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China Shuts Down 17,000 Internet Bars
Astin writes: "According to this article, Chinese authorities have shut down more than 17,000 Internet bars for failing to block Web sites considered subversive or pornographic. Out of the 94,000 Internet bars in China, 17,488 have been shut down and another 28,000 were ordered to install monitoring software soon. Of the 27 million Internet users in China, about 4.5 million rely on these bars. Foreign news organizations fall under the category of 'subversive'."
Doesnt make since to me!
gouranga
People get the kind of government they deserve. I mean really, grow some balls already.
Trollwave 2001 -- an endless space odyssey in time.
Remeber when we were fish ? We promised ourselves we would do it.
Troll network associates.
you guys are going to get us all in trouble! Don't you know China's an ally in the fight against evil-doers? As a member of the us media, you can't go around talking about their non-goodness anymore.
Too late now, expect a call from Ashcroft any minute...
Darrell
I am a sig.
I have no balls. But I do have twenty-four convenient access to your finances. Would you like a receipt with that? Someone tell the boy who works here to clean me up. The man who puts money in me is going to be very, very upset.
I am a sentient ATM.
Nice bit of karma whoring there :) - round of applause...
I think you answered your own question; The good fight stops when it's bad for business.
They just had to block slashdot: that way you avoid links to goatse.cx and there woudn't be all this awful talk about "Your Rights Online" and "Anti-Censorship".
They do like the cute pengiun however.
The worst terrorist attack in recorded history occurred in September, and now we're involved in a WAR against Islam (against the holiest of Muslim scholars, the Taliban) during the holy month of Ramadan and you people have the gall to be complaining about China doing some creative firewalling to shelter and protect their innocent citizens??? My *god*, people, GET SOME PRIORITIES!
The bodies of the thousands of innocent civilians who died (and will die) in these unprecedented events could give a good god damn about China's brave acts of censoring wisdom, your childish Lego models, your nerf toy guns and whining about the lack of a "fun" workplace, your Everquest/Diablo/D&D fixation, the latest Cowboy Bebop rerun, or any of the other ways you are "getting on with your life" (here's a hint: watching Cowboy Bebop in your jammies and eating a bowl of Shreddies is *not* "getting on with your life"). The souls of the victims are watching in horror as you people squander your finite, precious time on this earth playing video games! What's even more unbelievable is, no matter how many times I post this to Slashdot (probably a hundred times since September 11th), and no matter how obvious a troll I make it, it still hooks several morons who feel the need to tell me to "get over it".
You people disgust me!
I like your website. The chubby teen who lives there seems so friendly. Is she your sister/girlfriend? Have you considered opening a bank of America account?
I am a sentient ATM.
The prez's visit to the anti-Catholic University down south. Great example there.
you are absolutely right. 'tis about as pointless as meteor shower news. Oh, and Farm Equipment Monthly is doing a wonderful piece on Beowulf Clusters...
When the censors visited the slashdot homepage /. is definitely not a news site, because the article didn't contain any information.
they read an Joh Katz article and decided that
Where exactly is China and why the hell should we care?
Actually, all the blood rushes down there and the brain suffers from oxygen depletion.
Stupid stud syndrome then sets in for awhile.
Must now erase china from its silly-ass map?
Actually, Slashdot would be more like month-old Nestle's Quik with a bit of Mountain Dew poured into it. No matter how sweet it might be when you're done, the content is still horrible.