Time to log out ?

I love it. I support of free thinking as much as I support interference free internet surfing. There is much more than the reasons(coordinated cyber attack and not allowing unfiltered internet service in China) stated by Google for logging out of China. With 400 million, or is it 800 million, internet users and Google having rougly around 25%-30% market share (Baidu has the largest market share), exiting a lucrative market requires a solid reason. Baidu is reportedly pro Chinese Government and has the largest market share.

Its about time that someone stood head strong for its ethics and look into the eyes of someone as shrewd as the Chinese Govt. When Cisco's IOS code was supposedly 'flicked' by a Chinese company (someone correct me if I have got this fact wrong), they still could do nothing. They had to succumb to this as they wanted to stay put in world's fastest growing economy. Whatever the reasons may be, I'm glad Google has at least shown the intent of doing this. BBC reported a lot users who supported Google's decision have being laying flowers at the firm's HQ in China.

I still wonder what authority does a small set of people who are at the helm of affairs have to decide on an entire nations' preferences, be it filtering, free speech, human rights, freedom to morality to what Hinduism actually is and even deciding on legal sex positions even if its in your own bedroom.

Humans are funny, that's what makes life so interesting.