Chinese, U.S. Condemn Censorship

Chinese, U.S. Condemn Censorship 238

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday February 14, 2006 @05:38PM from the glad-we-can-talk-about-this dept.

More reactions both at home and abroad to the censorship issue. picaro writes "According to the BBC, 'party elders' in China released an open letter decrying the current state of censorship in China, and suggesting that 'history demonstrates that only a totalitarian system needs news censorship, out of the delusion that it can keep the public locked in ignorance.'" LWATCDR writes "The US government is upset over restrictions of freedom of speech on the Internet. The United States, has 'very serious concerns' about the protection of privacy and data throughout the Internet globally, and in particular, some of the recent cases raised in China."

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In other news... (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday February 14, 2006 @05:44PM (#14719551)

China is now looking for a more "fair and balanced" way to report the day's headlines.

Yeah right. (Score:5, Funny)

by mctk ( 840035 ) writes: on Tuesday February 14, 2006 @05:49PM (#14719585) Homepage

"The letter was signed on 2 February but publicly released on Tuesday."
Sadly, the writers made the unfortunate mistake of pointing out important parts using the infamous "black highlighter." They could not be located for clarification.

Re:Hypocrits (Score:5, Funny)

by Atzanteol ( 99067 ) writes: on Tuesday February 14, 2006 @05:58PM (#14719673) Homepage

My god your right! I just tried searching for George Bush Sucks [google.com] and got nothing! Nor does there seem to be any entries for George bush is a terrorist [google.com]! This blatant censorship must stop!

make up your minds... and ours.... (Score:3, Funny)

by revery ( 456516 ) * writes: <charles@NoSpam.cac2.net> on Tuesday February 14, 2006 @06:00PM (#14719700) Homepage

So, first they model their cencorship policy [slashdot.org] on our "model", then they criticize it. And apprently, we agree with them..

I'm so confused...

that's an accurate statement (Score:3, Funny)

by circletimessquare ( 444983 ) writes: <(circletimessquare) (at) (gmail.com)> on Tuesday February 14, 2006 @07:00PM (#14720239) Homepage Journal

it is like an online flamewar, except that in real life, real flames are used

it even started, ironically, with a danish troll: the cartoons. trolls being a nordic invention, i think, that makes sense? ;-P

Re:Let Me Get This Straight: (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday February 14, 2006 @08:04PM (#14720748)

Your lady IS a whore.
Come get some...
I'm at
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Washington, DC 20500

Re:Hypocrits (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday February 14, 2006 @09:15PM (#14721180)

Ah, but did you try searching for

Re:Uh oh.... (Score:3, Funny)

by spongman ( 182339 ) writes: on Wednesday February 15, 2006 @12:20AM (#14722123)

You can have spin and still be balanced. You just need to account for precession.

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In other news... (Score:5, Funny)

Yeah right. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Hypocrits (Score:5, Funny)

make up your minds... and ours.... (Score:3, Funny)

that's an accurate statement (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Let Me Get This Straight: (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Hypocrits (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Uh oh.... (Score:3, Funny)

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