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Re:South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in... by turk73 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @12:08AM (#21188682)
Self-censorship is still censorship. If these companies crater to the least common denominator, then free speech in the West is also doomed. We can't allow that to happen. Putting profits ahead of everything else is a sure way to go broke because it sacrifices quality and every other good for the sake of short-term profit. We saw Disney do this with Star Wars, trying to pander to Asian audiences and failing miserably. Now Disney has alienated their original fan base. Soon, nobody is going to care about anything Star Wars. Disney needs to smarten up.

Every company that thinks they can do business with communists needs to smarten up. Realize that you compromise your ethics completely and whatever short term gains you think you are making are eventually eaten away by the sheer clown world lunacy that is communism. Places like China can never right themselves simply because basic truths are banned from being discussed. How do they then move forward as a society? They don't, they can only move backwards.

Re:South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in... by anonymousab on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @01:11AM (#21188962)
If it is more profitable for free speech to be doomed, then it will be doomed.
Re:South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in... by mey on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @01:42AM (#21189119)
More accurately, we shouldn't rely on corporations to ensure free speech.
Re:South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in... by jnsaff2 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @02:42AM (#21189420)
Re:South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in... by mac01021 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @03:40AM (#21189730)
What did Disney do with star wars to pander to asian audiences?
Re:South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in... by dagw on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @04:03AM (#21189862)
Gave an Asian actress in a minor role "too much" screen time. Apparently.
Re:South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in... by point78 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @06:55AM (#21190839)
That entire plot and her in ep 8 was pointless. Obvious pandering
Re:South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in... by mac01021 on Saturday October 12, 2019 @06:36AM (#21232009)
What show are we talking about?
Re:South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in... by Chris2048 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @06:26AM (#21190635)
Gave actor Donnie Yen a starring role.
Re:South Park Responds to Being Banned in China for “Band in... by legopelle on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @04:10AM (#21189904)
The decision has nothing to do with China being communist. It has everything with both being capitalists.

You said it yourself: "Putting profits ahead of everything else.. because it sacrifices quality and every other good for the sake of short-term profit."

A blanket fear of communism is not productive.