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Chinese censorship exists to protect the state. EU right to be forgotten protects the individual. That's a pretty huge difference.
by spingsprong 12y ago
Chinese censorship exists to protect the state.
EU right to be forgotten protects the individual.
That's a pretty huge difference.
- DannyBee 12y agoSo it's a good ol' ends justify the means argument. That certainly never turns out badly ...
- spingsprong 12y agoI didn't make any argument
- spingsprong 12y agoI find that downvote really funny.
- DannyBee 12y agoUh? This is surely an argument. You are arguing that using the same means (censorship) to achieve two different end goals (protecting the individual, protecting the state), are very different situations. You imply that they should be looked at very differently. If you don't want it to be an argument, simply state the facts, and remove, among other things the "that's a pretty huge difference" statement.
- Shinkei 12y agoI agree the parallel isn't exact, but it still represents the state limiting the dissemination of information. I would rather hear your opinion about the substance of the law rather than the weakest part of my statement.