I Quit Google Over Its Censored Chinese Search Engine

Re:I Quit Google Over Its Censored Chinese Search Engine by hueving on Monday December 03, 2018 @03:53PM (#18592852)

Well the country is going to commit genocide anyway. Why not try to sell them the weapons because we make much better weapons and US companies haven't been able to break into their weapons market yet.

The potential benefits could be substantial, we could be the first big US weapons manufacturer to break into this regime's market. Over time, economic ties could bring the countries closer together and reduce the likelihood of conflict...

Do you see how insane it is to justify something morally repugnant with potential long term economic benefits? The only way your argument works is if you don't care about censorship in the first place. If that's the case, then you need no justification at all because it's just another regular customer.

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Re:I Quit Google Over Its Censored Chinese Search Engine by guiomie on Monday December 03, 2018 @04:08PM (#18593025)

Isn't that what the US is doing with Saudi Arabia? Gen. McChrystal was making this argument on the Economist podcast. If we sell them the weapons, at least we have some control in the long run, because these type of deals include training, logistics, support...etc. and you leverage these dependencies in future negotiations. Would you rather give this leverage to Russia or China?

I think the same might be applicable to this scenario.

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Re:I Quit Google Over Its Censored Chinese Search Engine by int_19h on Monday December 03, 2018 @05:10PM (#18593647)

What US is doing with Saudi Arabia is a travesty of its own. All that effort we're spending to goad other countries into an Iran embargo should really be a KSA embargo.

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