China
China is a sick country
- Posted by Rob (#1) on February 12, 2008 17:59 CET
Sure, I eat meat and support fox hunts etcetera.. but this is even to sick for me: lions on horseback. Offered by your friends in China. Of course it's no surprise, people who don't respect human rights also have trouble respecting animals.
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Google Censorship
- Posted by Rob (#1) on June 12, 2006 20:44 CEST
Let's see.. we already had Google Search, Groups, News. Earth, Maps, Mail, Talk and Froogle. And Google Calendar. And now also Google Spreadsheets. I maintain: the KGB, Gestapo and Chicoms must be jealous of Google. Not too surprising then that China and Google remain bedfollows.
It is somewhat worrisome that a top player in data mining, centralisation, analysis and trending is trying to find a way to work with censorship, somehow, instead of outright rejecting it. Does the "don't be evil" mentality still apply? And if not.. then little prevents the eventual appearance of a CEO who realises Google can offer exactly what these totalitarian powers want. And then concludes to go for it, after all on the long run it never did IBM any harm.
That is surely a worst case scenario (unless you include Google selling us out to the Chicoms), but it wouldn't be evil of Google to show some backbone now.
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Boycott China, all of it
- Posted by Rob (#1) on November 28, 2005 15:36 CET
Sir Paul McCartney boycotts China (like me). Good job, Sir Paul:
Sir Paul McCartney has vowed never to perform in China after seeing secret footage of cats and dogs being slaughtered for their fur.
He urged his fans not to buy Chinese goods and to boycott the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Describing China's treatment of animals as 'uncivilised', he compared it to the treatment of black people in apartheid South Africa.
Although a victory for PETA and their friends, I think this sort of reasoning is a bit harsh on mankind. Wouldn't it be easier and better to compare the treatment of animals in China to.. the treatment of people in China?
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Boycott Bejing 2008
- Posted by Rob (#1) on November 21, 2005 11:55 CET
Neil says we should boycott Bejing 2008 and links to a nice parody of the "Five Friendlies" mascottes. A bit of torture here, some censorship there.
I fully support a boycott for political reasons alone, but even more so because one of my close mates might very well be competing and I would be concerned for her safety in China. I hope she and can wait for gold until 2012, close to home in London.
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