Comments on: Thoughts on SARFT http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed disoriented in the orient Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:25:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Kelly http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/comment-page-1/#comment-1035 Kelly Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:20:25 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/#comment-1035 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-1034 jennifer Sun, 27 Aug 2006 15:48:59 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/#comment-1034 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-1033 davesgonechina Tue, 22 Aug 2006 05:14:17 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/#comment-1033 Yeah, but yknow what happens sometimes to embarassing out-of-date power structures?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 Yeah, but yknow what happens sometimes to embarassing out-of-date power structures?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-1032 The Peking Duck Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:27:47 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/#comment-1032 <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-1031 Matt Sun, 20 Aug 2006 00:53:11 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/#comment-1031 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-1030 lumberjack Thu, 17 Aug 2006 04:07:53 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/#comment-1030 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-1029 Hello_World Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:21:29 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/#comment-1029 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-1028 Brendan O'Kane Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:00:42 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/#comment-1028 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-1027 Feng 37 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:27:41 +0000 http://bokane.org/2006/08/16/thoughts-on-sarft/#comment-1027 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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