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China: "Reveal Yourself, Or Don't Play Online"
Not sure if this is PP material, but it seems politically charged in some respects.
*DING-DONG* "Who is it?" "It's the guy you ninja'd Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker from!" "Oh shit" Jam it back in, in the dark. |
Carob Nut |
You know, I'd almost have to say that's an upside to China's system. You wouldn't have the same insane child obseity problems you had here if we employed that.
There's nowhere I can't reach. |
Hah how awesome. I wish that were in effect in the US. Then these freaking 12 year old kids would think twice before saying half of the crap that they say on whatever game they happen to be playing.
Most amazing jew boots I didn't say I wouldn't go fishin' with the man.
All I'm sayin' is, if he comes near me, I'll put him in the wall. |
You all seem to completely miss the true nature of this. China wants to control its people. This is not an effort "aimed at helping parents track how many hours the teenager has played", but a tool for the government to spy on and track down the teenagers themselves, if they were to behave in a way they would disaprove of.
It's just another brick in the wall of a nationwide blacklisting of websites, nondisclosure of information and conveying propaganda - even in computer and video games. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
Rock, not like they already do... in disguise To be honest, at least again as Russ said, you won't have stupid 12 years old saying whatever they please because they're hiding behind a freakin' monitor.
I was speaking idiomatically. |
Still, playing online game that much is dangerous for health. I heard lot of stories of people who died because they were playing MMORPG for about 3 days. He died because of sudden heart attack I think.
It's very silly and totally not cool if you died because of playing a game. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
FELIPE NO |
Carob Nut |
What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
The Chinese government has already had to deal with a sizable amount of unrest already. Mostly dealing with their rapid modernization programs and energy shortages. Not so much civil rights. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
I remember there was a Chinese town that revolted. They even repelled the riot police for a while. I never heard a follow up story about it. Anybody remember what happened to it?
As for the Orwellian implications, I'm sure The Party will be glad to know that they've bred a generation of Gold Farmers. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.
"You can't win, Pilate. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."-Jesus
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Maybe this is it, although it's a pretty typical story of farmer revolts. It happened 2005 in a rural farming town on the Southern part of the country. Farmers were having a peaceful protest against Hong Kong factories coming in and taking over their land to produce clothes or some shit. They actually held off the police for a day or two, but then tanks came and the police started firing back and pretty much ended that. Those who didn't get beaten by the police and taken in were driven off the land and left the starve without any sort of livelihood. The fatalities at the scene weren't that bad, I think it below a hundred but there was a follow up article on the fate of the people who left and it was pretty gut wrenching. Since the village population no longer had "jobs" as farmers, a lot resorted to begging in the bigger cities while the lucky ones got jobs at the new factory and got sick with pollution in the area. I'm not surprised on this news. The PRC have been regulating the internet ever since it came into existance into the country, hell they even read outgoing and incoming e-mails. You have to use your ID # to even sign on the internet, so I'd imagine it's a natural step up. I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?
Last edited by kat; Mar 22, 2006 at 04:04 AM.
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Isn't this a part of China's other law mandating that people are only allowed to play online games 4 hours a day or something like that?
Anyway, hardly surprising. Nobody really seems to care what China does to its people anymore, because the trade is just too sweet. Human rights violations only matter when the country is poor and isn't pouring lots of money into your economy. The situation isn't going to change anytime soon in China, because nobody cares. I was speaking idiomatically. |
Last I heard, the United States had a pretty sizable trade deficit thanks to China. And while this isn't the thread to debate economics and world trade, I feel that if the US traded less with China and more with other nations then the world economy would be much better for it. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
Woo Mercantalism!
16th century colonialism like whaaat. FELIPE NO |
What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
It does.
GLBT guild, anybody? Jam it back in, in the dark. |
All the more reason for the Chinese government to crackdown on World of Warcraft then. Exposure to such ideas could prove troublesome for them. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
I think it's kind of funny that people think you have to have some deep and meaningful discussion about "democracy", "freedom" and "free-market capitalism" to disseminate these ideals.
Players talk about all kinds of shit on WoW. It could be something stupid like the following: Ayetaekitindapooper: LOL SO I GOT MY IPOD TODAY. SumdumGai: O RLY? WHAT COLOR, IS IT THAT FRUITY PINK? uselessdumbshit: HOW MUCH? DOOD PINK IS GAY. Ayetaekitindapooper: UR MOM IS GAY. ITS BLUE. Ayetaekitindapooper: $300 uselessdumbshit: NO U. YOU OVERPAID LOL, I CAN GET IT FOR LIKE $200 etc... This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
The TS master |
However more on the topic, I think that it is a violation of human rights and such other things similar to that, I mean I dont want someone I've never meet somewhere in the world knoing my name even if I have access to theirs, it just dosent seen right to me. on the other hand Luckee Cookie has a good point It will make thoses little kids think harder about who they mouth off two but it still wont make much of a diffrence, I mean really whose going to fly or go that distance just to kick the shit out of them. down the street maybe but no more then that. and besides thats what the game is for, just kick the shit out of them there it's just as good. but most of the people who mouth off are the players who suck to begin with. I was speaking idiomatically. |
It's not a huge deal. Every attempt to regulate the internet has failed, and this one will as well.
China just has too many people, it cannot maintain an information iron curtain over its nation, and as we can see, with the opening of the nation to the globe, that is starting to cave. We'll probably see China start adopting more civil and political rights freedoms once it gets its primary concern out of the way - making sure its people have jobs and can actually put food on the table, a difficult task as it is. What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
FELIPE NO |
Forcing people to reveal their real names? I'm all for it and I wish they'd do it here. But for my own reasons.
I'm sick and tired of people who cheat or just play dirty. Knowing that anybody can get their name will make these jackass kids behave. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
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