Open society

yeah…I agree the we may seem a bit much. But, then, I don’t see too many people up in arms over it either…therefore, "we" isn’t too far off.

“So much attention is paid to the aggressive sins, such as violence and cruelty and greed with all their tragic effects, that too little attention is paid to the passive sins, such as apathy and laziness, which in the long run can have a more devastating effect.

eleanor roosevelt

I’d be careful about using "we", it implies a collective thumbs up, which I doubt Google’s execs would respect unless you own stock with them.  While China’s government is questionable, so is this one.  Especially since "we" owe them billions.  They are paying for Pax Americana in Iraq and te Afghanistanian theatre after all.

They’re , eventually, going to steal the technology and make their own google. We screw ourselves and their people by doing business with their government.

If Google were to tie commercial opportunity to openess, China would go after the money on its own. That is, if they are paid to be more relaxed, they will be. If they can keep things closed and not loose too much money, they will keep things closed.

Its actually the advertisers and marketers that use Google that have the most power to influence policies.  Follow the money. Its the only thing that votes in China.

China makes the rules in China.  Censorship and threat of prison (or worse) is bread into their society for thousands of years.  China is patient, Americans and companies think short term.  Better americans focus on their own issues and make sure we don’t end up like this. ooops, i guess that’s why newscloud was started.

Google is a capitalist concern, so if China will only allow them to operate there under their rules despite the factoid that those laws are in violation of U.S. rhetoric, when in Rome…

I mean, wasn’t Google one of the communications portals that turned over the Internet records of private citizens like the rest of the telecoms?  Gates and Co. went so far as to create Vista, which according to the German news media, (where I first learned of this) and other tech watchdogs.

Orwell must be saying, "I told you so".

Personally, I think all the tech companies have failed to show leadership on censorship issues in China. Likewise, wealthy employees of these tech companies have remained fairly silent as well.