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Re:China Blocks Web Access to The New York Times After Article by smokeyj on Saturday October 27, 2012 @01:42PM (#4706691)
The discussion is about attitudes towards censorship. The point of my comment was that Americans are willing to accept censorship, as long as it's "legal". And I think history is on my side. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_the_United_States
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Re:China Blocks Web Access to The New York Times After Article by redwood on Saturday October 27, 2012 @07:16PM (#4707546)
Press Freedom Index scores: - United States: 14 - China: 136

Let's not lose focus of this very drastic difference. Sure 14 is too high, but it's not appropriate to bring it up in the context of China, in my opinion. But then, I shouldn't censor you, should i?

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Re:China Blocks Web Access to The New York Times After Article by smokeyj on Sunday October 28, 2012 @01:08AM (#4708212)
Did I claim China was freer than the US? I didn't mean to, and would have been outside the scope of the point I was trying to make.. which was American's are tolerant of censorship.
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Re:China Blocks Web Access to The New York Times After Article by redwood on Saturday October 27, 2012 @07:12PM (#4707537)
Again: there's a difference between - blocking an [avenue] to information where other avenues exist, and - blocking information
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