On 15 Feb 2006, at 10:35, Lloyd Hardy wrote:
> > "With Google.cn, as I understand it, Google is not trying to
> bring information to the Chinese people which their government will
> not let them access."
>> No, they're just trying to make money. That's cool - they're a
> business. But _please_ don't try to dress up the aiding of
> violations of human rights as 'something for the benefit of the
> people'.
It's very easy to be cynical, and very hard to actually think hard
about the situation and try to come up with something which actually
helps people. I kno Google is in the latter camp, and I'm very glad
it's not in the former.
Colm
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