Asia

Go Google Yourself China!

Submitted by Antigone on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 21:20.

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When someone really faked off my dad, his most common and fiercest reply was "Why don't you go fak yourself and see how that works out for you?" In the spirit of that feeling, I take the liberty of tweaking it a bit to apply to the latest row between Google and my favorite place on earth: China. You know, China, where the internet is free, and the rest of us are being unreasonable imperialist faks.

To China I say: "Why don't you go Google yourself and see what results for you?" However, before you do, I dare you to drop your censors first. Then, let's compare the before and after screenshots. Are you man enough to come out from behind the Great Firewall of China, officially known as the Golden Shield Project, and show us what results from random searches on some of your favorite keywords like taboo Tibet and Tiananmen Square just for kicks.

But WE Can See YouTube, China

Submitted by Antigone on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 17:53.

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China’s latest repressive stunt: blocking YouTube ‘coincidentally’ after a video was posted of the Chinese security force beating Tibetan protesters during last year’s clashes prior to the start of the Olympics. For some reason, I’m still not over the fact China was allowed to host the Olympics but we all know why China was allowed to host the Olympics. What a show indeed especially when it came to China’s sorry-ass attempt to show the world how host-worthy(ie civilized and democratic) it’d become overnight even though it still wanted to block the world press from unrestrictive internet access. Ah, China, you big control freak!

When the Easter bunny and Cadbury eggs simply aren't enough.....

Submitted by Antigone on Sun, 03/23/2008 - 13:16.

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Beware this Easter: Crucifixion could be hazardous to your health

I’m all for the Easter bunny and Easter egg hunt for the kids but some seem to feel it more festive to hang from the cross just like their hero Jesus allegedly did many eons ago. Firstly, the whole Jesus story is questionable in itself. Personally I find the story hard to buy and if you watch films like The God Who Wasn’t There, there is a long list of things that don’t add up and poke enough holes in what I deem the best fictional story of all time, the Jesus fable, to make it look like Swiss cheese or Boris Yeltsin's liver.

Could you please stop bending over backwards for China?

Submitted by Pericles on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 19:28.

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So unless you live in isolation or just returned from an expedition to the Amazon, you must know what is currently going on in Tibet. To put in mildly, Tibetans had enough of their Chinese oppressors and demand independent. Apparently, China invaded Tibet 50 years ago and claim it as part of China.

It seems that Chinese always thought that Tibet is part of their country. However, Tibetans for some bizarre and unexplained reason never quite agreed with that claim. They must be bonkers. I mean why wouldn't somebody want to be part of the great People's Republic of China? After all, China is such a democratic place where human rights take uppermost priority, NOT.