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Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police....
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 16:05:48 -0400
On Sep 7, 2005, at 3:59 PM, Rich Kulawiec wrote:
On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 03:10:12PM +0100, Michael.Dillon () btradianz com wrote:Every company has to obey the laws of the jurisdictions in which they do business, and for international companies, that list of jurisdictions can be very, very long.Obeying the (local) law is, in most cases, very reasonable.But when presented with *that* request from *that* government, the correct response -- from anyone with a conscience and a spine -- is "go to hell".
Not in *that* country, it's not. You knew the rules before you crossed the border. If you are there, you have to follow the rules.
There is an argument to be made for not being in "that country" to begin with, but if you are there, you better comply.
-- TTFN, patrick
Current thread:
- OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Bob Arthurs (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Michael . Dillon (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Owen DeLong (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Joseph S D Yao (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Rich Kulawiec (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Patrick W. Gilmore (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Joseph S D Yao (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Sean Figgins (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Gadi Evron (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Joseph S D Yao (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Bob Arthurs (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Gadi Evron (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Valdis . Kletnieks (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Simon Waters (Sep 08)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Michael Greb (Sep 08)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Patrick W. Gilmore (Sep 08)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Owen DeLong (Sep 07)
- Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police.... Michael . Dillon (Sep 07)