Comments on: Google defends cooperation with China http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/04/12/google-defends-cooperation-with-china/ information ethics : privacy : new media : values in design : 2.0 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:58:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Michael Zimmer http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/04/12/google-defends-cooperation-with-china/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Michael Zimmer Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:06:52 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/04/12/google-defends-cooperation-with-china/#comment-386 Well said, mb. Keep up the good work on your blog. Well said, mb. Keep up the good work on your blog.

]]> By: mb http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/04/12/google-defends-cooperation-with-china/comment-page-1/#comment-384 mb Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:56:34 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/2006/04/12/google-defends-cooperation-with-china/#comment-384 To claim that Google censors political thought because they don't want to be arrogant is the height of hypocrisy, and a <a href="http://www.dontbeevil.com/2006/04/eric-schmidts-logical-fallacy.html" rel="nofollow">logical fallacy</a> as well. Nobody said Google should walk into China and dictate how they should operate. Nobody said Google had to walk into China at all. The beautiful thing about the "Don't Be Evil" ethic is that it's simple and obvious. When someone starts making an elaborate rationalization in favor of questionable behavior, applying the evil test could stop it in its tracks. My 11-year-old daughter understands intuitively that censorship is wrong. It takes Eric Schmidt and a Ph.D in computer science to defend the indefensible. To claim that Google censors political thought because they don’t want to be arrogant is the height of hypocrisy, and a logical fallacy as well.

Nobody said Google should walk into China and dictate how they should operate. Nobody said Google had to walk into China at all.

The beautiful thing about the “Don’t Be Evil” ethic is that it’s simple and obvious. When someone starts making an elaborate rationalization in favor of questionable behavior, applying the evil test could stop it in its tracks.

My 11-year-old daughter understands intuitively that censorship is wrong. It takes Eric Schmidt and a Ph.D in computer science to defend the indefensible.

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