Google on the Cutting Edge of Hypocrisy


	Google on the Cutting Edge of Hypocrisy

Marcariel

11-18-2007 1:55 PM

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google, censor.politics, chinese, israeli, yahoo, anti-semitism

Marcariel says:

The internet,is after all, not free. Who are we kidding! Idealistically, we would love it to be ... but realistically, it isn't!

Google and Yahoo (and all the others) are in it for the money, and not for humanitarianism.

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