Sanity
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ORIGINAL: Lordandmaster You know, I might be the only person who has some sympathy for Yahoo in this case. How can they ask their employees to resist a demand from a Chinese law-enforcement which was LEGAL in China? This committee session was a big demonstration by politicians who don't have the balls to challenge China themselves, so they pretend that it's Yahoo's responsibility. Yahoo is supposed to violate Chinese law in order to please Congressman So-and-so? Besides, as people are implying, it's not as though our own government hasn't made similar requests of internet-service providers. Ah, but that's in the name of "fighting terror"... I forgot; that makes everything OK. You're partially right. I can only imagine that the yahoo execs agonized over this whole episode for weeks, and that they're still highly upset about it. It appears that they had little choice in the matter, and I certainly don't begrudge them. Grandstanding politicians are just that, too. One good thing is that they brought this to light at least. I mean, I know that this kind of thing is commonplace in places like Red China, but I tend to forget about it in my busy daily life, that there are people rotting in Communist prisons merely for wanting a taste of the freedom that I take for granted every day. As far as your accusations that the U.S. Government makes similar requests, that's pure horse shit. You would face going to jail just for saying that in China, but here in America you say it without even thinking about it - no bravery is required. Say that and worse all day long, go ahead. You can, because this isn't China.
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