Yahoo & Google strike out for freedom of speech

Yahoo and Google have come out for freedom of speech. Tell that old darlings to the Chinese bloggers and interest users. Yahoo and Google have kowtowed to Beijing's strict control of the press and the internet. Let's not forget that the China market means big bucks! And money is the lubricant that greases profit and market share and penetration. So, we ain't talking hay despite the flight to the aerie of high minded principles. Google censors bloggers. 18Brumaire now has a warning to its readers that it contains language suitable for adults. Let's give a sampling of what constitutes suitable language for adults. The adjective haggard, for one. Haggard is a strong adjective but hardly a shaker of the pillars of the temple of the establishment. And what about compost heap, which the Google programme put in between <...> with the note strong/strong...well, what would it say to a farmer or a gentleman gardner? Google and we suspect Yahoo have become like our prissy Victorian aunts, who even went so far as to cover the feet of pianos and chairs and tables, so that they could present a chaste and proper face to the world. Me or my, how the hands of time have gone backwards, and how so quaint the situation ain't.