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*sigh* mierin sedai - 27/04/2004 04:04:18 AM

China has apparently closed down some 8600 internet cafés the last months because they want to battle pages hostile to the government and porn. They will also be closing places which let minors in. However, despite the restrictions, the number of internet-users increases in China. From 60 to 80 million over the last year.

I think it is sad that they are going to this point. And increasingly open press will allow people to make up their own minds about things.

In this context, I suppose I should mention that I have begun thinking that I have been somewhat injust to Nixon. I read yesterday that he in a deal with the USSR agreed to cut back on increasing the army, thus giving the USSR a chance to breath, if they agreed to loosen up on speech restrictions. Recieving criticism from the diplomats of his day, I am quite happy about it. Free flow of information is a more powerful weapon, in my book, than men with guns.



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*sigh* - 27/04/2004 04:04:18 AM 134 Views
i agree - 27/04/2004 04:18:51 AM 17 Views
let's hope so *NM* - 27/04/2004 04:20:58 AM 4 Views
I concur *NM* - 27/04/2004 03:57:27 PM 3 Views
China knows it will be undermined by the flow of information - 27/04/2004 05:09:21 AM 10 Views
This is bad - 27/04/2004 05:33:22 AM 10 Views
Wait a minute.... - 27/04/2004 05:35:40 AM 21 Views
communism? - 27/04/2004 05:37:38 AM 18 Views
The meaning of communism - 27/04/2004 05:45:23 AM 16 Views
while in principle - 27/04/2004 05:48:16 AM 16 Views
Meh, I know the originall meaning, however snoop is right - 27/04/2004 05:50:33 AM 12 Views
Re: Meh, I know the originall meaning, however snoop is right - 27/04/2004 05:51:58 AM 12 Views
Words change over time - 27/04/2004 05:57:27 AM 12 Views
different, though - 27/04/2004 06:00:10 AM 12 Views
Also - 27/04/2004 06:05:18 AM 10 Views
It can confuse things - 27/04/2004 05:51:04 AM 12 Views
I know *NM* - 27/04/2004 05:53:01 AM 3 Views
Whatever happened to firewalls? This is regressive. - 27/04/2004 06:17:10 AM 10 Views
not to worry - 27/04/2004 06:52:10 AM 18 Views
Nixon is supposed to have had a really good diplomatic apporach *NM* - 27/04/2004 07:34:20 AM 5 Views
it is mind-boggling that someone who thinks Dubya.... - 27/04/2004 09:19:12 AM 20 Views
Perspective though - 27/04/2004 09:21:50 AM 13 Views
for what? - 27/04/2004 09:37:50 AM 15 Views
From my perspective he is better, as he actually seemed to care - 27/04/2004 11:32:47 AM 10 Views
It was the Cold War, after all. *NM* - 28/04/2004 03:40:28 AM 5 Views
le sigh - 28/04/2004 12:11:07 AM 7 Views