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Re:China listening in on Skype - Microsoft assumes you approve by edwardw on Friday December 21, 2012 @03:12AM (#4951953)
Does anyone else feel sick about a title like this as I did? A nation can't do things; a government can.
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Re:China listening in on Skype - Microsoft assumes you approve by msg on Friday December 21, 2012 @04:36AM (#4952099)
Read the English wikipedia article about metonymy. This figure of speech is not uncommon when referring to organs of state.
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Re:China listening in on Skype - Microsoft assumes you approve by edwardw on Saturday December 22, 2012 @11:27AM (#4956845)
Yes, indeed. It would be very convenient to substitute an issue of double standard with of rhetoric.
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