after this many years of being a very bad one, The Very Bad One, after this many years of collaboration with the regime we should shake google's hand.. popular media expect us to rise the toast and shout Braavoo!.. don't thinks, do you know what was happening to Nazi's collaborators after 2WW?

Till the end of my days the will be short message put on my t-shirt: Google - The Collaborators.

I've been waiting for some for this to happen. Indeed I believe we should press our governments for laws that specifically ban any censorship in any country by western companies.

I agree; if others are willing to follow Google, we may actually see some necessary reform.

A bit of a shameless plug, but I've written up my views on this issue on my blog "Why Google should refuse to censor in China": http://blog.techxonline.net/2010/01/14/why-google-should-refuse-to-censor-in-china/

If a country outlaws some software, whether it be related to the Dalai Lama, the prophet Muhammad, or strong cryptography, why should a company like Apple not comply with that law when operating in that country? If it's a human rights issue, I don't think the Dalai Lama app ban qualifies, though draconian information control very well might.

... not principle.