subject: Propaganda Marketing [print this page] Not too long ago, Google was hit by a group of spammers. It may have appeared that the hit had originated from somewhere in China. It was suggested an up front legitimate technical college was the home of this spamming team, however we all know that a spammer's MO is to hijack what ever resources they need in order to lay down their dirty deed while remaining incognito. Through out the exchange and finger pointing and name calling, Google laid down a pretty volatile accusation. They suggested that China was infringing on their people's rights to freedom of information and internet access. They threatened the communist giant with an all out pull out from the scene. It was spun as a liberation movement for the people of China and their right to access modern 20th century information without the glare of Communist Daddy looking at the information first and filtering data seen as appropriate. To me it had a smack of irony, a free state trying to dictate how a completely unrelated communist governing body should run their business.. presented in a manner that had a whiff of borderline blackmail. Yes indeed, on the surface it seemed a giant was championing for freedoms and liberation ... below the surface was a completely different story. Google had presented to it's investors the idea of global dominance, it really needed China to get onboard; but when only "Go-daddy.com" stood up and were willing to be counted alongside Google, all bets were off. China showed Google the door and Googles stocks went for a bit of a dive. Ok, this spin doctoring didn't work, but imagine if it did. Imagine what would our global international relationships, peace and security would be looking like right now, just because of a piece of politic-"king"? Scary isn't it? It kind of reminds me of the old parable of "never cry wolf." Perhaps we forgot about that parable and need to recount it to our younger generation, because if we don't put a cap on the validity of our information sources...what can we trust in a few years to come? Now there's something to think about!
