From: Vadim Antonov <avg@pluris.com> Look, it is impossible to keep technology from being used by communist regimes. Like it's impossible to keep knives from hands of murderers. But what do you say about a person who gives a knife to a known murderer knowing very well that it is going to be used to kill yet another victim? And teaches him how to wield it more efficiently? And gets paid for it?

Americans would call that an "entrepreneur". Of course, Americans already have military services ready and willing to do all this without pay, if only the ruling dictator promises to let American "entrepreneurs" keep buying and selling in their country. You really have become an American "conservative" (which has nothing to do with conservation of anything). I liked Dillon's message. "Create millions of small opportunities for Chinese people to share information and they will do the rest." BTW, I've had a couple of Chinese freinds and housemates studying here how to make better computers, software and hardware, at least one of whom was teaching at the University in Beijing last time I heard; an SO that did immersion Chinese and went off and taught English there for a couple of years; and a freind who was a reporter at the Detroit Free Press that went and helped the official news agency in Beijing with translations. None of them thought that they were doing something immoral by helping the official infrastructure. But then, over the past 20+ years I've suffered through a Michigan "Red Squad" and a couple of FBI investigations, so at least someone thinks I'm just one of those commie pinko liberals myself.... WSimpson@UMich.edu Key fingerprint = 17 40 5E 67 15 6F 31 26 DD 0D B9 9B 6A 15 2C 32 BSimpson@MorningStar.com Key fingerprint = 2E 07 23 03 C5 62 70 D3 59 B1 4F 5E 1D C2 C1 A2