Jbrookins - 1:25 pm on Sep 28, 2004 (gmt 0)

That's all well and good, but there are a couple of issues there. 1) Ethical companies don't do business in dictatorships 2) If there is censorship, is Google hiding it?

This would be all fine and dandy if it wasn't for the fact that these criteria would make virtually every company on the planet unethical. Heck, that makes you unethical just about every time you walk into a store and purchase various products.

Ethics are not an issue at all. They're doing exactly what they have to do to be a presence in China. They won't actually win anything by being Captain America here. You have to pick your battles, and this one isn't theirs to fight. The chinese people are well aware of whats going on, when they're tired of it, they will do something about it.

While I don't like censorship and I'm a huge fan of free speech and open information, I simply don't see how Google has any choice if they want access to one of the largest markets on the planet.