Why not just say No to the Communist China 2008 Olympics and Yahoo's support of them?
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You should have said NO back in 2001 when the IOC voted democratically (one member, one vote except for those IOC members from the countries still in the running) to give the 2008 Games to Beijing. In other words, you've rather missed the boat by about 5 years.
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Never...you have nuclear bombs and Yahoo is an american site.
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No. Yahoo has been having a few issues as of late. It happened in a few groups I use that are not political in nature.\nBTW It's Martial Law.
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There are many communist (China, N Korea, Cuba) and socialist countries (Sweden, Russia, France) where your ideas and assistance would be appreciated. Forgive me if I don't rush out in a lather to follow in your wake.
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It is evil, I still appreciate the services yahoo provides to me, but to censor anyone in search of freedom, and give in to an oppressive government (such as china's), or any government "request", is simply wrong, and proves that though there are still a few good minds, and good souls behind yahoo, the cooperation is sadly, slowly being claimed by evil, censorship, and anti-freedom "forces"... I think what is happening to yahoo, and what it is doing in China, are both very sad... if any of you good yahoo people read this, please stop the oppressive forces within your otherwise good company, before it is too late...
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That's not the sort of information that is usually available at a snap. The only thing I can suggest is that you contact people living in past Winter Olympic host cities who were aged between 5 and 13 when the Games where hosted there and ask what influence it had on them.
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I think it's absolutely REPREHENSIBLE, and whomever did this at YAHOO should be taken into a dank basement and left their for up to 10 years, without anything but rice, and a BOWL do ones business in which is emptied maybe once a week, then they'll have the SAME conditions that Chinese intellectual prisoners get,it's so BOGUS It makes the BILE rise in my throat. I can't see yahoo doing this, I mean, what would the possible gain be, unless they're so hard up they want a relationship with perhaps the WORST human rights violators since Hitler on the face of this earth..it's unconscionable...seriously, and it REALLY, REALLY makes me sick. I had a great working relationship and friendship with a young person in China, close to my age in his early 30\ns on EBAY selling soccer items. We would talk, exchange ideas, etc. and I was truly worried about his safety after the HORROR stories I've heard about the disgusting oppressive government just coming in the middle of the day and taking someone away, holding a farce of a trial and then proclaiming that "THE LAW HAS WORKED PERFECTLY AGAIN IN CHINA AS THE ACCUSED HAS ADMITTED HIS WRONG DOING" after tons of torture of course, which is NOT limited to the person, it extends to that persons family, and then the government puts the SHAME MACHINE on them, which alienates these souls from their friends, family, neighbours, its horrid, horrifying and I had a chance to visit china and out of principal would NOT do it, they're is NO WAY id go there, as I know my own political views would probably gotten me removed quickly.. that just sits SO wrong with me, so I feel sick now, but to make a long story longer, my friend just stopped emailing one day, and then, I get an email from an account I'd never seen from this guys wife of ONE year, saying they came and got him and he's now in a Chinese prision for 2 years, she coudlnt' speak english and the translation was poor but I got the gist of it and literally wanted to RAMBO the MOTHERFUCKERS who did it,seriously, it wasn't hard to decipher her utter devistation, and it's sickening..they make me sick and if I ever heard of YAHOO doing that, I would NEVER, EVER use them again, EVER..plus, being a news writer for a large paper here in my area, I would definately let as many people know as possible about who did the turning in, and about the Chinese atrocities for things that we wouldn't think twice about. They are watched constantly they cannot talk openly aboout anything, the guy whom I bought items from I had to send the money a special way or his landlord would literally steal it,as he was a government party member, the shite, no that is just so, so wrong it's not EVEN funny, and I hope it wasn't brought up to be funny, because it's actually SICK. So, whoever came up with the question I truly hope you were serious, because your talking about human beings,with families, and lives, and hopes and dreams that could be SNUFFED OUT in ONE second by a heartless, regime hell bent on keeping it's people DOWN, although their public face is completely different if you visit they're you don't see any of the horror, they have people standing all around to keep you from wandering off, etc. So it's all BS, and HORRIBLE HUMAN TREATMENT, and the thought of YAHOO doing that is absolutely REPREHENSIBLE, Yahoo should be a voice and protector of these people, and let them be heard, and heard loudly while protecting their idenity. That's  the Yahoo I would think or hope exsists, and I'd like to know where the information came from about Yahoo or someone associated turning in a chinese person for something they said? It makes no sense.
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Actions explain philosophy. Yahoo selectively chooses news stories and gives them leftist slanted headlines. They are more than happy to work with every despot in the world and use their product to advance that governments perverse agenda. That in and of itself  shows their dirty red liberal agenda.
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Yahoo! justified providing Tao's personal emails to Chinese police by arguing that it was only following local (Chinese) laws since the emails were stored in servers in China. \n\nHowever, Many ask why Yahoo! uses servers in China knowing that it will be legally obliged to disclose private information of its    email service users to the government, which may lead to its email users being jailed as was the case with Mr. Tao.\n\nWhether this was morally justified, I leave this for you to judge!
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Everything about the Internet company Yahoo! screams fun – from the name itself to the bright purple colors, to the endless array of online services and distractions. Around the world they are associated with creativity, innovation and the free flow of ideas.\nI think that’s why it is so shocking to learn that Yahoo! has colluded with the repressive Chinese government to help identify Internet dissidents who were subsequently thrown in jail.\nI urge you to join me today by expressing outrage at Yahoo!’s participation in human rights abuses in China.\nThe details are shocking. Investigations by Amnesty International and others show that:\n• At the Chinese government’s request Yahoo! routinely censors search engine results \nin China -- without disclosing that the censorship has happened.\n• Yahoo!-disclosed private user information has allegedly been used to persecute at\nleast three political dissidents in China.\n• In one case, that of journalist Shi Tao, information turned over by Yahoo! was \nsubmitted as evidence in a trial that ended in a 10-year prison sentence. A primary\npiece of evidence was a private email Mr. Shi sent to the United States from\nhis Yahoo! email account.\nWe don’t really know how many voices have been silenced through Yahoo!’s collusion, or how many people have been rounded up. What we do know, and why we need your help, is that Yahoo! cannot hide behind the supposed realpolitik of working in China.\nRecent examinations of four American Internet technology companies operating in China– Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft, and Cisco -- suggest that Yahoo! has most actively aided repressive forces in China, by helping to jail political dissidents.\nNew York Times columnist and consistent voice for human rights Nicholas Kristof concludes “Yahoo! sold its soul and is a national disgrace.”\nYahoo! is not immune to public condemnation. Your demands for change will get the Internet giant’s attention.\nAmnesty demands that Yahoo! use its influence to secure prisoner of conscience Shi Tao's release and to stop any actions that could undermine human rights in any country in which it operates.\nEvery voice makes a difference. Please take action today.\nThanks for all you do.\nSincerely,\nBill Schulz\n\nExecutive Director
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The information they handed over was NOT private (as everyone is under the misconception that it was).  People should actually read the Terms of Use Agreement before signing up.  Yahoo! expressly states that they will cooperate with government authorities, including giving them requested information.  For them to have 'fought' would have flown in the face of their clearly stated principles.
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you'd have to find the original article/story that they've censored and then check it out on the chinese internet to know that.  \n\nit's pretty creepy though - a bit like Winston working for Big Brother to change the past and people's perceptions.  eugh.
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All internet use is censored and monitored in China. They ban political criticism of their government, and pornography!
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While I'm not sure on many of the specifics, I do know that google and other major webportals have been criticized for assisting the Chinese governments censorship efforts.  In the end it comes down to money.  With 1.3billion people China is the largest growth market in the world and the company that lands the state contract for whatever service they are pushing will make billions in the long term.\n\nYes it’s perfectly “legal”, China is a sovereign nation with their own laws and civil protections (not sure what these are, guardrails maybe?).  It seems wrong to assist them from a Western ethical viewpoint, at least to me.  Corporations however are rarely moral and seldom very ethical entities, especially when the government isn’t encouraging them to be in the form of huge fines.\n\nRegards,\nArmus
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So Yahoo can have a favorable business climate.  They prefer the almighty dollar to a people's right of self-determination.
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This issue is overblown.  They are not suppressing democracy.  They are following the laws of the land they are operating in.  The are granted permission to operate in China and must follow its laws.  Just if any foreign company was doing business in the US, we would expect them to follow our laws.
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In order for Yahoo! (or any other company) to do business with the Chinese, they must comply with the government demands. This usually means that they supress any sort of information that is out of line with the Chinese government. Companies like Google and Yahoo are willing to comply with these requirements because if they don't, another company will simply come along and do it. These corporations aren't willing to pass up the big bucks in an emerging market like China's, so they are willing to censor its users. I live in China and there are many websites I cannot use. "Dangerous" words like "freedom" and "Tibet" and "human rights" do not return any results on search engines here in China. \n\nIn short, there was money to be made by Yahoo. And they took it.