Don’t be evil, Comrade?
Google Lewinskied China, agreeing to “base its censorship decisons on guidance provided by Chinese government officials.”
Will Collier points out the Google company motto, “Don’t be evil,” and rightly clarifies this corporate move as “willingly acting in concert with the far greater evil of the Chi-Com dictatorship.”
CNN and Saddam, CNN and Iran, Microsoft and China, Google and China, NewsCorp and China. All instances where corporations went along with the facist oppression of a nation’s people in order to be the ones making the bucks.
I thought of three or four possible graphics that should be the new face of Google. Here is my Google Earth, China Edition logo:
Anyone want to mashup old Mao propaganda posters and Google’s logo?
More: Michelle Malkin is displaying several other great graphics edited to reflect the Google-China deal.
January 25th, 2006 at 13:19 EST
“…All instances where corporations went along with the facist oppression of a nation’s people in order to be the ones making the bucks.”
It would be problematic for oppressive governments to be seen by their citizens as restricting access to information. Happily for the Communists, Google will do it for them.
What is ironic about this Commie-coddling is that the ChiCom’s capitalist lackeys may be missing out on the larger, long-term opportunity. Interactive technologies are moving much faster than the censors’ ability to keep up with them, like handheld and peer-to-peer technologies. Companies that stake a claim in this space are positioned to be hugely successful when the Great Firewall of China eventually comes tumbling down.
Read more at http://austinvitw.blogspot.com/2005/12/google-whore-of-babylon.html
January 26th, 2006 at 10:51 EST
[...] Pajamas Media is tracking bloggers’ reaction to the Google-China deal. Dean Esmay’s handcuffed Google graphic is good and is probably a more effective graphical statement than my Google Earth: China Edition graphic. [...]