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> Doing business isn't the problem. The problem is that Google is creating a censored version of their search engine.

Search is their business and they won't be allowed to conduct it there without censorship.

The vast majority of search queries have little to do with the conduct of the Chinese government, and if you hadn't noticed Google's absence from china didn't liberate the Chinese people.

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> Search is their business and they won't be allowed to conduct it there without censorship.

Right. Nor should they if that is the cost of doing business. Sometimes there are lines that shouldn't be crossed.

> if you hadn't noticed Google's absence from china didn't liberate the Chinese people.

"I haven't been helping any thieves for the last decade, but robberies still keep happening. I might as well get in on it and make some money."

Sorry, but I have a hard time taking your arguments seriously. You seem to be working very hard to miss the point.

> Search is their business and they won't be allowed to conduct it there without censorship.

You're making Habitue's argument for them.

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