On 14 May 2006 at 00:08, "Prasad J" <prasad59(a)gmail.com> wrote:
As, I said by allowing Chinese Wikipedians (who are
probably just kids
who aren't aware of what exactly their government does to
"dissidents") will do them more harm than good. You wouldn't be
breaking any laws, you would just be getting some Chinese teenager
shot for being a "traitor". America tried to bring democracy to Iraq
and only succeeded in instigating a civil war.Americans were not put
on this planet for the express purpose of preserving democracy-why
don't you give it a rest for a while?
It's interesting that you first proclaim that China is not "some Nazi-
like, fascist regime" (thus invoking [[Godwin's Law]] by making
comparisons with Nazis), but then seem to believe that a Chinese
teenager who exercises free speech is likely to be shot by the
government.
At any rate, I don't think anybody here is suggesting that the
Wikimedia Foundation officially support people in any country
breaking the law or engaging in anti-government activity; Wikimedia /
Wikipedia is committed to its policy of maintaining a neutral point
of view, which precludes taking a stand on political issues. If
individuals, in and out of China, provide means of evading the
Chinese firewall, that's their own business and their own
responsibility if they should happen to get arrested, shot, or
whatever.
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