Google

I was an atheist, But a few things -Google being one of them- made me believe in God.

(Well, I found the balance. I'm non-practicing now!)

The latest news on Google's stand on China really made me happy.

Check this out:

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html

The guy who posted this, David Drummond is the Chief Legal Officer at Google.

Last November, I was shocked that Obama with all his honesty, plain talk and hope said "I'm a big supporter of non-censorship" in China.

I couldn't believe that he would not stand up and say, "This is not right"

But finally, Google's stand makes it clear to the world and especially China, that the right to information is the most important one.

It makes it clear that there are companies and corporates who wouldn't mind losing business, if their ethics and vision are compromised.

The story goes that Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Shmidt had heated debates before they issued the ultimatum to China. Brin was the biggest supporter of the stand Google took, while Eric felt that they could do more good by continuing to work in China

The irony is after Google announced its "new approach to China", many Chinese websites and newspapers translated David Drummond's post into Chinese and published it (Oh btw, Google's official blog is blocked in China, so they can't see the statement even if they understand English)

But, the Chinese government issued a statement telling all the Chinese media (newspapers, websites, TV) to downplay the Google issue. Since then, the translated versions are not available. The news about Google's stand is vaguley mentioned.

Talk about Censorship over Censorship!!

Love you guys at Google. Thanks for being my own personal angels. Thanks for organizing the world's info for me!

Thanks for standing by the "Right to Information"