From: jf_avon@citenet.net (Jean-Francois Avon (JFA Technologies, QC, Canada))
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 1996 10:55:46 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: U.S. State Dept criticizes Chinese net-censorship
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- From State dept about China:
> Government control  
> of news media generally continues to depend on self-censorship to       
> regulate political and social content, but the authorities also         
> consistently penalize those who exceed the permissable. 

It is this kind of double talk, "self-censorship", that makes
possible the US govt. to do the exact same as China's one does.

There is no such thing as "self-censorship".  Either you stick to 
your values, and then it is *not* censorship, or then you do not,
and then, it is neither.

The *only* ultimate tool of censorship is a gun.

JFA


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