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From: David Cowhig <dcowhig@public3.bta.net.cn>
Subject: H-ASIA: PRC Chatroom Censorship Criticized -- in a Chatroom of
Course
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4/10/01 Comments from Chatroom
(Today's China News Service website carries an article saying that the
"collision incident" has angered many Chinese web users. Many express
their anger on the web. Indeed, a visit to any of the popular chatrooms
– one the websites of the People’s Daily, Sina.com.cn, Sohu.com
chatroom, or Netease -- will prove that there are a lot of indignant
Chinese web users out there venting their anger at the US hegemonism on
the web. Do these comments represent most Chinese people's views? The
following article posted by one of the web users may help answer this
question.)
This article was written by an author with a penname of "Rational
Thought" and posted on http://bbs.china.com
on April 9. The article is
entitled "The Net Disappoints Us Over the Collision Incident!! Should we
be Fighters or Manipulated Dogs?". Translation of the text follows:
The performance of some of the media and websites, particularly the
websites, during this US-China plane collision incident has been
unbelievable. I can safely say that, as the one media that is closest
to the broad masses and the most intimate with them, the performance of
websites has been the worst since its birth. Here is why.
1. Different voices have been greatly suppressed. Besides expression of
anger at the US and the accusations of hegemonisms, there are also many
people who comment on our fighter jet's being bumped and destroyed and
on the goverment's overly tolerant policy over the US crewmembers.
These opinions, however, are nowhere to be seen. They have all been
deleted by some chatroom hosts. Comments that support for the
government and condemn the enemy are posted. Comments that raise doubt
over the incident, comments that show dissatisfaction at the
government's policy, or comments that propose some friendly opinions to
the government, are not allowed. What kind of internet world this
is!!!! How can we run our BBS like this??
2. There is a trend that our internet is being used by politics, and
that our BBS will become a political tool. "Infatuated" web users like
us may become the slaves of politics. When some certain political
forces need our kind of thoughts and comments to prove "people's will",
they will be accepted. On the other hand, when our thoughts and
comments are not in line with the political force's "people's will",
they will be strongly suppressed. The chatroom hosts' jobs are hard to
do, but that's their rice bowls. We truly understand the inner struggle
of these hosts. I think of the difference between fighters and running
dogs.
A fighter fights with rational thinking and independent analytical
ability. He is rational; he will not be used by any person or any
force; he will not become a tool. He always loves his country and his
Party.
A dog that is being used is a completely degenerated tool. When someone
needs the dog to speak for him, he will remove the cover on the his
muzzle so he can bark for the personal interests; when he is not needed,
the person will recover the dog's muzzle.
I hope our youth, passion will not be used by anybody for personal
gains, and discard us when we are not needed. Those Red Guards of the
Cultural Revolution are a good lesson for us even today!!!!!
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