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You've got to be kidding. Stifling another outlet for free speech is just to get a few more widgets produced per day right? Of course it has nothing to do with political fear, even though every other instance of such an action did. Right, you can't be serious.

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It can't be both? The percieved benefits of protectionism, combined with the squelching of unsavoury opinions and other content must be very appealing.

I'm not sure that applies here. Protectionism is not about keeping people from goofing off at work.

doh, I missed the root comment (threading isn't very obvious in links).

Yes, I was kidding. I just didn't realize the ;-) on the end was necessary this time because it was such a ridiculous comment ;-)

Sorry. :) You wouldn't believe how many morons actually think like that when it comes to China though.

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