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Re:Chinese Hackers Infiltrate New York Times Computers by RestlessMind on Thursday January 31, 2013 @01:07AM (#5143751)
"Government" is not one cohesive entity, certainly not in a country as big as China. Sure, there might be some rogue actors sympathetic to such attacks. But that doesn't imply that "Chinese government" in general is supportive of such acts, just like a few corruption scandals do not imply that entire US government is corrupt.
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Re:Chinese Hackers Infiltrate New York Times Computers by krichman on Thursday January 31, 2013 @02:17AM (#5143914)
But for each scandal we need to re-evaluate the prior.

I'm irritated that you post this as if presupposing that the US government is not corrupt. I know you are factually correct, but the connotation bothers me.

When they failed to stop SOPA of their own accord, I realized that the majority are either incompetent or corrupt.

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Re:Chinese Hackers Infiltrate New York Times Computers by RestlessMind on Saturday February 02, 2013 @04:39PM (#5157443)
Well, my main point was about China and mentioned US govt just as an example. If you don't like that example, how about: "Its wrong to call a corporation corrupt just because a few mid-level employees go rogue"
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