China activist Cheng Guangcheng targeted by censors on Chinese social media following escape

A bumper sticker supporting blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng is seen in this undated picture provided by the China Aid Association. / AP Photo/www.ChinaAid.org

(AP) BEIJING - A well-known blind activist's escape from house arrest in China has set off a cat-and-mouse conflict on the Internet between censors and netizens.

As word of Cheng Guangcheng's flight surfaced and spread last Friday, admirers rushed to popular Chinese social media to cheer him on — and the censors swung into action to block key phrases.

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Here's a look at some of those phrases, which serve as a case study of the Communist government's extensive Web censorship — and how the public tries to evade the controls:

[samXXkiley]

coucou,
how ironic ! Chinese dragon is scared of a blind man.
"au revoir"

[julianpenrod]

Some notes on censorship in the U.S.
Acting as a quisling shill of the drug company cartel, Phil Plait of the "Bad Astronomy" blog on Discover Magazine's website, depicting himself as a "concerned citizen", approached American Airlines to have an interview with Meryl Dorey who says vaccines today are dangerous and have a relationship with the onset of autism banned from American Airlines in flight presentations, and won. As a result, those who may want to hear about this are denied that venue. More than that, though, ask youself, whenever did private citizens even manage to get in contact with corporate power structures, much less, as a single person, have them change policy? And yet, Plait insists he is not acting as an agent of the drug company cartel! Also, however, I tried placing a comment on Plait's blog pointing out that he insists categorically, and without proof, "Vaccines do not cause autism". When it makes it easier for "scientists" to weasel around proving their claim that "There is no God", they bleat, "You can't prove a negative". Yet, here, Plait violates that very rule! I also said why doesn't Plait provide a graph showing the relative proportions of people being vaccinated in various regions and the onset of autism there. Plait's blog refused to place my comment. Add that Plait has also openly said that he will oppose any knew knowledge, that he only wanbts the present set of corporately approved definition of nature. Anyone who allows their children to visit Discover Magazine or who goes there themselves is opening the door for the introduction to an admittedly craven, agenda promoting operation posing as a "science" magazine.
But, then, consider, too, National Public Radio, or NPR. They had an article on their website saying the U.S. military under-reports attacks on them by Afghan govenrment forces. One comment criticized Muslims as "strange", asking how they they murder others, risking death themselves, over disputes. I pointed out that, basically, this comment was saying Muslims should approach wounded parties in confrontations; admit that they, themselves, may be in the wrong; and offer to make reparations. I then also said that those same individuals promoting that Muslims act that way will explode if faced with the prospect of the U.S admitting that it committed crimes in Muslim countries, which has been proved; that they installed dictators that turned the lands into little more than giant sweatshops for corporations, whicyh has been proved; that they admit that the U.S. has been in the wrong, which has been proved; and that the U.S. offer reparations. I did not attack other individuals placing comments, I didn't use vulgarity, I didn't advertise or place links to other sites. Yet my comment was removed as "not meeting NPR Community Discussion Rules". NPR has as much to hide as Phil Plait and should not considered any more reliable a source of anything legitimate than Discover Magazine.
Of course, quislings for the corporatist Fascist New World Order will bleat that this isn't a violation of "freedom of speech" since the Constitution only applies to public property, and private enterprises have a right to decide what they want said on their property. In other words, these NWO shills will say, individuals have the right to forbid the truth being said on their property! The same shills will say it's different for, say, China. A goverment is not allowed to prevent freedom of speech. But, face it, any entity that can exercise as much control as bis business does in the U.S. automatically becomes the "government"! Washington is not the government of the U.S., the corporations are! Washington is only their puppet! And the ilk of Discover Magazine and NPR are cravenly working against the people's best interest.

[julianpenrod]

Some notes on censorship in the U.S.
Acting as a quisling shill of the drug company cartel, Phil Plait of the "Bad Astronomy" blog on Discover Magazine's website, depicting himself as a "concerned citizen", approached American Airlines to have an interview with Meryl Dorey who says vaccines today are dangerous and have a relationship with the onset of autism banned from American Airlines in flight presentations, and won. As a result, those who may want to hear about this are denied that venue. More than that, though, ask youself, whenever did private citizens even manage to get in contact with corporate power structures, much less, as a single person, have them change policy? And yet, Plait insists he is not acting as an agent of the drug company cartel! Also, however, I tried placing a comment on Plait's blog pointing out that he insists categorically, and without proof, "Vaccines do not cause autism". When it makes it easier for "scientists" to weasel around proving their claim that "There is no God", they bleat, "You can't prove a negative". Yet, here, Plait violates that very rule! I also said why doesn't Plait provide a graph showing the relative proportions of people being vaccinated in various regions and the onset of autism there. Plait's blog refused to place my comment. Add that Plait has also openly said that he will oppose any knew knowledge, that he only wanbts the present set of corporately approved definition of nature. Anyone who allows their children to visit Discover Magazine or who goes there themselves is opening the door for the introduction to an admittedly craven, agenda promoting operation posing as a "science" magazine.
But, then, consider, too, National Public Radio, or NPR. They had an article on their website saying the U.S. military under-reports attacks on them by Afghan govenrment forces. One comment criticized Muslims as "strange", asking how they they murder others, risking death themselves, over disputes. I pointed out that, basically, this comment was saying Muslims should approach wounded parties in confrontations; admit that they, themselves, may be in the wrong; and offer to make reparations. I then also said that those same individuals promoting that Muslims act that way will explode if faced with the prospect of the U.S admitting that it committed crimes in Muslim countries, which has been proved; that they installed dictators that turned the lands into little more than giant sweatshops for corporations, whicyh has been proved; that they admit that the U.S. has been in the wrong, which has been proved; and that the U.S. offer reparations. I did not attack other individuals placing comments, I didn't use vulgarity, I didn't advertise or place links to other sites. Yet my comment was removed as "not meeting NPR Community Discussion Rules". NPR has as much to hide as Phil Plait and should not considered any more reliable a source of anything legitimate than Discover Magazine.
Of course, quislings for the corporatist Fascist New World Order will bleat that this isn't a violation of "freedom of speech" since the Constitution only applies to public property, and private enterprises have a right to decide what they want said on their property. In other words, these NWO shills will say, individuals have the right to forbid the truth being said on their property! The same shills will say it's different for, say, China. A goverment is not allowed to prevent freedom of speech. But, face it, any entity that can exercise as much control as bis business does in the U.S. automatically becomes the "government"! Washington is not the government of the U.S., the corporations are! Washington is only their puppet! And the ilk of Discover Magazine and NPR are cravenly working against the people's best interest.

[julianpenrod]

Some notes on censorship in the U.S.
Acting as a quisling shill of the drug company cartel, Phil Plait of the "Bad Astronomy" blog on Discover Magazine's website, depicting himself as a "concerned citizen", approached American Airlines to have an interview with Meryl Dorey who says vaccines today are dangerous and have a relationship with the onset of autism banned from American Airlines in flight presentations, and won. As a result, those who may want to hear about this are denied that venue. More than that, though, ask youself, whenever did private citizens even manage to get in contact with corporate power structures, much less, as a single person, have them change policy? And yet, Plait insists he is not acting as an agent of the drug company cartel! Also, however, I tried placing a comment on Plait's blog pointing out that he insists categorically, and without proof, "Vaccines do not cause autism". When it makes it easier for "scientists" to weasel around proving their claim that "There is no God", they bleat, "You can't prove a negative". Yet, here, Plait violates that very rule! I also said why doesn't Plait provide a graph showing the relative proportions of people being vaccinated in various regions and the onset of autism there. Plait's blog refused to place my comment. Add that Plait has also openly said that he will oppose any knew knowledge, that he only wanbts the present set of corporately approved definition of nature. Anyone who allows their children to visit Discover Magazine or who goes there themselves is opening the door for the introduction to an admittedly craven, agenda promoting operation posing as a "science" magazine.
But, then, consider, too, National Public Radio, or NPR. They had an article on their website saying the U.S. military under-reports attacks on them by Afghan govenrment forces. One comment criticized Muslims as "strange", asking how they they murder others, risking death themselves, over disputes. I pointed out that, basically, this comment was saying Muslims should approach wounded parties in confrontations; admit that they, themselves, may be in the wrong; and offer to make reparations. I then also said that those same individuals promoting that Muslims act that way will explode if faced with the prospect of the U.S admitting that it committed crimes in Muslim countries, which has been proved; that they installed dictators that turned the lands into little more than giant sweatshops for corporations, whicyh has been proved; that they admit that the U.S. has been in the wrong, which has been proved; and that the U.S. offer reparations. I did not attack other individuals placing comments, I didn't use vulgarity, I didn't advertise or place links to other sites. Yet my comment was removed as "not meeting NPR Community Discussion Rules". NPR has as much to hide as Phil Plait and should not considered any more reliable a source of anything legitimate than Discover Magazine.
Of course, quislings for the corporatist Fascist New World Order will bleat that this isn't a violation of "freedom of speech" since the Constitution only applies to public property, and private enterprises have a right to decide what they want said on their property. In other words, these NWO shills will say, individuals have the right to forbid the truth being said on their property! The same shills will say it's different for, say, China. A goverment is not allowed to prevent freedom of speech. But, face it, any entity that can exercise as much control as bis business does in the U.S. automatically becomes the "government"! Washington is not the government of the U.S., the corporations are! Washington is only their puppet! And the ilk of Discover Magazine and NPR are cravenly working against the people's best interest.

[julianpenrod]

Some notes on censorship in the U.S.
Acting as a quisling shill of the drug company cartel, Phil Plait of the "Bad Astronomy" blog on Discover Magazine's website, depicting himself as a "concerned citizen", approached American Airlines to have an interview with Meryl Dorey who says vaccines today are dangerous and have a relationship with the onset of autism banned from American Airlines in flight presentations, and won. As a result, those who may want to hear about this are denied that venue. More than that, though, ask youself, whenever did private citizens even manage to get in contact with corporate power structures, much less, as a single person, have them change policy? And yet, Plait insists he is not acting as an agent of the drug company cartel! Also, however, I tried placing a comment on Plait's blog pointing out that he insists categorically, and without proof, "Vaccines do not cause autism". When it makes it easier for "scientists" to weasel around proving their claim that "There is no God", they bleat, "You can't prove a negative". Yet, here, Plait violates that very rule! I also said why doesn't Plait provide a graph showing the relative proportions of people being vaccinated in various regions and the onset of autism there. Plait's blog refused to place my comment. Add that Plait has also openly said that he will oppose any knew knowledge, that he only wanbts the present set of corporately approved definition of nature. Anyone who allows their children to visit Discover Magazine or who goes there themselves is opening the door for the introduction to an admittedly craven, agenda promoting operation posing as a "science" magazine.
But, then, consider, too, National Public Radio, or NPR. They had an article on their website saying the U.S. military under-reports attacks on them by Afghan govenrment forces. One comment criticized Muslims as "strange", asking how they they murder others, risking death themselves, over disputes. I pointed out that, basically, this comment was saying Muslims should approach wounded parties in confrontations; admit that they, themselves, may be in the wrong; and offer to make reparations. I then also said that those same individuals promoting that Muslims act that way will explode if faced with the prospect of the U.S admitting that it committed crimes in Muslim countries, which has been proved; that they installed dictators that turned the lands into little more than giant sweatshops for corporations, whicyh has been proved; that they admit that the U.S. has been in the wrong, which has been proved; and that the U.S. offer reparations. I did not attack other individuals placing comments, I didn't use vulgarity, I didn't advertise or place links to other sites. Yet my comment was removed as "not meeting NPR Community Discussion Rules". NPR has as much to hide as Phil Plait and should not considered any more reliable a source of anything legitimate than Discover Magazine.
Of course, quislings for the corporatist Fascist New World Order will bleat that this isn't a violation of "freedom of speech" since the Constitution only applies to public property, and private enterprises have a right to decide what they want said on their property. In other words, these NWO shills will say, individuals have the right to forbid the truth being said on their property! The same shills will say it's different for, say, China. A goverment is not allowed to prevent freedom of speech. But, face it, any entity that can exercise as much control as bis business does in the U.S. automatically becomes the "government"! Washington is not the government of the U.S., the corporations are! Washington is only their puppet! And the ilk of Discover Magazine and NPR are cravenly working against the people's best interest.

[julianpenrod]

Leave aside Earth5604's New World Order technbique of calling my statements a "rant" and trying by that to suggest they have no legitimacy. A commonplace among the craven and unscrupulous when they cannot validly dispute the statements. But I did not post my comment even four times. I posted it once and, apparently because it said statements that were too true about powerful personages and entities, it was held up. I tried placing it again and, then it was posted four times. If CBSNews posted it as quickly as they normally post comments, I wouldn't have tried posting it more than once! But, then, anyone who took the time to read my statements would realize that Phil Plait's "Bad Astronomy" blog no longer prints my statements. In fact, it's not even that they accept the statement then remove it. They don't download it at all! It's as if they infected my computer with a virus to prevent any item from even being uploaded to them! That could conceivably have impaired CBSNews' ability to receive and print a comment when it was sent! Perhaps that should be looked into, that the arrogant Phil Plait actually broke the law by downloading a virus without my permission! This could be looked into.

[julianpenrod]

Leave aside Earth5604's New World Order technbique of calling my statements a "rant" and trying by that to suggest they have no legitimacy. A commonplace among the craven and unscrupulous when they cannot validly dispute the statements. But I did not post my comment even four times. I posted it once and, apparently because it said statements that were too true about powerful personages and entities, it was held up. I tried placing it again and, then it was posted four times. If CBSNews posted it as quickly as they normally post comments, I wouldn't have tried posting it more than once! But, then, anyone who took the time to read my statements would realize that Phil Plait's "Bad Astronomy" blog no longer prints my statements. In fact, it's not even that they accept the statement then remove it. They don't download it at all! It's as if they infected my computer with a virus to prevent any item from even being uploaded to them! That could conceivably have impaired CBSNews' ability to receive and print a comment when it was sent! Perhaps that should be looked into, that the arrogant Phil Plait actually broke the law by downloading a virus without my permission! This could be looked into.

[gbreadmann]

Straight out of Orwell's 1984..."He never existed! Oceania was never at war with Eastasia! It was always at war with Eurasia!!", and they proceed to erase it from all newspaper archives and publications.

[Chengisk]

This reaction from Chinese government just baffles me. How logical it would be to just come out and say someone else had been holding Cheng illegally and that the government will look into this affair and punish those responsible. However, it would be illogical to do that if the central politburo is what is been involved in Cheng's house arrest and beatings. And I am pretty sure that is the case.

If the Chinese government is thinking that giving its people the economic freedom and holding all else back will be just fine, they are on path to ruining themselves and possibly hurting the international economy, especially with so much of the world trade being dependent on China. All the major economies should be wary of a Chinese collapse.