Don’t Be Evil … Surrender To All Evil
January 25, 2006
Posted by Resident Egoist in : Culture , comments closed
Google has explicitly adopted a new motto today: “Surrender To All Evil” — the exact opposite of its previous one: “Don’t Be Evil”. It has agreed to the censorship of its search results in accordance with the wishes of the fascist, Chinese State. How is it going to do this? By launching a new “customized” Google.cn site which will circumvent the Chinese government’s current firewalling of the main Google.com domain.
And just like Microsoft, Yahoo, and Cisco — among others — Google has manufactured its own rationalization of its coupling with the Devil.
Via Breitbart.com:
Google officials characterized the censorship concessions in China as an excruciating decision for a company that adopted “don’t be evil” as a motto. But management believes it’s a worthwhile sacrifice.
“We firmly believe, with our culture of innovation, Google can make meaningful and positive contributions to the already impressive pace of development in China,” said Andrew McLaughlin, Google’s senior policy counsel.
Yep, you heard that right: “a worthwhile sacrifice”! I wonder which word it is people misunderstand the most: “worthwhile” or “sacrifice”? I am inclined to believe that it is the latter, however. But there’s nothing to worry about here. We are all bound to understand the meaning of these words some day — some of us, (or should I say, most of us?), the “hard” way.
Now, for an exercise in unfunny humor, you really should try comparing search results between the two sites, that is, between google.com and google.cn. And if I may suggest some terms, you may want to try out the standards “Tiananmen Square,” “Human Rights,” “Taiwan Independence,” “Liberty,” etc … After that, if you’re still having fun, try “Ayn Rand,” “Capitalism,” and “Mises.”
On these three latter terms, Google itself should make certain to look them up — it might just help them learn the actual meanings of the words “capitalism” and “sacrifice” … and possibly bring them back closer to Ludwig von Mises’ motto: Do not give in to evil, but proceed ever more boldly against it.
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