Comment Re:You know they would if given a chance (Score 1) 337
Thats the problem. People with power and/or influence think that the internet is unhealthy place. That is probably because they have heard or think that it is or from knowing someone with that king of behavior. In the end it is simply different ideologies. Those who want a clean internet are probably highly religious. The Chinese however probably think the internet is anarchy and are trying to impose a government on it to some level of understanding. They do what they think is right and we do what we think is right. Problem with the disagreeing west is that they think that what china does is wrong rather its just different ideologies (i'm sure most of you know that). If you look at the humanitarian level its a bad thing.
Though internet actually does provide a breeding ground for really creepy and wierd stuff, most of us are normal and at some point realize those wierd people are wierd. When those normal know someone who is strongly affected by the vileness of the dark parts of the internet they try to do something about it. Thus leading to the dimishing of net freedom for the rest of us. In a way it does make sense what china does, would you rather see violent stuff or happy stuff. For those neutral to the net it doesn't matter but its probably has to do with the high number of net cafes in the eastern region.
Think of it this way, have they told us how to run our net? Probably not, but we have told them. Instead we are doing it to ourselves, the censoring of the net, atleast partially, and those of us who've played enough pc games know what will happen after process starts and doesn't stop; little by little the freedom dissapears.
The net is probably the only place we can express freedom so much, like letting out what you couldn't do in real life. What the chinese are doing with the censoring is overboard imo. They are applying physical penalties to violations of virtual world(net) laws in the country.
Stuff ends up like taffy. Or worse.
Though internet actually does provide a breeding ground for really creepy and wierd stuff, most of us are normal and at some point realize those wierd people are wierd. When those normal know someone who is strongly affected by the vileness of the dark parts of the internet they try to do something about it. Thus leading to the dimishing of net freedom for the rest of us. In a way it does make sense what china does, would you rather see violent stuff or happy stuff. For those neutral to the net it doesn't matter but its probably has to do with the high number of net cafes in the eastern region.
Think of it this way, have they told us how to run our net? Probably not, but we have told them. Instead we are doing it to ourselves, the censoring of the net, atleast partially, and those of us who've played enough pc games know what will happen after process starts and doesn't stop; little by little the freedom dissapears.
The net is probably the only place we can express freedom so much, like letting out what you couldn't do in real life. What the chinese are doing with the censoring is overboard imo. They are applying physical penalties to violations of virtual world(net) laws in the country.
Stuff ends up like taffy. Or worse.
