From fork-admin@xent.com Wed Sep 18 14:06:41 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54A4716F03 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 14:06:41 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 18 Sep 2002 14:06:41 +0100 (IST) Received: from xent.com ([64.161.22.236]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g8ICOeC29554 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 13:24:40 +0100 Received: from lair.xent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C502129409F; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 05:21:06 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: fork@example.com Received: from isolnetsux.techmonkeys.net (isolnetsux.techmonkeys.net [64.243.46.20]) by xent.com (Postfix) with SMTP id BB5BC29409E for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 05:20:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 19572 invoked by uid 501); 18 Sep 2002 12:24:02 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 18 Sep 2002 12:24:02 -0000 From: CDale To: Gary Lawrence Murphy Cc: fork@example.com Subject: Re: boycotting yahoo In-Reply-To: Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: fork-admin@xent.com Errors-To: fork-admin@xent.com X-Beenthere: fork@example.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Friends of Rohit Khare List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 07:24:02 -0500 (CDT) X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-8.3 required=7.0 tests=AWL,EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,KNOWN_MAILING_LIST, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,SIGNATURE_SHORT_DENSE,USER_AGENT_PINE version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: Well I don't think China could force Yahoo! to give up info. So if they are so willing to give it, why wouldn't they be willing to give info to some silly group who may one day decide to get a hair up their ass about the practice of BDSMers? (not to mention folks who don't even practice, but who are just interested in information) What about folks who are interested in talking about software security issues? Didja read about the guy in China who got 11 years for downloading and printing out pro-democracy info? http://www.democracy.org.hk/EN/2002/aug/news_04.html I'm confused about what you're confused about. Cindy On 18 Sep 2002, Gary Lawrence Murphy wrote: > > I'm a bit confused about this boycott thing. How is what China is > doing any different than having Scientology and who ever else > state-side who takes the whim evoking the DMCA to close down foreign > sites they deem inappropriate? At least the Chinese make it voluntary > and ask politely, rather than just sending legal musclemen first off. > > -- "I don't take no stocks in mathematics, anyway" --Huckleberry Finn