Comments on: Letter Writing Sunday #11

By: vegankid

vegankid — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 20:02:28 +0000

robert - glad we can finally agree on one:)

bill - thanks for the links.

By: ms_xeno

ms_xeno — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 18:34:37 +0000

@#$!%?$!

Can we please just stop with the pretense that Democrats aren’t perfectly capable of fucking us over to line their own fucking pockets ?!

58 House Democrats Vote Against Net Neutrality

And, yes, I know that Ron Wyden is trying to defend neutrality in the Senate. Perhaps he learned from all that media consolidation bullshit in the 1990s that monopolies aren’t good for his party’s long-term health– no matter how much money individual members can jam into their already-bulging pockets by pushing it on us. >: I guess by the toothless standards of the current scene, it’s easy to get hyped up and excited over a politican whom merely proves that he’s got the brains God gave a gnat.

By: April

April — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 17:16:32 +0000

I read about this on Democracy Now! or some other blog, I cannot remember. It’s a damn shame, especially with the whole Net Neutrality issue up in the air right now. Ugh, I pray the Republicans don’t screw us again. It’s bad enough that it only took 8 of them to not allow an increase in the minimum wage a week ago.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 16:31:50 +0000

I wonder how they sleep at night?

Cushioned cozily on a big bed of money.

By: RonF

RonF — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 13:31:13 +0000

I think that the actions of Yahoo (and Google as well, IIRC) in such cases as these is a disgrace. Something like this flies in the face of not only the ideals that the companies themselves profess but those that America stands for, and basic human decency. They sold these guys out, pure and simple, so that they can do business in China. I wonder how they sleep at night?

By: Bill Hooker

Bill Hooker — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 04:43:12 +0000

Boo Yahoo! has been a good resource on this case for some time. Note that Yahoo’s fingers are in a lot of popular pies — Flickr and Del.icio.us, to name two from which I deleted accounts — so a boycott takes some work. (If anyone is thinking of doing the same, I’ve been very happy with Photobucket and Simpy.)

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 02:44:44 +0000

Hooray, one I can agree with. Screw Yahoo, and screw any company that does business with China in this fashion. Sure, it makes sense to engage, and to try and provide some pressure in the direction of liberalization. And there are bound to be some morally difficult areas and fuzzy lines that are going to require judgment.

When you find yourself having to turn people over to the secret police, you’re over the fuzzy line.

By: Open Reading Frame

Open Reading Frame — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

weirdos like me who make their peace with the death in the dairy industry but scruple at rennet. I talk too much.Bee Policy: Is science a sandwich? Philosophers’ Playground: What Do You Do When Your Friend Is An Asshole? Respectful of Otters Alas, a blog Â» Blog Archive Â» Letter Writing Sunday #11 DocBug: How do you attribute someone who doesn’t give his name? Powered by Simpy and Feed2JS; the archive, aka my Simpy account, is here.

By: feminist blogs

feminist blogs — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

involving Yahoo!, the Chinese government, and a journalist. The following information is from Amnesty International: Shi Tao, a Chinese journalist, is serving a ten-year prison sentence in China for […] Continue reading at Alas, a blog … posted 10:15 pm at Alas, a blog

By: FeministBlogosphere

FeministBlogosphere — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

07/03 Letter Writing Sunday #11