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To: greenspirit who wrote (6681)	1/27/2006 9:58:09 AM
From: MGV	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15857

Freedom of information will win in time. Something tells me freedom of information would have won either way. These are compelling points to anyone who has international experience with influencing change. His point, of course, was that totally blackballing rogue or repressive regimes is not always the most effective way to change their behavior and benefit their citizens. I also asked him to respond to the comments I posted along with Brin's from Human Rights Watch President Ken Roth, who had suggested that Google join with Yahoo, MSN and other search companies and collectively refuse to censor results, on threat of quitting China. "Has he ever heard of Baidu?" asked Schmidt. He said he believed that for American companies to withdraw from the market would perfectly suit the Chinese government. Then Baidu, and other local search companies that have zero compunction about censoring speech in far more ways than Google has contemplated, would command the field, and make more money to boot.

To: greenspirit who wrote (6681)	1/27/2006 10:08:45 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 15857

I used to have a great amount of respect for Google, the company, and what they stood for. Now it appears they are just another multinational.....I do not think I am the only one who thinks this way either. This will negatively affect Google's image. It is not simply the fact that it was done, but that the exact inverse reponse was given to the US government, for arguably, a very noble cause, combating child predators. China's regime is one of the worst the world has ever known, and for evidence read: "The Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk."