Sun 26 Nov 2006
Sigh!
The one thing that may end up forcing me out of China is the Great Firewall of China. Once again, Wikipedia is blocked after nearly a whole month of relatively unfettered access. What’s worse, my blog is again also blocked. This I really don’t get as my blog, while not necessarily supporting the Chinese government or condoning their practices, generally presents a more neutral view than most. I’m very active in many online debates about China and my stance is basically “take a little more critical look at your own country’s policies and you might find that they are close to 99% similar. ” Sure, that 1% makes a big difference, but painting the Chinese goverment as more “evil” than others is simply ignorant in my opinion. Sure, they have had a heavy hand in the not so distant past, and sure they still do in many ways, not the least of which is blocking my site!! But you’re kidding yourself if you believe that your own government is benevolent. So, as I distrust all goverments equally, they should unblock me!!!
Hey YOU!!! The guy who has the power to flip the switch and OK my domain again… Would you mind making my life a bit easier by not having to rely on slow and clunky proxy services to circumvent your meddlesome filtering and just go ahead unblock me? And while you’re at it… give me back my Wikipedia!!!
Your humble guest in your beautiful country,
+ Modok +
[tags] china, wikipedia, firewall, block, access [/tags]
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December 1st, 2006 at 3:11 pm
Well, I can’t pretend to give this post credit for it, but I can freely access my blog again. Or can I? Hmmmmmm.