http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/01/26/new-mantra-do-a-little-evil/ Jeff Nolan's take on investment, innovation, entrepreneurship and the technology industry Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:48:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/01/26/new-mantra-do-a-little-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-337057 SiliconANGLE — Blog — Google is Right: China is Not a Developing Country Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:19:58 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/01/26/new-mantra-do-a-little-evil/#comment-337057 [...] I wrote almost 3 years ago to the day that Google would regret agreeing to censure web content in China, that is was utter hypocrisy on the part of Google to do so and a betrayal of their brand values. Over the years we have seen Google walk back from their decision, at first stating that it was a mistake and now a full and complete departure appears in the works. Google got beat by China and we are all worse off as a result… you can’t sleep with dogs and not expect to get some fleas as a result. See Our Other Coverage Today on Google and China [...] [...] I wrote almost 3 years ago to the day that Google would regret agreeing to censure web content in China, that is was utter hypocrisy on the part of Google to do so and a betrayal of their brand values. Over the years we have seen Google walk back from their decision, at first stating that it was a mistake and now a full and complete departure appears in the works. Google got beat by China and we are all worse off as a result… you can’t sleep with dogs and not expect to get some fleas as a result. See Our Other Coverage Today on Google and China [...]

]]> http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/01/26/new-mantra-do-a-little-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-337053 Google and China – Assessing Google’s showdown with China: Does it make sense? | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:18:19 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/01/26/new-mantra-do-a-little-evil/#comment-337053 [...] I wrote almost 3 years ago to the day that Google would regret agreeing to censure web content in China, that is was utter hypocrisy on the part of Google to do so and a betrayal of their brand values. Over the years we have seen Google walk back from their decision, at first stating that it was a mistake and now a full and complete departure appears in the works. Google got beat by China and we are all worse off as a result… you can’t sleep with dogs and not expect to get some fleas as a result. [...] [...] I wrote almost 3 years ago to the day that Google would regret agreeing to censure web content in China, that is was utter hypocrisy on the part of Google to do so and a betrayal of their brand values. Over the years we have seen Google walk back from their decision, at first stating that it was a mistake and now a full and complete departure appears in the works. Google got beat by China and we are all worse off as a result… you can’t sleep with dogs and not expect to get some fleas as a result. [...]

]]> http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/01/26/new-mantra-do-a-little-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-337051 Google and China Assessing Google’s showdown with China: Does it make sense? | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com | Venture Chronicles Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:39:32 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/01/26/new-mantra-do-a-little-evil/#comment-337051 [...] I wrote almost 3 years ago to the day that Google would regret agreeing to censure web content in China, that is was utter hypocrisy on the part of Google to do so and a betrayal of their brand values. Over the years we have seen Google walk back from their decision, at first stating that it was a mistake and now a full and complete departure appears in the works. Google got beat by China and we are all worse off as a result… you can’t sleep with dogs and not expect to get some fleas as a result. [...] [...] I wrote almost 3 years ago to the day that Google would regret agreeing to censure web content in China, that is was utter hypocrisy on the part of Google to do so and a betrayal of their brand values. Over the years we have seen Google walk back from their decision, at first stating that it was a mistake and now a full and complete departure appears in the works. Google got beat by China and we are all worse off as a result… you can’t sleep with dogs and not expect to get some fleas as a result. [...]

]]> http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/01/26/new-mantra-do-a-little-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-274815 Google - Do Evil as you see fit | StartupDunia focuses on Indian startups, Web 2.0, Indian Internet industry and entrepreneurship in India Wed, 28 May 2008 01:42:57 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/01/26/new-mantra-do-a-little-evil/#comment-274815 [...] acting like a self serving, selfish, manipulative, evil bitch. And apparently, this isnt the very first time they’ve resorted to such hypocritical behavior. I dont think this will be their last [...] [...] acting like a self serving, selfish, manipulative, evil bitch. And apparently, this isnt the very first time they’ve resorted to such hypocritical behavior. I dont think this will be their last [...]

]]> http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/01/26/new-mantra-do-a-little-evil/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Venture Chronicles Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:11:04 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2006/01/26/new-mantra-do-a-little-evil/#comment-179 [...] This is not technology related at all, but I did think back to the Google China episode a few weeks back when I read this op-ed in the Post today. What irritated me then was watching Google resist subpeonas from the DOJ for non-private information (keywords and URL’s) on pornography one week, and not even a full week later saying that censoring speech in order to do business in China was okay by them. As I have witnessed the Cartoon Jihad unfold across the globe I am reminded of the same level of hypocrisy in the major media outlets. In the same week the Mohammed cartoons blows up, Rolling Stone is running a cover with some rap star dressed up like Jesus at the Cruxification. How is it that the media holds itself to a high standard of sensitivity to Islam but not to Christianity? Of course it’s really not about Christianity vs. Islam at all, but something more profound and it’s rooted in a pandering to one part of the world while expecting something more from another… not at all unlike Google acting as an agent of the Chinese government while at the same time being indifferent to the U.S. government.While we may disagree among ourselves about whether and when the public interest justifies the disclosure of classified wartime information, our general agreement and understanding of the First Amendment and a free press is informed by the fact — not opinion but fact — that without broad freedom, without responsibility for the right to know carried out by courageous writers, editors, political cartoonists and publishers, our democracy would be weaker, if not nonexistent. There should be no group or mob veto of a story that is in the public interest. No Tags Posted in Uncategorized || [...] [...] This is not technology related at all, but I did think back to the Google China episode a few weeks back when I read this op-ed in the Post today. What irritated me then was watching Google resist subpeonas from the DOJ for non-private information (keywords and URL’s) on pornography one week, and not even a full week later saying that censoring speech in order to do business in China was okay by them. As I have witnessed the Cartoon Jihad unfold across the globe I am reminded of the same level of hypocrisy in the major media outlets. In the same week the Mohammed cartoons blows up, Rolling Stone is running a cover with some rap star dressed up like Jesus at the Cruxification. How is it that the media holds itself to a high standard of sensitivity to Islam but not to Christianity? Of course it’s really not about Christianity vs. Islam at all, but something more profound and it’s rooted in a pandering to one part of the world while expecting something more from another… not at all unlike Google acting as an agent of the Chinese government while at the same time being indifferent to the U.S. government.While we may disagree among ourselves about whether and when the public interest justifies the disclosure of classified wartime information, our general agreement and understanding of the First Amendment and a free press is informed by the fact — not opinion but fact — that without broad freedom, without responsibility for the right to know carried out by courageous writers, editors, political cartoonists and publishers, our democracy would be weaker, if not nonexistent. There should be no group or mob veto of a story that is in the public interest. No Tags Posted in Uncategorized || [...]

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