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Am I the only one annoyed by "China Rips Off"? China is a country. Some folks in China did something. Unless said folks are govt, "China" didn't do anything.
by anamax 16y ago
Am I the only one annoyed by "China Rips Off"?
China is a country. Some folks in China did something.
Unless said folks are govt, "China" didn't do anything.
- dpritchett 16y agoI don't think this product could be legally brought to market in the United States. The Chinese government's trade policies enabled the creation of a $100 Android-running iPad lookalike.
- papersmith 16y agoThough from certain POV these devices exist despite government policies, as the phenomenon has certain anti-authority connotations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanzhai http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanzhai
- Niten 16y agoSo what? U.S. government free speech policies allow citizens to say most whatever they like, including things that cannot legally be said in Islamic theocracies. When a U.S. resident inevitably exercises his freedom of speech in a way that offends Muslims, would someone in Saudi Arabia therefore be justified in claiming that "the U.S. insults Islam"? No, of course not.