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   Bobshaker, Apr 23rd, 2007 @ 6:42am

   
   

   Really Mike...you're use of sarcasm is impeccable. Keep it up. I needed that laugh to start my day with. I wonder if the Chinese would start banning internet outright. They would be the best candidates for such an act and it would be funny as hell to see that which would ensue.

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   MadJo (profile), Apr 23rd, 2007 @ 6:50am

   
   

   Bobshaker, why did you have to scream "first" first? That's as lame as grabbing a newspaper in a newsstand while screaming "first". You do know that for a moment you looked like a total jacka**? (before Mike deleted your first post)
   
   On topic, I doubt many current governments really understand the Internet, and still hope that it will go away.
   Meanwhile it makes an ideal scapegoat/vehicle for nonsensical laws for them.

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   Something must be done!

   

   mkvf, Apr 23rd, 2007 @ 7:01am

   
   

   Well, thankfullty, the Chinese government is doing something - they enthusiastically release hundreds, if not thousands, of criminals from their addiction to breathing every year.

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   Costi, Apr 23rd, 2007 @ 7:10am

   
   

   so the chinese official banned wikipedia.org and technorati.com? totally a subterfuge.

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   Overcast, Apr 23rd, 2007 @ 7:34am

   
   

   Oh are all these crimes new in China? hmm, guess they never happened prior to the internet then...

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   Unless

   

   dorpus, Apr 23rd, 2007 @ 7:35am

   
   

   Just because Mike wants it to fit poor reasoning does not mean it does. What if the young criminals acknowledge that the internet was the source of their inspiration, where they learned how to hotwire cars, etc.?

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   Chronno S. Trigger, Apr 23rd, 2007 @ 8:59am

   
   

   I can look up hot-wiring a car on Google but I could also ask a few hundred people I already know. The knowledge is out there, the Internet is just one source.

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   Jeez.

   

   Lynna, Apr 23rd, 2007 @ 9:02am

   
   

   "Last November a Chinese court sentenced the founder of the country's largest pornography Web site to life imprisonment." - Holy crap. Overkill, don't you think?

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   Mischa, Apr 23rd, 2007 @ 12:29pm

   
   

   Because it is amusing. There were several times I was tempted to do the same thing but so far I've managed to restrain myself. :-)

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    you missed the real story

    

    squik, Apr 23rd, 2007 @ 12:40pm

    
    

    Chinese officials are just as stupid as American politicians, who have also blamed the internet or video games or television or music for youth crimes.
    
    The real story is that the Chinese government has the power to criminalize and censor information. They use lame arguments about causes of crime to control information flow. Notice the article talks about "a new campaign against Internet pornography", but also cracks down on "rumor-spreading", i.e. news.
    
    Wow, that official really is stupid. Let's laugh at him while China uses his reasoning to commit more human rights violations.

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    Charles Griswold, Apr 23rd, 2007 @ 1:45pm

    
    

    Guys, don't feed the troll. It will only encourage him.

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    When Good Stats Go Bad

    

    GeneoA, Apr 23rd, 2007 @ 2:43pm

    
    

    In the US, 99.2% of all people who died of cancer in 2006 had previously used a telephone. Of course, 100% of those same cancer victims also had names. What does it all mean when you tilt stats to tell the story you want them to tell...

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    MadJo (profile), Apr 24th, 2007 @ 12:58am

    
    

    Amusing to whom? I think the word you were looking for is annoying and/or pointless.

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