Comments on: Google Tries for High Ground in China http://foolswisdom.com/google-uncensor-china/ A fool and his blog are soon parted. Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:05:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Lloyd http://foolswisdom.com/google-uncensor-china/comment-page-1/#comment-252943 Lloyd Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:33:09 +0000 http://foolswisdom.com/?p=2294#comment-252943 I don't think there is anything routine about a free speech issue. I'm a terribly cynical person, so I tend to get caught in the same kind of thinking as you may have. The 1st gate is free speech and the persecution and murder of human right activists. Human life is "the bottom line". I don’t think there is anything routine about a free speech issue.
I’m a terribly cynical person, so I tend to get caught in the same kind of thinking as you may have.
The 1st gate is free speech and the persecution and murder of human right activists. Human life is “the bottom line”.

]]> By: Calvin http://foolswisdom.com/google-uncensor-china/comment-page-1/#comment-252918 Calvin Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:26:57 +0000 http://foolswisdom.com/?p=2294#comment-252918 I just wanted to comment on Google’s taking the high road. On the surface, it sounds like a routine free speech issue; however, it is also about making money. Although we can’t know for sure, it is likely that the banned sites would have a fairly high click-through rate. It is implied that the sites are simply political in nature, but other “offensive” sites are banned also. These are the kind of political/free press/business issues we like to discuss on my radio show, Alabama Business Today(http://alabamabusinesstoday.com). We would welcome Lloyd to be a call-in guest to discuss the merits of Google’s policies. By the way, Yahoo is supporting Google in this effort to open the Internet in China. The bottom line is more clicks are good for Google and Yahoo. I just wanted to comment on Google’s taking the high road. On the surface, it sounds like a routine free speech issue; however, it is also about making money. Although we can’t know for sure, it is likely that the banned sites would have a fairly high click-through rate. It is implied that the sites are simply political in nature, but other “offensive” sites are banned also.

These are the kind of political/free press/business issues we like to discuss on my radio show, Alabama Business Today(http://alabamabusinesstoday.com). We would welcome Lloyd to be a call-in guest to discuss the merits of Google’s policies. By the way, Yahoo is supporting Google in this effort to open the Internet in China. The bottom line is more clicks are good for Google and Yahoo.

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