Apology to Phil Welch from thewolfstar

notice how Philip Welch defends the Chinese firewall. Jimmy Wales went up against Philip on this. My email concerning this was blocked

That's a goddamn lie. I've expressed nothing but criticism and contempt for the Chinese government on this list.

Philip, I owe you an apology. I miss read some posts and thought you were saying that the firewall should be up and we should defend it. I am really sorry for making this accusation Maggie thewolfstar

This is what really was said: Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Tearing down the Chinese Firewall

On May 14, 2006, at 6:05 AM, Prasad J wrote:

Helping people circumvent the Chinese firewall is tantamount to abetting a crime-and thereby unethical, unless a competent international body (like the U.N) officially makes a statement to the effect that China is a fascist state where citizens are brutally oppressed by the Government and denied any human right whatsoever. J Prasad

I simply cannot understand this standpoint. First off with describing the UN as "competent", but let's move past that.

The determining factor to you about whether to (non-violently!) resist an oppressive government isn't whether it is, in fact, oppressive, but rather whether or not it's officially designated "oppressive" by the UN?

Did Gandhi wait for the British colonization of India to be designated "oppressive" by foreigners before he began his resistance? Philip L. Welch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Philwelch

Again I apologize for not reading those posts right and for accusing you of something that was just not true. Maggie thewolfstar