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- jerryjamesstone, on 06/25/2009, -6/+40Man, I would hate to live there
- kitkat102, on 06/25/2009, -4/+27The Chinese authorities think their people can't cope with disturbing things like Tiananmen Square, so they want to block that sort of information. Nobody is gullible enough to think this has anything to do with pornography.
- inactive, on 06/26/2009, -1/+22Actually, the answer is: No
Pirated porno DVDs cost less than $1 and you can get them almost everywhere over there - ayeroxor, on 06/26/2009, -0/+20They have to pay for porn? The poor things!
- Falldog, on 06/26/2009, -0/+17Maybe if they jerked off a bit more they wouldn't have a population problem.
- Elranzer, on 06/26/2009, -1/+14Kinda reminds of that episode of Family Guy where the FCC tried to censor real life.
- EggAndMuffin, on 06/26/2009, -0/+10That Filtering software is so full of bugs and holes.
It works on I.E., but Firefox and Chrome can pass through it.
Just Google "Green Dam" (綠壩) and see for yourself.
The Mainland Chinese (internet users) are laughing at how pathetic this software is.
Like this one,
Green Dam filtering software scorned by many Chinese:
http://rconversation.blogs.com/rconversation/2009/ ...
(I am not advertising, this was the first result from Goodle) - ryanonfire, on 06/26/2009, -0/+9The Chinese search engine http://www.baidu.com/ gives you more porn than google.cn
- inactive, on 06/26/2009, -0/+8This is a ruse for censoring information on the internet in general.
You can buy all the pornography you want at bookstores, on news stands, etc. - ted510, on 06/26/2009, -0/+8In Thailand, pornography is illegal as well...Yet it is available almost anywhere. Scenario:
You are walking in an IT Mall or market, someone runs up to you and ask if you want to buy discs. You say yes. He shows you a binder full of pirated software, music, movies, and pornos. You ask for a certain disc and he pulls out a walkie talkie and gets someone to get you the disc or he goes and gets it. I believe it's similar to China. Just making it illegal does not stop it! - morningmatters, on 06/26/2009, -1/+8Wow. The creator of the largest porn site in China was sentenced to life? He must of pissed off some local government official over something else.
As people pointed out already porn can be found everywhere in China. The government has a barely-there policy when it comes to this subject. - executorzz, on 06/26/2009, -2/+9No pornography but hookers around every corner.
- KenOh, on 06/26/2009, -0/+6Pornographic sites are often blocked in China and the only porno you can buy from a legit store is the "tastefully nude" kind. However, I had 4 brothels in view from my flat in Shanghai. This isn't counting the few massage parlors in view that may or may not have offered similar services.
- pjvdg, on 06/26/2009, -1/+6Sorry, they banned that too...
- inactive, on 06/26/2009, -1/+6Damn, now China'll have to block Digg.
- asgardshill, on 06/26/2009, -2/+7Of course you can legislate morality - our full-to-bursting law books are prima facie evidence of that. Like everything else though, the efficacy of enforcement varies widely.
- inactive, on 06/26/2009, -0/+5Forbidden fruit tastes sweeter.
- ayeroxor, on 06/26/2009, -3/+8About a week or more ago, they reluctantly decided that the blocking software would be optional/not mandatory. When is the rest of the journalistic world going to be as informed as the average digger?
Buried inaccurate.
http://www.google.com/search?q=china+blocking+soft ... - inactive, on 06/26/2009, -3/+8When will the world learn you cannot legislate morality?
- Gusbob, on 06/26/2009, -2/+6Erm... One child policy?
- Elranzer, on 06/26/2009, -0/+4It's not that they think the people can't cope... they think they can cope it TOO well. The government doesn't want people to think they can start a riot and (successfully) affect their government. After all, the tanks DID stop for that peaceful protester.
- slantyeyed, on 06/26/2009, -5/+9it really sucks to live in China.
- asgardshill, on 06/26/2009, -1/+5It might have been helpful. Otherwise, it just sounds like the same canned trite phrase that everybody else uses but nobody really means.
- rcardona2k, on 06/26/2009, -1/+5Blocking pr0n doesn't discourage sex. A billion Chinese can't be wrong!
- inactive, on 06/26/2009, -3/+6Dicks.
- inactive, on 06/26/2009, -3/+6And boobies. And vaginas.
- ennuisquared, on 06/26/2009, -0/+3His chin looks like balls, do you want me to censor that?
- slantyeyed, on 06/26/2009, -3/+6you can legislate anything if people vote for it
- Misterberu, on 06/26/2009, -0/+3How so?
- protogenxl, on 06/26/2009, -0/+3Won't Someone think of Edison Chen?
- lostinseganet, on 06/26/2009, -0/+3Perhaps this is a ploy by the movie industry to put some boobs in all their flims so china will actually help them curb paricy.
- maeon3, on 06/26/2009, -1/+4Internet censorship is not about maintaining mental purity. It's about control, money, and power. The Chinese government couldn't care less about whether or not their people are maintaining happy sustainable lives. If they were, they wouldn't be so concerned with developing the national censorship engine where it's not even legal to know what they are doing, because it's immoral, step to the side sheep, you've reached the end of your pen.
The Chinese are blocking porn because they think it's immoral and bad! That's the biggest doublethink lie of the century and diggers bit into that hook line and sinker. - Gusbob, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2Sir, pornographic ban IS political censorship.
I just haven't figured out how yet... - mrheavysilence, on 06/26/2009, -1/+3I'm on vacation in China right now (since I'm Chinese American) and the censorship is almost unbearable. Yesterday I tried to surf the web only to find that Google was blocked. Youtube is blocked. Bloglines is blocked. I'm chilling in Dongguan (city of 7 million people, biggest export production city in China) and even pictures of the city library are blocked. If anybody could send me some anonymous proxy programs through Digg, I would appreciate it ALOT. The censorship is very complicated and I empathize with the Chinese Gvnt because the population is out of control and it is very dangerous for 1.5 billion people to become politically charged (they don't want a Soviet Russia-like collapse). Think about it for a second; China's population is literally like 1/4 of the entire world. But as an American, of course I agree that censorship of pornography and politics is wrong. I am used to being able to say whatever I want and to be able to criticize and speak freely about American politics. China has the potential to be this way because the Chinese youth are smart and resourceful, but the improvement will be in very gradual increments over time. They've already made great strides; five to ten years ago, people would have been afraid to talk about politics with their friends or strangers; now its no big deal. But PLEASE, somebody send me a proxy program!
- Elranzer, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2Like many poorly written websites, the Chinese government must be assuming that everyone is using Internet Explorer.
- nuketrap, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2Well if porn is banned then what the ***** is the Chinese porn I have been downloading?
- lostinseganet, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2Yea but if they get caught...they will find out just how commie their government really is.
- decx, on 06/26/2009, -2/+4bing videosearch ftw
- rumblpak, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2but searching for a torrent for windows xp/vista is perfectly fine, so with a 3 second fix people will be back to surfing porn. plus the great firewall doesn't block ***** if you're decently intelligent.
- roodammy44, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2The pornographic ban would piss me off as much as the political censorship
"You can take our lives, but you can't take our pooooooooooorrrrrnnnnn!" - inactive, on 06/26/2009, -1/+3"In my trips there, I've been propositioned by prostitutes in the mall, in the hotel, walking down the street, in a bar, and even once on a treadmill. The sex trade there is INSANE and utterly ubiquitous.
The notion that they're doing good with this is laughable.
-- tonydavisnelson" - psychohog, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2Demolation Man style?
- swraman, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2pirated = illegal
- InorganicMatter, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2Riiiiiight, they block all kinds of hardcore porn sites, like these ones:
http://www.dalailama.com/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_prot ... - insertAliasHere, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2I love it when people make declarative statements like that without explaining them at all.
If you're going to say that they have "more freedoms" you'd better come up some examples. - deslock, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2@pungry
What the hell are you talking about? How are lax street regulations "freedoms"? So you can drive a death machine that no other country would consider fit for the road? Free to use asbestos and lead paint if you damn well please?
I don't doubt you one bit.
You have a screwed up sense of freedoms. Human rights are "freedoms". Rules to keep everyone safe from irresponsible people and corporations are freedoms too believe it or not. - themastersb, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2In other news... Suicide rates in China have drastically increased.
- ineptsavant, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2I think this google think is China just flexing it's grip on the internet. Porn is available in China for purchase from dvd sellers. While the law is technically there the common people don't pay much attention to it(as far as the purchasing it goes.. I'm certain you must have some balls to start a store that sells it).
- drex8, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2This Green Dam software - If it's a filtering and blocking software, shouldn't it be possible to remove it? Albeit not easily I suppose. Even if it's a rootkit, there should be ways which people would come up with to remove it altogether, or do a complete fresh install. Now if this blocking is done via hardware means, then it would be a pain to remove.
I see two problems with it:
1) Naive computer users, who are eager to remove this - will probably get spammed by fake software, which may or may not remove the green dam..and on top would install some trojan or adware or other spywares.
2) I forget the 2nd reason. Swear to God I had it in my head when I began writing it. - mrheavysilence, on 06/26/2009, -0/+2I'm in China and the only link blocked on that list is the first one
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