Comments on: Antony defends Chinese censorship http://ninglun.wordpress.com/2007/03/17/antony-defends-chinese-censorship/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:59:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: AV http://ninglun.wordpress.com/2007/03/17/antony-defends-chinese-censorship/#comment-6398 AV Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:39:03 +0000 http://ninglun.wordpress.com/2007/03/17/antony-defends-chinese-censorship/#comment-6398 <i>“The normal rule is that when you’re doing business in a foreign country, you’re obligated to comply with the law.”</i> That sounds awfully like a Nuremberg defence to me. AWB's defence of its dodgy dealings with Saddam Hussein's regime also springs to mind. “The normal rule is that when you’re doing business in a foreign country, you’re obligated to comply with the law.”

That sounds awfully like a Nuremberg defence to me. AWB’s defence of its dodgy dealings with Saddam Hussein’s regime also springs to mind.

]]> By: Lexcen http://ninglun.wordpress.com/2007/03/17/antony-defends-chinese-censorship/#comment-6394 Lexcen Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:44:09 +0000 http://ninglun.wordpress.com/2007/03/17/antony-defends-chinese-censorship/#comment-6394 Anything can be construed as "going against China's national policy". It's good to see that Stalinist semantics is still alive. Anything can be construed as “going against China’s national policy”. It’s good to see that Stalinist semantics is still alive.

]]> By: Antony Shen http://ninglun.wordpress.com/2007/03/17/antony-defends-chinese-censorship/#comment-6393 Antony Shen Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:41:01 +0000 http://ninglun.wordpress.com/2007/03/17/antony-defends-chinese-censorship/#comment-6393 I think Antony pointed out correctly. (Okay, I am Antony.) The story was simple, Wang Xiaoning was arrested for articles he shouldn't have posted or edited. It does not matter where Wang posted. And why was that Yahoo!'s fault? Yahoo! was required to comply with government, especially on national interests. Yu wants to sue Yahoo! for providing a venue (then was required to co-operate with government)? What else could Yahoo! have done? Shutting down the service? Even if Yahoo! shuts down the service, it is likely that Wang would continue posting elsewhere, and would be arrested sooner or later. It's just like suing fast food companies for your health. Fast food restaurants do not force anyone to eat there, and Yahoo! certainly did not beg Wang to post his anti-government view in Yahoo! Group. I think Antony pointed out correctly. (Okay, I am Antony.)

The story was simple, Wang Xiaoning was arrested for articles he shouldn’t have posted or edited. It does not matter where Wang posted. And why was that Yahoo!’s fault? Yahoo! was required to comply with government, especially on national interests. Yu wants to sue Yahoo! for providing a venue (then was required to co-operate with government)? What else could Yahoo! have done? Shutting down the service? Even if Yahoo! shuts down the service, it is likely that Wang would continue posting elsewhere, and would be arrested sooner or later.

It’s just like suing fast food companies for your health. Fast food restaurants do not force anyone to eat there, and Yahoo! certainly did not beg Wang to post his anti-government view in Yahoo! Group.

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