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[Ultimate Paragon]

Regionalism seems to be one of the last acceptable bigotries in America.  Good on the writers of MLP for showing it to be wrong.

[Witchyjoshy]

Just a warning for the future: Some people generally take offense to ponies being posted outside of their proper thread.  It's a sore spot due to the fact that when the brony phenomena was still new, every thread got de-railed into talking about ponies.

Though lately it seems that the people who would be offended have relaxed a bit about it, probably due to time and infrequency.  Still, best to avoid posting too many things like that outside of the pony thread.

[Ultimate Paragon]

Just a warning for the future: Some people generally take offense to ponies being posted outside of their proper thread.  It's a sore spot due to the fact that when the brony phenomena was still new, every thread got de-railed into talking about ponies.

Though lately it seems that the people who would be offended have relaxed a bit about it, probably due to time and infrequency.  Still, best to avoid posting too many things like that outside of the pony thread.

Okay, thanks for the heads-up.

[Barbarella]

I wish there was some sort of software that could unblock censored stuff. I'd LOVE to see a really gifted hacker use said program on the internet of China & other censor-happy nations.

[Ultimate Paragon]

I wish there was some sort of software that could unblock censored stuff. I'd LOVE to see a really gifted hacker use said program on the internet of China & other censor-happy nations.

So would I.  Considering that China's got a large computer-literate population, I'm surprised it hasn't already happened. 

...Or maybe it has and we don't know about it yet.

[Barbarella]

I wish there was some sort of software that could unblock censored stuff. I'd LOVE to see a really gifted hacker use said program on the internet of China & other censor-happy nations.

So would I.  Considering that China's got a large computer-literate population, I'm surprised it hasn't already happened. 

...Or maybe it has and we don't know about it yet.

I see what you did there!

[Ultimate Paragon]

[Captain Jack Harkness]

I'd argue that simplifying the tax code is not a "simple" process.

[Ultimate Paragon]

I'd argue that simplifying the tax code is not a "simple" process.

It's got to be easier than disregarding basic biology.

[mellenORL]

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I wish there was some sort of software that could unblock censored stuff. I'd LOVE to see a really gifted hacker use said program on the internet of China & other censor-happy nations.

So would I.  Considering that China's got a large computer-literate population, I'm surprised it hasn't already happened. 

...Or maybe it has and we don't know about it yet.

I see what you did there!

Plenty of people in China know ways to proxy spoof and get to see the real internet, and the government censors come up with spybots and malware to counter, and then civilian Chinese nerds come up with other simple, user-friendly ways to bypass that, and it goes back and forth, ad nauseum.

[Ultimate Paragon]

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I wish there was some sort of software that could unblock censored stuff. I'd LOVE to see a really gifted hacker use said program on the internet of China & other censor-happy nations.

So would I.  Considering that China's got a large computer-literate population, I'm surprised it hasn't already happened. 

...Or maybe it has and we don't know about it yet.

I see what you did there!

Plenty of people in China know ways to proxy spoof and get to see the real internet, and the government censors come up with spybots and malware to counter, and then civilian Chinese nerds come up with other simple, user-friendly ways to bypass that, and it goes back and forth, ad nauseum.

I didn't know that.  Thanks for telling me.

[mellenORL]

There is a documentary on Netflix and elsewhere called, 'High Tech Low Life" about two citizen journalists, bloggers, and how they get around the government to put there stuff where regular Chinese people can see it. Very enlightening and gives you a good idea at how very much people over there want freedom from government and industrial oppression, corruption and neglect.

[Ultimate Paragon]

There is a documentary on Netflix and elsewhere called, 'High Tech Low Life" about two citizen journalists, bloggers, and how they get around the government to put there stuff where regular Chinese people can see it. Very enlightening and gives you a good idea at how very much people over there want freedom from government and industrial oppression, corruption and neglect.

Maybe I'll check it out.

[RavynousHunter]

Aye, I'd think that such a thing, something that might get you sent to a work camp or worse, would want to be kept on the down-low and receive as little mainstream publicity as possible.  Improves the odds of certain people living to see tomorrow as free men and women.

[mellenORL]

But when it goes viral on weibo, it makes it harder for the government to disappear a blogger without a shitstorm starting. Just check out that docu film. Really interesting. Also, China now is not like PDK, nor quite as bad as it was under Mao.