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I Am An Intemperate, Intolerant Jerk I Am An Intemperate, Intolerant Jerk

January 31, 2006 3:49 AM

I fully admit to being completely uninterested in reasoned discourse here. Indeed, I am being completely unreasonable. Because there is, to me, a difference between doing business under the communist bootheel and putting your own foot in the boot. Freedom made what you do for a living possible, Google, and now you crap all over that? Go to Hell.

I have a simple question:

The apartheid government in South Africa, in 1986 (i.e. 20 years ago today) asks internet search engines operating in South Africa to block any sites regarding anyone named Mandela, the African National Congress, the notion of democracy, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, or even the Declaration of Independence. Google rolls over like a cheap whore and says “Yes master! You’re in charge!” and then tells the rest of us “hey, we’re only complying with local laws and customs.”

Yes it is the same thing!

I fully admit to being completely uninterested in reasoned discourse here. Indeed, I am being completely unreasonable. Because there is, to me, a difference between doing business under the communist bootheel and putting your own foot in the boot. Freedom made what you do for a living possible, Google, and now you crap all over that? Go to Hell.

I have a simple question:

The apartheid government in South Africa, in 1986 (i.e. 20 years ago today) asks internet search engines operating in South Africa to block any sites regarding anyone named Mandela, the African National Congress, the notion of democracy, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, or even the Declaration of Independence. Google rolls over like a cheap whore and says “Yes master! You’re in charge!” and then tells the rest of us “hey, we’re only complying with local laws and customs.”

Yes it is the same thing!

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