Friday, March 09, 2007
The Chinese Are Fucked
I'm not a reactionary fuck like some, but somethings just chap my ass beyond... reasonable chapping of the ass. I don't harp on the Communists in China too much, mostly because it's futile to challenge the most populous largest countries in the world.
That has changed, and I'm declaring war. Why you ask? Trevor Loudon pointed me to a fantastic website called The Great Firewall of China. It will tell you if a particular URL is banned in China or not.
Obviously my first test was Natedawg.org, and I'm glad to report that, for the time being, the Chinese can still read this website, though it has been banned in the past. Which explains some things. I've had 12 readers on this blog in the last 9 months from Iran, but none from China. I found that odd.
There are a lot of websites that aren't allowed by the Chinese government. But what shocked the hell out of me though, is that the Homestar Runner is banned in China! Homestar basically brought "Web 2.0" to the masses, and is the greatest internet cartoon to ever run. The length of their run speaks for itself.
So back to Communism; are the Chinese not allowed a momentary chuckle from time to time? Homestar is far from being political in nature, its just funny crap. I hereby call on the Chinese government to allow their citizenry the right to access Homestar.
That has changed, and I'm declaring war. Why you ask? Trevor Loudon pointed me to a fantastic website called The Great Firewall of China. It will tell you if a particular URL is banned in China or not.
Obviously my first test was Natedawg.org, and I'm glad to report that, for the time being, the Chinese can still read this website, though it has been banned in the past. Which explains some things. I've had 12 readers on this blog in the last 9 months from Iran, but none from China. I found that odd.
There are a lot of websites that aren't allowed by the Chinese government. But what shocked the hell out of me though, is that the Homestar Runner is banned in China! Homestar basically brought "Web 2.0" to the masses, and is the greatest internet cartoon to ever run. The length of their run speaks for itself.
So back to Communism; are the Chinese not allowed a momentary chuckle from time to time? Homestar is far from being political in nature, its just funny crap. I hereby call on the Chinese government to allow their citizenry the right to access Homestar.
