Mind your own business, Mr.Smith
Clean up your own backyard.
時事評論｜國際 2006/04/20 09:59:19
To: Representative Christopher H. Smith, Republican of New Jersey.
"Clean up your back yard before you Criticizes
Neighbour's Falling leaves."
Dear Mr. Smith,
When I read today's news
February 15,2006 by reporter TOM ZELLER Jr. Quote
"House Member criticizes Internet Co., for Practices in
China." I am very much bothered by the above news.
It looks that your intension in this issue is just try to
steal the spot light regardless the real issue.
You are cross the line.The companies like Cisco
Google Microsoft and Yahoo are trying to observe
the law legislated by local Chinese
Party and executed by the government in China.
"sickening collaboration with Chinese government and
for decapitating the voice of the....
" quoting your words, they are simply trying to
observe the local law. What you are trying to do is
encouraging companies disobey what they are
required to do. America is governed by the rules
of law and no one is above the law and no one
is under the law. Yet, being an American citizen
living in California, I personally witness the
government were to abuse the power and put the
law into their own hand. The same is truth that
I have been following the law but no other choice
by doing what DHS requires me to do.
In DHS case in its own nature is worse than violating
the basic human right. What you emphasized is
personal freedom of expression in the Internet
blogging and has not constituted the hardship
of actual living. My knowledge has told me that
all government official are paid with tax money
and should help those companies in need for
further development and expansion.
Your personal endeavor in criticizing
those companies to disregard their duty to observe
the local law is stepping out of line.
That constitutes the interference into the sovereinty
of a foreign country.
Take Muir Lodge for example. If ML did not submit
copies of guests registration card staying in the motel
DHS would close motel operation.Under the "Privacy
Law" only by court order of a Judge to authorize a
subpoenas, DHS can issue
that order. Yet the DHS took law into their own hand
and wanted ML to comply with DHS order.
The same apply to those big 4 companies. Should they
dare to refuse taking the order from government
in China, they might face to close down their business.
Why you have double standard to judge things
confronting the two different countries? I strongly
demand that you try your best clean your own
backyard before criticize other
people's practice of obeying the law in the foreign
countries. As for my personal case, I had to follow
California law. I filed protest to Governor of California
for an anwer. If you intend to response to this letter
and I welcome you to read my articles with letter
to the governor of California
in my blog and familiarize your self with the case.
I have enough evidence of e-mails correspondence
and written documents with DHS as evidences to
prove my points. Further more, I welcome FBI to
dig into some other government wrong doing
in excuting and enforcing the law.
I deeply believe that:
No one is above the law
and no one is under, neither.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) --- Yahoo Inc. said Monday that its Chinese subsidiary had no choice but to follow local laws when it handed over private information about political dissidents that led to their imprisonment and torture.
In April, a lawsuit was filed in federal court in California on behalf of Chinese dissident Wang Xiaoning and his wife Yu Ling, alleging that Yahoo gave private information about Wang to Chinese authorities that led to his detention. Jailed Chinese Journalist Shi Tao was added as a plaintiff in May.
In a motion to dismiss the case filed Monday, the Internet company argued that it cannot "be held liable for the independent acts of the (Chinese government) just because a former Yahoo subsidiary in China obeyed a lawful government request for the collection of evidence relevant to a pending investigation."
Yahoo argued that it was compelled by law to hand over information, including Internet addresses and email accounts.
Yahoo included a report from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data in Hong Kong. That report cites verdicts in Chinese courts against Wang and Shi that refer to Yahoo furnishing information including an anonymous user's telephone number, and the street address of their workplace.
The report adds that certain "user registration information" and "email content" was also handed over to Chinese authorities.
"Plaintiffs' criminal judgments do not show that defendants divulged plaintiffs' identities, caused them to be investigated, or provided proof essential to their convictions," Yahoo said in the filing.
Wang, Wang's wife and Shi are seeking compensatory damages, an injunction preventing Yahoo (YHOO:
