Well this is a load of crap

Get a load of this load.

What to do about the new Axis of Evil?

I’m talking about Yahoo, Microsoft and Google, of course, those three Internet mega-corporations who are actively cooperating with totalitarianism in China.

Hyperbole much?

Since this is obviously a manifestation of corporate greed at its most unbridled, not to say cynically exploitive of (even, in a way, racist towards) the people of the most populace country on Earth, it’s time to deal with Google in a manner that could actually affect the retrograde policy of the company. In other word, it’s time for…

... a Google stock divestment campaign.

Everyone who cares about the free-flow of information, about democracy in China, in fact about democracy anywhere, should start selling their Google stock.

Oh horseshit.  Let me in your house, Roger.  I want to see how many items in it are made in China.  Until you divest yourself of all Chinese influence, you are pissing in the wind and you’re posturing for attention.

This whole right-side-of-the-blogosphere uproar over Google.cn is so much hot air.  Not one of the people that are outraged are ready, willing or even able to divest themselves of China’s influence on their lives.  You want to effect change in China?  Hit them in the wallet.

You either do this or don’t.  Get rid of everything you own that is stamped or stickered ‘Made in China.” Stop doing business with EVERY company that does business with the Chinese government.  You better devote a lot of fucking time to researching it...and don’t forget weird stuff like fast food franchises.  No more KFC for you.  No more BK or Mickey Ds.  Drink much?  No more Coke or Pepsi products...and the list goes on and on.  Booze, cars, clothes...you ready for this?

Don’t act all outraged that Google complied with Chinese law until you yourself are ready to be completely China-free.

Posted by JimK at 07:25 AM on January 30, 2006
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