Exactly. And it's only alleged that the Chinese Yahoo subsidiary provided this information. The allegation came from a group of activist journalists. In my opinion, the situation certainly doesn't seem to warrant punishment of the US company, its employees, and its stockholders -- which is what a boycott would accomplish. Paul
-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: keith_w <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Bob Shell wrote: > > > > > On Feb 10, 2006, at 6:53 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > > >> Just curious, but why would you boycott Yahoo? > >> Paul > > > > Because they have provided information on Chinese users that the > > Chinese government has used to imprison people. > > > > http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/02/09/china.yahoo.ap/index.html > > > > Bob > > I don't know how much difference it makes, but please notice, it's > "Yahoo China" that is suppling information the Chinese government asks for. > More or less a "wholly owned subsidiary" of what WE know as Yahoo in > North America. > > Presumably Yahoo U.S.A. is not in the chain. We're talkng China here, > not anyplace else. > > That's as I see it. I welcome dissenting views... > > keith >
