[governance] China supports UK Internet Policy

Roland Perry roland at internetpolicyagency.com
Mon Aug 22 12:55:42 EDT 2011


In message <4E525988.7000302 at gmail.com>, at 16:28:40 on Mon, 22 Aug 
2011, Riaz K Tayob <riaz.tayob at gmail.com> writes
>> I think you are exaggerating, about SanF, blocking a few mobile 
>>phones  is nothing like a "death penalty". I'm sure that if there was 
>>a  reasonable expectation of an organised riot at a station they'd put 
>>barricades across the door and instruct passing trains not to stop.
>
>Getting your comms blocked when you have a right to 
>expression/association is the most extreme sanction.

Getting your shop burnt by smartphone-carrying thieves is also rather 
extreme. What's necessary in these situations is to balance one set of 
rights against the other.
-- 
Roland Perry
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