There is a lot more freedom there than you would think from reading the western press. Sure, they have censorship, but it's bypassable. China is experiencing unimaginable economic growth, and with that will eventually come some degree of increased personal freedom. I have a hard time explaining it to people who have never been there, but there there is much more "general freedom" in countries like china than in the US. Perhaps someone who understands can explain it better than me.
Just how free is the US anyway? Freedom to assemble is regulated, and freedom of speech, although certainly much greater than in china, is not absolute. We can criticize the president and our other government officials all we want, but nothing changes. Let's think about our own country (and change it, if you like) before we go on bitching about something that's not ours.
You realize what bullshit this is, right? They have millions of internet users, and a huge number of such requests each day. The only possible course of action to take against users searching for this stuff is timing out their requests for a while.
It surprises me that no one has mentioned freenet so far. Although I believe that freenet itself is condemned to fail, it certainly sets a standard as far as privacy and encryption are concerned.
http://freenet.sourceforge.net/
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There is a lot more freedom there than you would think from reading the western press. Sure, they have censorship, but it's bypassable. China is experiencing unimaginable economic growth, and with that will eventually come some degree of increased personal freedom. I have a hard time explaining it to people who have never been there, but there there is much more "general freedom" in countries like china than in the US. Perhaps someone who understands can explain it better than me.
Just how free is the US anyway? Freedom to assemble is regulated, and freedom of speech, although certainly much greater than in china, is not absolute. We can criticize the president and our other government officials all we want, but nothing changes. Let's think about our own country (and change it, if you like) before we go on bitching about something that's not ours.
Or should I say, only realistic course of action. China is not as of yet democratic.
You realize what bullshit this is, right? They have millions of internet users, and a huge number of such requests each day. The only possible course of action to take against users searching for this stuff is timing out their requests for a while.
Linux would be the maquis, and Microsoft would be the Ferengi.
captain, we need an apostrophe on the Googles! She's gonna blow!
since when does a pothead inject his 'pot' intraveniously?
heh, in mongkok computer center right?
It surprises me that no one has mentioned freenet so far. Although I believe that freenet itself is condemned to fail, it certainly sets a standard as far as privacy and encryption are concerned. http://freenet.sourceforge.net/