Comments on: Thoughts on SARFT http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/ disoriented in the orient Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:50:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Kelly http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/comment-page-1/#comment-1079 Kelly Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:20:25 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/#comment-1079 Agree with #3. The country is so $#%$up no one in this generation knows what to do. I often think about Thomas Jefferson and his gang of farmers 200 some years ago only wish I could send a tiny bit of their spirit to China. BTW, I understand you’re homesick. I'm sure I'll get that when I come to China in October for two long weeks. Agree with #3. The country is so $#%$up no one in this generation knows what to do. I often think about Thomas Jefferson and his gang of farmers 200 some years ago only wish I could send a tiny bit of their spirit to China.
BTW, I understand you’re homesick. I’m sure I’ll get that when I come to China in October for two long weeks.

]]> By: jennifer http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/comment-page-1/#comment-1060 jennifer Sun, 27 Aug 2006 15:48:59 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/#comment-1060 just good to see you are alive just good to see you are alive

]]> By: davesgonechina http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/comment-page-1/#comment-1056 davesgonechina Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:14:17 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/#comment-1056 Yeah, but yknow what happens sometimes to embarassing out-of-date power structures? Some youngblood, full of nationalism and vinegar, comes in armed with a fistful of web programmers and his finger on (or at least within a mile of) the zeitgeist. The structure is there, there's political power and leverage in it - all that's needed is a changing of the guard, since the current drivers can't even see the road with their glasses on. SARFT's clueless semi-impotency might only spur the creation of some hotshot young propagandists. After all, those old SFARTs are gonna die off soon... Yeah, but yknow what happens sometimes to embarassing out-of-date power structures? Some youngblood, full of nationalism and vinegar, comes in armed with a fistful of web programmers and his finger on (or at least within a mile of) the zeitgeist. The structure is there, there’s political power and leverage in it - all that’s needed is a changing of the guard, since the current drivers can’t even see the road with their glasses on.

SARFT’s clueless semi-impotency might only spur the creation of some hotshot young propagandists. After all, those old SFARTs are gonna die off soon…

]]> By: The Peking Duck http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/comment-page-1/#comment-1053 The Peking Duck Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:27:47 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/#comment-1053 <strong>SARFT Senility...</strong> With their arteries popping, eyes bulging and limbs trembling, the antique paranoiacs who head SARFT (the useless and obsolete government body that's trying, in effect, to banish youtube and all other forms of unapproved video from China's Internet) ... SARFT Senility…

With their arteries popping, eyes bulging and limbs trembling, the antique paranoiacs who head SARFT (the useless and obsolete government body that’s trying, in effect, to banish youtube and all other forms of unapproved video from China’s Internet) …

]]> By: Matt http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/comment-page-1/#comment-1052 Matt Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:53:11 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/#comment-1052 I can think of a good anagram for SARFT--perhaps it's more fitting... I can think of a good anagram for SARFT–perhaps it’s more fitting…

]]> By: lumberjack http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/comment-page-1/#comment-1047 lumberjack Thu, 17 Aug 2006 04:07:53 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/#comment-1047 China has a long history of censureship. With the wide use of internet, this system naturally extends from printed material to video stream online. If possible, a sensor might be installed in everyone's brain to detect any thought contrary to the spirit of the Party -- and the government might even charge you for this fantastic gadget. China has a long history of censureship. With the wide use of internet, this system naturally extends from printed material to video stream online. If possible, a sensor might be installed in everyone’s brain to detect any thought contrary to the spirit of the Party — and the government might even charge you for this fantastic gadget.

]]> By: Hello_World http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/comment-page-1/#comment-1045 Hello_World Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:21:29 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/#comment-1045 They are old, scared, but they are on the power anyway. They don't care about video on the Internet, they just want to show their existence, something like "Hey, I'm here, you should know and respect me" They are old, scared, but they are on the power anyway. They don’t care about video on the Internet, they just want to show their existence, something like “Hey, I’m here, you should know and respect me”

]]> By: Brendan O'Kane http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/comment-page-1/#comment-1044 Brendan O'Kane Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:00:42 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/#comment-1044 For some reason, that reminds me of some of my old classmates' parents promising to "beat the black off [them]." For some reason, that reminds me of some of my old classmates’ parents promising to “beat the black off [them].”

]]> By: Feng 37 http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/comment-page-1/#comment-1043 Feng 37 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:27:41 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/#comment-1043 Just a matter of time until SARFT gets the 恶 搞'd out of them. Just a matter of time until SARFT gets the 恶 搞’d out of them.

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