I read earlier that the Chinese government wants to regulate the content of blogs by implementing a system whereby a user would have to register his/her real name when creating a blog, which could then be placed under a pseudonym.
I was just curious, if your government required such regulations would it change anything you wrote about?
I’m a fan of Weight Watchers because it helped me drop nearly 70lbs back in grad school – I’m now back on the wagon to lose the last few pounds gained during my pregnancy. After my initial success they hired me to produce content which gets hosted in places like their Facebook page.
On the rare occasion I accept payment to review a product, know that it’ll always be noted in its associated post, and for better or worse, the review will reflect my honest opinion.
misstrishy:
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3 years ago
kathrynxa: You are more beautiful than ever dear friend. Life, huh, who knew it could be so full of potential. My commnet has nothing to do with the Chinese government, I just wanted to tell you you are pretty and I like you. You are terribly smart and powerful in a kind package, that’s what I think anyway.3 years ago
nebulatravel: I emailed our cousin.3 years ago
misstrishy: ofcourse! blogging would probley cease to exsist because of fear of imprisonment or death in some cases. sooner or later it would effect all the contries.3 years ago
maggie4chr1st: That makes me mad! I have some friends in China, who came here to SHSU this summer to study the American CJ program! If I were them, or if I were just another Chinese student, I would not care but I would post whatever came to my heart. One of my Japanese friends says that is why I will get arrested when I go to China. Haha. :)3 years ago
jamminjim: You don’t need to have your name registered on your blog for the govt to figure out who you are. Most servers log the IP address of every connection, and that IP address can be traced to your ISP, who can tell who was using that IP address. So really, if I post a blog, ore even a comment, there is a good chance that it can be traced back to me.
The Chinese system just makes this quicker.3 years ago
pb49r:
I would not be afraid to stand by what I said, under my own name. I am willing to stand up to what I say, and defend it. But, “bullmeister” hits a nail on the head: if my government required it, that would affect my attitude toward my government, and I would probably want to change my governing authorities.
:-0 We should never say something in hidden disquise that we would not want to come back before us to convict us. If we would not say it to one’s face, we probably should not say it. ;-)
3 years ago
bullmeister: No, but it would change what I thought about my government.3 years ago
RegularGoy:
Depends. In a country like the U.S., with its long-standing traditions of free discourse, I would use my blog as a form of political protest if I felt that the government were trying to regulate ideology.
3 years ago
tree25: probably not, lol…i just blog about work, cooking, friends, pine trees, and depression. not in that particular order. ;-) i don’t think the government cares about those :-D3 years ago
nebulatravel: I have nothing to hide. There is no reason to look under the sofa. I am not hiding anti-American propaganda. No, I would never go against my countrymen and the Great Leader George Dubbaya. John Stewart on the Daily Show asked John Ashcroft if Homeland Security was looking at the porn sites he visited on the internet. I thought that was classic. On a more sober note, a lawyer told our sister today there is no longer free speech in our country. Her lawyer told her that! Beware what you write on your site. It could come back to bite you.3 years ago