. (Or is it just part of "Chinese culture" to squash other cultures?)
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