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Yahoo Settles With Imprisoned Chinese Journalists
Terms of the deal are secret, but Yahoo has reached settlements with two Chinese journalists who were arrested based on information the company provided to the ruling Communist government. "[...] a source at Yahoo said the company has been 'working with the families, and we're working with them to provide them with financial, humanitarian and legal assistance.' Yahoo has also agreed to establish a global human rights fund to provide 'humanitarian relief' to support dissidents and their families. The source said that details still have to be worked out."
why don't you give them a job when they get out, instead of just throwing money at them? That would simultaneously make amends and give China a big Fuck you.
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Yahoo should do all those things considering they helped put the journalists behind bars in the first place. If only a castigation from Congress would be this effective in every scenario.
After Congress's rant against Yahoo they had better back Yahoo up and pressure the Chinese to release these journalists.
I got a catholic block.
This is one thing that I have never understood about countries which try to limit speech and especially criticism of the government. What is gained by shutting down dissent with the power of force? Do they actually believe that the rest of the world doesn't know what is going on anyway? Heck, even the dimmest rural Chinese citizen knows well the failings of the system (probably from bitter personal experience). Is their system or argument so weak that it cannot stand up in an honest debate? These countries should stop quashing dissent with the gun and instead fight the battle of ideas in an open and public debate. What are they so afraid of? If they believe so strongly that their system is the best then why not put their money where their mouth is so to speak?
Care to back up that casual slander of the Gates Foundation with any reference? I'm genuinely curious about what you've read that I missed.
Otherwise, don't blame me if I assume that you're trolling.
'This writing business. Pencils and what-not. Over-rated if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it' - Eeyore
True democracy has not been practiced in such a long time though. The current democratic model is so flawed it lets guys like Bush, Blair and Howard be elected.
Populations of large democratic nations are way to big for the ancient greek democratic model to work. I am not saying scrap democracy but the way it's carried out needs to be revised.
The current model still has too much emphesis on majority rule and allows for minorities to still be repressed. Anti-descrimination laws only go so far. A majority could rule in favor of theocracy and take away certain rights of everyone because its "not christain".
Sometimes a gullable mob is just as bad as a communist regime.
Make SELinux enforcing again!
Thats rich comming from a country that RE-elected George W Bush
Make SELinux enforcing again!
1. the vast majority has always been more tolerant than one would suppose. common decency is the norm, not rabid pogroms. it is demagogues in power who lead with lies and propaganda that incites the usual suspects into committing atrocities against religious and racial minorities
2. in cases where the majority is intent on killing a racial or religious minority, why do you think a government besides democracy will protect citizens from that? more likely, it will inflame the persecution further (jews in the ussr, christians in saudi arabia, falun gong in china, etc.)
in other words, you somehow say that democracy incites persecution of minorities. on the contrary, it puts demagogues out of power and allows common decency to shine through. and even if it doesn't do that, every other form of government makes persecution of minorities worse. this entire issue is a stupid red herring
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it