Comments on: Big trouble in a bigger China http://www.mulley.net/2006/06/05/big-trouble-in-a-bigger-china/ Invisible people have invisible rights Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mark http://www.mulley.net/2006/06/05/big-trouble-in-a-bigger-china/comment-page-1/#comment-20295 Mark Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:22:34 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1277#comment-20295 While I tend to rip strips off of both companies, more for the fact that they're hugely overvalued and massively overhyped than anything else, it should be noted that in this case both companies are complying the law of the country in which they were operating. The only function of a corporation is to maximise share holder return and nothing else. The Nazi question is a straw man as we already know how that turned out but how many Chinese are there? If they want freedom from oppression there's enough of them to take it. While I tend to rip strips off of both companies, more for the fact that they’re hugely overvalued and massively overhyped than anything else, it should be noted that in this case both companies are complying the law of the country in which they were operating.

The only function of a corporation is to maximise share holder return and nothing else. The Nazi question is a straw man as we already know how that turned out but how many Chinese are there? If they want freedom from oppression there’s enough of them to take it.

]]> By: Bernie Goldbach http://www.mulley.net/2006/06/05/big-trouble-in-a-bigger-china/comment-page-1/#comment-20200 Bernie Goldbach Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:09:26 +0000 http://www.mulley.net/?p=1277#comment-20200 The NUJ would get more for its efforts if it taught journalists at large how to operate an anonymous proxy, how to Skype their questions, how to cloak referrer strings and how to encrypt files. BTW, the first syndicate to pick up on the NUJ's machinations was Yahoo! But if the NUJ posturing is to be believed, no member will have read this: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/02062006/325/nuj-calls-yahoo-boycott.html The NUJ would get more for its efforts if it taught journalists at large how to operate an anonymous proxy, how to Skype their questions, how to cloak referrer strings and how to encrypt files.

BTW, the first syndicate to pick up on the NUJ’s machinations was Yahoo! But if the NUJ posturing is to be believed, no member will have read this:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/02062006/325/nuj-calls-yahoo-boycott.html

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