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International trade barriers are the creation of political disputes and the failure to accept that the world is united in its purpose. International trade barriers are caused th...read more
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by T. M. Beeker
Censorship is a moral decision by a government to protect its people. Trade barriers are an economic decisions to protect industry at home. Google should have paid close attenti...read more
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by Carol Noble
The only way Google can believe that internet censorship is the same as international trade barriers is due the money they can get if they adhere to the rules of a particular co...read more
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Censorship and trade barriers do not cover the same ground exactly. Censorship is the prohibition or suppression of information while trade barriers attenuate the transference o...read more
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by Sue Specht
Bottom line...Internet censorship is to protect people from scams..and mainly children from predators! Are we allow to trade our children across borders to be used for sex slave...read more
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by Randa Morris
Many of the big corporations which have a vested interest in the Internet have also touted it as a "Whole New World at Your Fingertips." Those who use the Internet regularly cou...read more
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I don't agree with censorship or trade barriers, but Internet censorship is in no way "the same as" international trade barriers. It has obvious similarities, as well as obvious...read more
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by Phil Hill
Everybody has access to the Internet - and that includes people who morally object to certain things and children who should be protected from certain things. The word censor...read more
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Censorship is not the same as international trade barriers. A trade barrier is a tax or tariff that is designed to make foreign goods cost more than local goods. If the pers...read more
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As we travel through history we find countless statements made by the great and the good (usually those who have risen to the top in politics or public life) telling us that the...read more
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by Joseph Malek
Yes, Internet censorship is the same as international trade barriers for one primary reason. The reason is the foreign policy of the Country in question, regarding the exportati...read more
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Google is correct but they aren't exactly camping out on any kind of moral high ground. If they feel that it is OK to deal with a regime that is trying to prevent news of human ...read more
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What we seem to have a hard time dealing with is a lack of power. When we aren't allowed to do or say, we look to turn the laws that our forefathers created in such a manner so ...read more
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Knowledge is power. This important statement is at the heart of what Google means when it asserted that censorship is the same as international trade barriers. Access to informa...read more
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Internet Censorship is the same as International Trade Barriers. It appears that the Cold War Vestiges called the Republicans, Democrats, and Communists want to impose trade bar...read more
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by J. Swaney
I would have to agree with this unusual and insightful statement. International trade barriers inhibit the free exchange of goods and services. And it's safe to say that all i...read more
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by Sandy Schaan
I remember something I heard a few years back, where China banned a website from being view. They blocked it from the entire country. Amazing that it can be done, but isn't that...read more
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I have to say that technically I agree with this statement. That is not the same as saying I don't think it should be done or that it should. I feel for instance that child por...read more
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by Gerrit Betz
Google is right: censoring the internet is essentially the same as selectively restricting trade. In fact, it is probably worse. Information is a commodity like any other. A ...read more
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