Comments on: Google Kowtows to China's Communist Dictators

By: Allan Beatty

Allan Beatty — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:54:45 +0000

I never expected Google's "Do no evil" principle to outlast their IPO.

By: Downtown Lad

Downtown Lad — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:50:11 +0000

I think it was a good call by Google. They're trying to make money.

They would be foolish to give up China entirely. When China turns Democratic, do they really want to be in a position where they have zero market share????

By: John

John — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:30:25 +0000

"Don't be evil." So much for that idea.

I have to wonder, though, if China required cars to have regulators that wouldn't let them go over 30 MPH, would we be outraged at Ford for selling such cars there? I don't know what the difference is.

What we have here is a case of the Law of Unintended Consequences.

Sure, globalization and free trade make China and other represive countries (a little) more democratic.

But they also make the rest of the world more ANTI-democratic, especially the companies that operate there.

By: mahndisa

mahndisa — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:15:24 +0000

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This is a bad idea, but I think they already compromised with China before over a business executive-oh I think that was Microsoft vs. China….

By: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of ...

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of ... — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:19:22 +0000

Freedom Loving Google

That analysis is wrong for a couple of reasons.

First � The Swiss banks� customer was the German government directly, they could not have financed their evil without the cooperation of some bank.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:01:55 +0000

Depends what the poison is I suppose. Not all poisons are lethal.

By: KipEsquire

KipEsquire — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:42:48 +0000

No, I'm thinking more along the lines of the antithesis of "A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down."

What good is sugar if it comes with a spoonful of poison?

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:39:53 +0000

Regarding the Ayn Rand quote: Are you implying that Google will go out of business as a result of its involvement in China's censorship efforts?

That seems a stretch.