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Good Society > Published by Daniel Elton, August 22nd 2011 at 12:28 pm

China hails Cameron’s look at instant messaging crackdown

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Chinese Communists have praised the Prime Minister for investigating whether clampdowns on instant messaging and other social media can be introduced.

Loyalist Beijing newspaper, Global Times, describes David Cameron’s consideration of blocking the use of social networking websites as a ‘bold measure‘.

The newspaper, which prints an English edition,  belongs to the People’s Daily, an ’organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China”.

Global Times was recently accused of ‘ astroturfing’ criticism of artist, nobel laureate and government critic Ai Weiwei by asking staff to pose as members of the public on internet forums discussing his imprisonment and to attack the human rights campaigner.

Weiwei was reported as having suffered torture when imprisoned for alleged tax evasion. He was never formally charged during his detainment.

The newspaper argues that a new authoritarian attitude by the British government could “appease” tensions between the UK and China. It says:

“The British Government’s wariness of the Internet and Blackberry Messenger – symbols of freedom of speech – is a forced reaction, which might upset the Western world.

“Meanwhile, the open discussion of containment of the Internet in Britain has given rise to a new opportunity for the whole world. Media in the US and Britain used to criticize developing countries for curbing freedom of speech. Britain’s new attitude will help appease the quarrels between East and West over the future management of the Internet.” 

Global Times then uses Cameron’s consideration of a social networking clampdown as a weapon to criticise proponents for more internet freedom in the world’s most populous country:

“As for China, advocates of an unlimited development of the Internet should think twice about their original ideas.

“On the Internet, there is no lack of posts and articles that incite public violence. They will cause tremendous damage once they are tweeted without control. At that time, all governments will have no other choice but to close down these websites and arrest those agitators.

“Turbulence must lead to self-examination, otherwise it’ll lead to great peril in one’s destiny.”

  • http://twitter.com/norock/status/105602385661005824 Simon HB

    China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown: http://t.co/RmDbibM :@danielelton

  • http://twitter.com/c_a_jonestechno/status/105602785315274752 CAROLE JONES

    This is good. One of the most repressive regimes thinks Cameron is great. What does that say?
    China hails Cameron: http://t.co/30589QY

  • http://twitter.com/timmymc/status/105602815245811713 timmymc

    RT @leftfootfwd: China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown: http://t.co/GLFdz9s :@danielelton <<<oh dear,not good company

  • http://twitter.com/alexmjsmethurst/status/105603415580753920 Alexander.

    China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown: http://t.co/RmDbibM :@danielelton

  • http://twitter.com/creativecrip/status/105604515083976704 TheCreativeCrip

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  • http://twitter.com/blindjustice41/status/105604538173628416 w.m o’mara

    China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown: http://t.co/RmDbibM :@danielelton

  • http://twitter.com/politicalplanet/status/105604807934492672 Political Planet

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  • http://twitter.com/hens4freedom/status/105605075048742912 Hens4Freedom

    RT @leftfootfwd: China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown: http://t.co/lYPhXRr :@danielelton #NewsClub

  • http://twitter.com/scottbert/status/105606075327332352 Scott

    China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown: http://t.co/RmDbibM :@danielelton

  • http://twitter.com/robstickler/status/105606758109683713 Rob Stickler

    Hmmmm. RT @leftfootfwd: China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown: http://t.co/0rnutkh :@danielelton

  • http://twitter.com/brydenlaw/status/105608658846617600 Chris Bryden

    China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown: http://t.co/RmDbibM :@danielelton

  • http://twitter.com/ijrees/status/105609819557335040 Ian Rees

    Recent vists gleamed more than trade RT "@leftfootfwd: China hails Cameron's instant messaging crackdown: http://t.co/vhyxp18 :@danielelton"

  • http://twitter.com/reiserlaw/status/105613346748899328 Michael Reiser

    RT @leftfootfwd: China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown: http://t.co/lYPhXRr :@danielelton #NewsClub

  • http://twitter.com/kinell88/status/105613586931519488 Ell Aitch

    Thats when you know cambos a c*nt RT @leftfootfwd: China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown: http://t.co/WKxbKZa

  • http://twitter.com/raymondonia/status/105614858250235904 ray turner

    RT @leftfootfwd: China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown http://t.co/RKnr12j

  • http://twitter.com/sosweetnothings/status/105615141839699968 The Sweet Nothings

    China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown: http://t.co/RmDbibM :@danielelton

  • http://twitter.com/matt0wen/status/105616795926396928 Matthew Owen

    China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown: http://t.co/RmDbibM :@danielelton

  • http://twitter.com/macinpoole/status/105619080836423680 malcolm

    China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown: http://t.co/RmDbibM :@danielelton

  • http://twitter.com/guid0man/status/105626654084317186 Guy Manchester

    Of course they do: Chinese Communists hail Cameron’s look at instant messaging crackdown: http://j.mp/rdruev

  • http://twitter.com/hitchinengland/status/105629596346613760 Hitchin England

    RT @leftfootfwd: China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown: http://t.co/bpNXTqV :@danielelton #NewsClub

  • http://twitter.com/aitigre/status/105633555949957121 ai

    China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown http://t.co/TQtuTdG

  • http://twitter.com/mikeflatcap/status/105633710090616832 Mike Watson

    Of course they do: Chinese Communists hail Cameron’s look at instant messaging crackdown: http://j.mp/rdruev

  • Robert

    And what would labour have done different I think very little.

  • http://twitter.com/socialchina/status/105644372682477570 China Social Media

    China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown – Left Foot Forward http://t.co/1MaUn1N

  • Anon E Mouse

    Why shouldn’t the government look into anything that might help people who have been burned out of their homes, had their business’s trashed or been killed by criminal thugs?

    Unlike the last government with it’s ID Cards, 42 detention, the terrorism act etc etc this government DIDN’T shut down the social networks which is refreshing.

    No story here – again…..

  • http://twitter.com/socialchina/status/105669328971640832 China Social Media

    China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown – Left Foot Forward http://t.co/1tKMOg9

  • http://twitter.com/socialchinese/status/105669330028601344 Chinese Social Media

    China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown – Left Foot Forward http://t.co/5DJh61T

  • http://twitter.com/yahoobhrp/status/105674802001485825 Yahoo! BHRP

    RT @leftfootfwd: China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown http://t.co/jSIiwPN

  • http://twitter.com/peterswindon/status/105680278298693632 Peter Swindon

    Cameron finds an ally in his crusade against @twitter: the Communist Party of China > http://t.co/ONPNySx <(MT @leftfootfwd)

  • http://twitter.com/kristoferkeane/status/105685422671269888 Kristofer Keane

    RT @leftfootfwd: China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown http://t.co/vOnu2Oq

  • http://twitter.com/mr_onions/status/105685840830799872 Richard Johnson

    Chinese government hail Cameron's net curbs as proof of vaildation of their web censorship policy http://t.co/AIOHp9n

  • http://twitter.com/mr_onions/status/105686148755632129 Richard Johnson

    Chinese government hail Cameron's net curbs as vaildation of their web censorship policy http://t.co/AIOHp9n

  • http://twitter.com/avichai15/status/105689346543337473 Paul McGlynn

    Coming from a country with their human rights record, is this something to be proud of? http://t.co/Xz3lNQN

  • http://twitter.com/houseoftwitslab/status/105689499606065153 HouseOfTwitsLab

    RT @mr_onions Chinese government hail Cameron's net curbs as vaildation of their web censorship policy http://t.co/DGtznct

  • http://twitter.com/houseoftwits/status/105689504429510656 House Of Twits

    RT @mr_onions Chinese government hail Cameron's net curbs as vaildation of their web censorship policy http://t.co/K2qHmRK

  • http://twitter.com/liza_harding/status/105689649002975232 Liza Harding

    RT @mr_onions Chinese government hail Cameron's net curbs as vaildation of their web censorship policy http://t.co/DGtznct

  • http://twitter.com/tattymoustache/status/105690005309112320 Jade Constable

    Chinese government hail Cameron's net curbs as vaildation of their web censorship policy http://t.co/AIOHp9n

  • http://twitter.com/weetedscotland/status/105695321065136128 DJE

    RT @mr_onions Chinese government hail Cameron's net curbs as vaildation of their web censorship policy http://t.co/DGtznct

  • Richard

    Straw man argument, Mickey Mouse, the weakest device in the debating book.

  • http://twitter.com/kahoakes/status/105703717159968768 Kelly Oakes

    You know you're doing something wrong when you get praised by a loyalist Bejing newspaper http://j.mp/rdruev

  • http://twitter.com/warkandleamclp/status/105706510046334976 Wark&LeamLabourParty

    “@mr_onions: Chinese government hail Cameron's net curbs as vaildation of their web censorship policy http://t.co/zPc2naB”

  • Anon E Mouse

    Dick – Strawman? Don’t think that spending some time considering a situation can be called that.

    It’s why Libya ran SO much better that Iraq.
    It’s why an 80 year old Labour Party supporter called Walter Wolfgang won’t be arrested under the Terrorism Act.
    It’s why the government won’t preach about Global Warming whist agreeing to Runway 3 at Heathrow.
    Or setting a contract which has cost our train manufacturers their jobs.
    Or trying to block the Gurkhas from residing here.
    Or ID Card legislation.
    Or rushing to smear David Kelly.
    Or 42 day detention.
    Or spending more time with Rupert Murdoch than any PM in history…

    And on and on and on. Thank goodness this government is considering every avenue instead of Labour knee jerk responses…

    Look up “Strawman” on Wikipedia Dick – you’re using the term incorrectly…

  • http://twitter.com/chris_m_mckeown/status/105706532053848064 Chris McKeown

    “@mr_onions: Chinese government hail Cameron's net curbs as vaildation of their web censorship policy http://t.co/KgZ5y0e”

  • http://twitter.com/wdjstraw/status/105706785456922624 Will Straw

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/samtarry/status/105707289037647873 Samuel Tarry

    RT @wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/Jw7ouzj

  • http://twitter.com/paulstpancras/status/105707343962046464 paulstpancras

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/maughan/status/105707435645341696 Deborah Jones

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/4e4_network/status/105707489076576256 Big Joe

    RT @wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/UZAcrj7~ #ukyouth under an oppressive regime

  • http://twitter.com/tabacaria/status/105707490225831936 Jose Aguiar

    They're having a good laugh :-) RT @wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/YbAi2ro

  • http://twitter.com/apachie80/status/105708236258291712 Habeeb Yusuf

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/swindleape/status/105708344232263680 Dan G Swindles

    You know you're doing something wrong when you get praised by a loyalist Bejing newspaper http://j.mp/rdruev

  • http://twitter.com/joshfeldberg/status/105708379405684738 Josh Feldberg

    RT @wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown http://t.co/b1bKkAm <<next? praise for removing on human rights act?

  • http://twitter.com/prasmeister/status/105708713964339200 Pras Geng

    “@wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/CCX1Dad” The axis of evil, China + Cameron.

  • http://twitter.com/darionahi/status/105709715769667584 Dario Nahi

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/joe380/status/105710906750664705 Joseph O’Brien

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/chrisbracken/status/105711313908539392 Chris

    RT @wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/4Po5ulD <an absolute *gift* to the Chinese govt.

  • http://twitter.com/nathanielbellio/status/105712338686054400 Nathaniel Bellio

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/ns_mehdihasan/status/105712574032646145 Mehdi Hasan

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/john_mcirvine/status/105712611638771712 John McIrvine

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/macinpoole/status/105712674075185152 malcolm

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/wriseup/status/105712721198186496 Jurgen Linder

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/odotm/status/105712835652366336 odotm

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/sjh2989/status/105713002321412097 Sarah Hall

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown http://t.co/ydPPZHD” hm not sure this is a good thing with China backing it and all

  • http://twitter.com/poddingham_paul/status/105713657719160832 Paul Abbott

    Authoritarian joy"@mr_onions: Chinese government hail Cameron's net curbs as vaildation of their web censorship policy http://t.co/udqVhyr&quot;

  • http://twitter.com/elainacohen/status/105713993531924480 elainacohen

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/jpofgwynedd/status/105714094488825856 J P

    RT @ChrisBracken: RT @wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/qYd2Uda <an absolute *gift* to China

  • http://twitter.com/nickblow/status/105714287363899394 Nick Blow

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/renegadeecon/status/105714494658981888 Renegade Economist

    RT @wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/oxq27es

  • http://twitter.com/inheadkay/status/105714743653842945 Kay

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/djdaddums/status/105715031378886656 Mark Martin

    "@wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/TbKtyvC&quot; Well, they would do wouldn't they.

  • http://twitter.com/julia_stapleton/status/105715185762832385 Julia_Stapleton

    Christ! RT @wdjstraw China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/UH3Duxu

  • http://twitter.com/legaljourno/status/105715583168946176 Jon S

    When do you know that a proposed crackdown on social media is going too far? When China praises you. http://t.co/DQcHkZ2 Take note, Cameron

  • http://twitter.com/peterlarsendk/status/105715589179379712 Peter Larsen

    RT @wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/oxq27es

  • http://twitter.com/bigbadsuesue/status/105716529672368130 Sue Myhill

    "@wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/TbKtyvC&quot; Well, they would do wouldn't they.

  • http://twitter.com/herbert_pimlott/status/105716805804363776 Herbert Pimlott

    RT @wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/oxq27es

  • http://twitter.com/june4th/status/105718953258647552 Noxi

    RT @wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/a1N7mBh

  • http://twitter.com/bantshirtsuk/status/105719274349400064 Duncan

    RT @June4th RT @wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/JcYV7Gp Embarrassing for David, isn't it?

  • http://twitter.com/roborovski1/status/105719544781340672 Penfold

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/tomayates/status/105719791251226625 Tom Yates

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/ferdowsi/status/105720488638169089 Firdawsī Tūsī

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/netlibertaire/status/105720713419304960 Net Libertaire

    RT @June4th: RT @wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/nIxzHWM #china #uk #censure

  • http://twitter.com/cormacholly/status/105721528376766464 Cormac Hollingsworth

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/tringovitch/status/105721616436166656 barbaraT

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/lzeroo/status/105723414060343296 lzeroo

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/momobaig/status/105723863358386176 Mo Baig

    “@wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/qeIjpSY” what a recommendation for "Dave"!!!

  • http://twitter.com/wanyonenron/status/105725426193801216 Andrew Eynon

    China praises Cameron's proposed #socialmedia crackdown: http://t.co/yasNpp3. RT @wdjstraw < I hear iranian regime not too keen either

  • http://twitter.com/bolaant/status/105727095036055552 Uncle Bim

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/pigeon_agro/status/105728595309244416 Dean Fawcett

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/basil_the_fish/status/105730945482625024 Joshua Phillips

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/geoffreyawalker/status/105746380932399104 Geoff Walker

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/jostretto/status/105757516893401088 joelle fauquert

    RT @leftfootfwd: China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown http://t.co/Xzg6AL0

  • http://twitter.com/elainesk/status/105771097663881216 Elaine S

    RT @wdjstraw #China praises #Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/n2jsQVT <China praises the UK's dictator #politics

  • Mr. Sensible

    “Thank goodness this government is considering every avenue instead of Labour knee jerk responses…”

    What, like Tory Wandsworth Borough Council starting eviction proceedings against a family even though the young man hasn’t yet been convicted of a criminal offense? Or Cameron pandering to the Daily Mail on human rights and health and safety?

    Nothing knee-jerk about that is there…

    If a message posted on the internet is deemed as threatening violence, then use powers already there.

    This is simptomatic of where the debate has gone.

  • http://twitter.com/cheema10/status/105778230446919681 Hussain Cheema

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/simon4labour/status/105865985130639360 Simon Mapp

    China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/BVVSqpp

  • http://twitter.com/suey2y/status/105897147714641920 Sue Marsh

    (Left Foot Forward) China hails Cameron’s look at instant messaging crackdown : http://t.co/Nio2E0Y

  • http://twitter.com/crowmogh/status/105897746212458496 Cookie Monster

    (Left Foot Forward) China hails Cameron’s look at instant messaging crackdown : http://t.co/Nio2E0Y

  • http://twitter.com/qaudrille/status/105899165124530176 Rocki Stone

    (Left Foot Forward) China hails Cameron’s look at instant messaging crackdown : http://t.co/Nio2E0Y

  • http://twitter.com/creativecrip/status/105903520212992001 TheCreativeCrip

    (Left Foot Forward) China hails Cameron’s look at instant messaging crackdown : http://t.co/Nio2E0Y

  • http://twitter.com/indigojo_uk/status/105906862184075264 Matthew Smith

    (Left Foot Forward) China hails Cameron’s look at instant messaging crackdown : http://t.co/Nio2E0Y

  • Anon E Mouse

    Mr.Sensible – Get a grip please.

    Since when was Wandsworth Borough Council the government?

    Perhaps you’d like to direct your fire towards the Labour council in Nottingham doing the same thing or maybe explain your theory about the Daily Mail to the families burned out of their homes or the thousands at the funerals for those innocent victims murdered by the rioters.

  • http://twitter.com/modditydodds/status/105940075422040064 Knut Cayce

    RT @leftfootfwd: China hails Cameron's look at instant messaging crackdown http://t.co/U1wusCY

  • Mr. Sensible

    yes, Mr Mouse, Nottingham are doing it, and I consider this misguided; I can’t see that solving the problem. And no Wandsworth is not the government, but it is all the same thing; I cannot believe the Tories, who once championed the values of our justice system which we hold dear in response to Control Orders, now seem willing to throw those same values to the wolves in the name of knee-jerk reaction.

    As to those who lost their lives, I think we need look no further than Mr Jahan’s call for calm following those incidents. I think some people would do well to listen to him.

  • http://twitter.com/terry_firmer/status/106095487773454336 Terry Firmer

    “@wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/fNAEZxL”&lt;how we are joining the leaders in censorship

  • http://twitter.com/terry_firmer/status/106095487773454336 Terry Firmer

    “@wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/fNAEZxL”&lt;how we are joining the leaders in censorship

  • http://twitter.com/jodatu/status/106096711121911809 John Turner

    “@wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/fNAEZxL”&lt;how we are joining the leaders in censorship

  • http://twitter.com/jodatu/status/106096711121911809 John Turner

    “@wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/fNAEZxL”&lt;how we are joining the leaders in censorship

  • http://twitter.com/freetheinternet/status/106100627343556609 Anonymous

    RT @Terry_Firmer “@wdjstraw: China praises Cameron's proposed social media crackdown: http://t.co/k1n2I3D” http://t.co/6k95Jaj #FreeWeb

  • Anon E Mouse

    Mr.Sensible – You are wrong again.

    1. Local councils are simply not the same as the government – to suggest they are is verging on lunacy.
    2. The councils are acting within the terms of their Tenancy Agreement’s – why shouldn’t they?
    3. Unlike Labour, this government isn’t acting in any time of knee jerk response. Quite the reverse in fact.
    4. The government is acting calmly following these incidents.
    5. How the independent court system chooses to deal with suspects is their business not the governments.

    I have to say Mr.Sensible that over the years that you have been posting on this fine blog, you have made wildly inaccurate remarks, (which in fairness the majority of the authors themselves make) but your post here really takes the biscuit.

    Get a grip please Mr.Sensible – people have been murdered here….

  • Leon Wolfson

    @8 – The government has dicated policy to councils on this. They are entirely to blame. It’s like the Government blaming councils for their cuts, when they’re the ones who have slashed their funding – a pathetic excuse to try to avoid taking responsibility for their own policies. Same for the political pressure being put onto the courts, and the pressure on the police to use illegal detention policies.

    And the government is having an old fashioned moral panic, to say their reaction is “calm” is like saying a nuclear detonation is a “bang”.

    And yes, you’re pushing policies which will lead to more murders the next time around by priming the powder keg. That’s grossly irresponsible.

  • http://twitter.com/francescaloca/status/106663297666924544 Francesca Colloca

    RT @leftfootfwd: http://t.co/fc3aTJa; when *China* praises our leaders' stances on civil liberties, there's something to worry about

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