Of course. But for most everybody, it's much easier to point out the flaws in others than it is to identify the flaws in oneself. So, while similar things happen in the west, we'll gladly point out if it happens in China.
If what they're saying is true, it's kind of an interesting problem. On the one hand, interviewers should stay on the topic at hand. No use asking about the Great Firewall when the topic at hand is the toxic water flowing through Harbin right now, ya know?
But at the same time, from a socialogical perspective, the Firewall is fascinating. How selective can you make such a firewall, and in what ways are the people still happy knowing that they are being sheltered from things. Is this brainwashing (as it must certainly appear to a Western perspective) or is this simply a different view on the world that the West cannot wrap their heads around.
It reminds me somewhat of WWII, and the rush during and afterwards to understand the essence of the Japanese people. In short, Japanese were doing things that seemed bizarre and impossible to the Western soldiers, and this set off a near 60 year rush to understand the Japanese people. I think we're beginning to see the inklings of the same thing here (for more information, go look up nihonjinron, or Ruth Bennedict, author of the first book of these studies.)
I just gave a call to my representative in Illinois, and the woman on the phone was well aware of the Broadcast Flag amendment. Apparently they've already recieved a number of calls...
At least we're making a tiny stand, you know?
This is really kinda sad.
For those who don't know, yes, there is a new Shadowrun edition coming it, it will move the timeline ahead a few years and render the other books somewhat defunct (not completely, but enough that they wouldn't be useful rules-wise at all and plot-wise only for history's sake.)
But this? Please. I have more faith in those making Shadowrun to not do something like this.
This has been on the front page of http://www.fedoraforum.org/FedoraForum.org[FedoraF orum.org] for a while now. Kinda late news, as I've been using it for a while now.
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Of course. But for most everybody, it's much easier to point out the flaws in others than it is to identify the flaws in oneself. So, while similar things happen in the west, we'll gladly point out if it happens in China.
If what they're saying is true, it's kind of an interesting problem. On the one hand, interviewers should stay on the topic at hand. No use asking about the Great Firewall when the topic at hand is the toxic water flowing through Harbin right now, ya know?
But at the same time, from a socialogical perspective, the Firewall is fascinating. How selective can you make such a firewall, and in what ways are the people still happy knowing that they are being sheltered from things. Is this brainwashing (as it must certainly appear to a Western perspective) or is this simply a different view on the world that the West cannot wrap their heads around.
It reminds me somewhat of WWII, and the rush during and afterwards to understand the essence of the Japanese people. In short, Japanese were doing things that seemed bizarre and impossible to the Western soldiers, and this set off a near 60 year rush to understand the Japanese people. I think we're beginning to see the inklings of the same thing here (for more information, go look up nihonjinron, or Ruth Bennedict, author of the first book of these studies.)
I just gave a call to my representative in Illinois, and the woman on the phone was well aware of the Broadcast Flag amendment. Apparently they've already recieved a number of calls... At least we're making a tiny stand, you know?
This is really kinda sad. For those who don't know, yes, there is a new Shadowrun edition coming it, it will move the timeline ahead a few years and render the other books somewhat defunct (not completely, but enough that they wouldn't be useful rules-wise at all and plot-wise only for history's sake.) But this? Please. I have more faith in those making Shadowrun to not do something like this.
This has been on the front page of http://www.fedoraforum.org/FedoraForum.org[FedoraF orum.org] for a while now. Kinda late news, as I've been using it for a while now.