China has arrested over almost 5400 people in 2009 in its latest Internet pornography crackdown, calling the new tougher policy a key piece of China's "state security." In the last month, the Chinese government began offering up to 10,000 yuan (about $1500 USD) to anyone who reported sites featuring porn, and 9000 sites were taken down alongside the arrest of 5394 citizens. For 2010, ...
Read full articleOriginally posted by ZippyDSM:Sounds like the beginning of a "Fahrenheit 451","Nineteen Eighty-Four", or "Equilibrium (2002)".
When porn,music,video or books become "state security" the "state" needs to be nuked into dust.
Quote:When "state security" becomes more important than the welfare of its people, it should be the beginning.Originally posted by ZippyDSM:Sounds like the beginning of a "Fahrenheit 451","Nineteen Eighty-Four", or "Equilibrium (2002)".
When porn,music,video or books become "state security" the "state" needs to be nuked into dust.
Originally posted by kfir1:Yep, porn is just a convenient excuse to crack down on free speech, the US and UK (and others) are very keen on such ideas too, we have other news articles on this here somewhere
t's just another excuse to supress FREEDOM of SPEECH. Do you guys notice that not only porn they are blocking but other FREE SPEECH sites too.
Originally posted by Joshewah:Haha!!Oh, some perspective on the issue:)
The worst part about this mess (other than suppression of free speech) is that there are far more men in China than women. Some guys are going to live lonely lives with no spank material.
Originally posted by ZippyDSM:
When porn,music,video or books become "state security" the "state" needs to be nuked into dust.
Originally posted by inhisgrip:What? Maybe that's what you call porn, but I think child porn, and beastiality are illegal pretty much everywhere.
it is a sad day when a backward, communistic, "Godless" ,oh and
uninlightened we cant forget that, can see the detrament porn has to a
society and we cant...oh and we're not talking about some naked men
or women... no we're talking about underage 12,13,14 year olds ,sex with
animals and the sex slave trade which is the underbelly of this beast
we call porn I guess their just not satisfied with pictures of Chairman Mao any more.
Originally posted by llongtheD:
Originally posted by inhisgrip:What? Maybe that's what you call porn, but I think child porn, and beastiality are illegal pretty much everywhere.
it is a sad day when a backward, communistic, "Godless" ,oh and
uninlightened we cant forget that, can see the detrament porn has to a
society and we cant...oh and we're not talking about some naked men
or women... no we're talking about underage 12,13,14 year olds ,sex with
animals and the sex slave trade which is the underbelly of this beast
we call porn I guess their just not satisfied with pictures of Chairman Mao any more.
Originally posted by kiwi1:
It's a worry that a nations people are being treated this way and there's no one powerful enough to step in since China pretty much owns the US now.
A few more things they might want to look into purifying.
Their air quality, not just for china but for the entire planet.
Their appalling human rights record.
Their work and safety standards.
The quality control on everything they produce.
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