PROFITS OVER DECENCY EVERY TIME

Google demonstrates alongside its peers, Yahoo and Microsoft, that it will cooperate with any repressive government in order to do business and earn profits. And to heck with decency and the poor, benighted consumers.

"Google Agrees to Censor Results in China; Search giant gives in to free-speech limits in return for better access."
http://www/msnbc.msn.com/id/11012756 Users who attempt to access censored material will be redirected to a government site. Do you think the government computers will be able to back track to the user's computer and see who's googling for forbidden information?

The article states that google will not "host its email or blogging services that can be mined for information about its users." Oh, and googling can't? How about email and blogging servers here in the land of the free being mined for information? Never happen here; we have rights and our government would never violate our rights. And businesses would never betray their consumers at the behest of the government. And we all believe in Santa and the Tooth Fairy.

Like last year when Yahoo gave up to the Chinese government the email account of a journalist who was then prosecuted and convicted of "violating secrecy laws". China's strict censorship laws will not permit free access to knowledge of certain subjects and will not tolerate dissent.

Hmmm! Wonder how long it will be before Americans face the same problems?