[WikiEN-l] Tearing down the Chinese Firewall

[Rob]

On 5/13/06, Prasad J <prasad59 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Actually I believe it was you who brought this up on the mailing list
> Anthony,although I do agree that this is not a matter which is within
> the scope of this list. I must however mention here that you claim the
> Chinese citizens are being *oppressed* by their Governemnt. I,
> personally, also feel the same way, but then let us not forget that
> these policies are put in place by an elected Government-perhaps for
> legitimate reasons- and the said laws are a part of China's internal
> affairs. So for us to pass judgement on this matter would not be
> entirely fair-since we are both citizens of other countries.
>

Were the US government to put into place certain policies "protecting" its
citizens from certain information on the Internet, no doubt you'd start
complaining about jackbooted thugs and the like.  I don't particularly care
what you think about the US government, but I don't think the Chinese
government should escape similar condemnation because of an accident of
geography.