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Posted - 2011.08.24 20:49:00 -
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Originally by: Emiko P'eng
Originally by: Oh'Freddled Gruntbuggly Edited by: Oh''Freddled Gruntbuggly on 24/08/2011 19:58:11
Originally by: Emiko P'eng The main reason that the Chinese have their own 'official' server is very straight forward.
Somebody that talks sense? Don't you feel, like, real out of place?
Basically I was in a hurry, it was easier to quote the BBC than garner the examples I wanted from the myriad of other sources. 
Plus as the BBC is always being slated by both the those in power & the opposition in the UK for being biased against them, I find them a bit better than say 'Fox' in the US. Anyway here is a random selection on BBC & UK Internet!
BBC News - 23 May 2011: Courts 'could target' Twitter UK BBC News - 30 Sep 2010: EU Commission takes UK to court over web privacy BBC News - 10 Nov 2010: Outdated libel laws 'need reform' BBC News - 29 Jan 2010: Law firm's piracy hunt condemned
As for the UK in general. One ranting from the government was to suggest turning off Twitter & Facebook when a riot was threatened 
As for the prison sentences. UK Law has always operated the 'Deterrent' & 'Contraction' principle.
First introduce law, second pick on a few semi-harmless violators and make BIG headlines by throwing the book at them. Result 95% of population go 'Oh! I don't want that to happen to me I will abide by the law' as well as keeping the tabloid newspaper readers happy with a bit of 'Bread & Circus'. Later a law 'review' will quietly reverse the earlier 'harsh' interpretations, while Joe average goes on not breaking the law as its habit now!
It is quick, it is simple, it is cheap & it is a crowd pleaser and has worked for hundreds of years!
Until some stinkin colonials do the math and split, creating a similar (though more confused and haphazard) system to do the exact same thing.
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