Comments on: Using NewsGator to Defeat China’s Censors http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/10/17/using-newsgator-to-defeat-chinas-censors/ Jeff Nolan's take on investment, innovation, entrepreneurship and the technology industry Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: vinnie mirchandani http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/10/17/using-newsgator-to-defeat-chinas-censors/comment-page-1/#comment-178608 vinnie mirchandani Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:03:06 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/10/17/using-newsgator-to-defeat-chinas-censors/#comment-178608 Jeff, it is a complex issue but I would say far fewer folks are supportive as they were right after 9/11...all I can say is I would rather be here than in China...we have checks and balances which take time to kick in, but they usually do... Jeff, it is a complex issue but I would say far fewer folks are supportive as they were right after 9/11…all I can say is I would rather be here than in China…we have checks and balances which take time to kick in, but they usually do…

]]> By: Jeff http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/10/17/using-newsgator-to-defeat-chinas-censors/comment-page-1/#comment-178595 Jeff Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:31:07 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/10/17/using-newsgator-to-defeat-chinas-censors/#comment-178595 Vinnie, Privacy and censorship are entirely different topics. While I appreciate your comment, quite honestly I believe that activists on this issue are diluting the nature of censorship repressing speech by bringing in the privacy debate. Lastly, if you poll a wide cross section of Americans you will find some significant support for the programs that the NYTimes and others like to debate in purely academic terms. Vinnie,
Privacy and censorship are entirely different topics. While I appreciate your comment, quite honestly I believe that activists on this issue are diluting the nature of censorship repressing speech by bringing in the privacy debate.

Lastly, if you poll a wide cross section of Americans you will find some significant support for the programs that the NYTimes and others like to debate in purely academic terms.

]]> By: vinnie mirchandani http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/10/17/using-newsgator-to-defeat-chinas-censors/comment-page-1/#comment-178583 vinnie mirchandani Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:34:24 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/10/17/using-newsgator-to-defeat-chinas-censors/#comment-178583 Jeff, we have issues in the US too about government and technology and privacy http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/washington/16nsa.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin Jeff, we have issues in the US too about government and technology and privacy

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/washington/16nsa.html?_r=1&ref=technology&oref=slogin

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