Comment Re:Defends _Googles_ actions? (Score 4, Insightful) 511
When MSN China and Yahoo China followed Chinese laws and performed acts deemed unsavory by the American blogosphere (turning over information, censoring results, whatever), both companies were widely attacked. No one ever came to the corporation's defense by saying: oh, there is nothing the companies can do, Chinese journalists and others should have know better by using MSN/Yahoo US!
So when you say that "everyone seems to be a bit confused about this," you are correct, people should be confused about how to defend Google "Do no evil" for doing the exact same thing they are chastising Microsoft and Yahoo for. This double standard is indeed confusing.
Google's halo is undeserved in my opinion.