Comments on: New Chinese Nobel laureate defends … government censorship

By: Stoic Patriot

Stoic Patriot — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 02:14:54 +0000

Supposedly (although with guys like Gore, Obama, and the entire EU being recipients of the Peace prize, that's a joke), the Nobel prize is not political, so if this guy wants to praise Chinese censorship, go for the gusto. The award is for the quality of his writing, not his acceptance of Western culture.

By: viking01

viking01 — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 01:44:11 +0000

“…. besides those Norwegians who selected me already know all about being “good little Germans” Mo said….

By: JPeterman

JPeterman — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:58:56 +0000

Waiting patiently for “Dark Current” to tell us all that China isn’t really communist and things are just peachy there.

By: besser tot als rot

besser tot als rot — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:56:43 +0000

saying that censorship should not prevent the truth, but that rumors and defamation “should be censored.”

Yeah. Who decides what is and is not “truth?” Idiot.

By: Schadenfreude

Schadenfreude — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:54:41 +0000

However, outside of the country, some critics pointedly questioning Mo’s Communist Party membership, his unwillingness to speak up for freedom of speech on the mainland and his apparent reluctance to speak out for his fellow laureate. “Giving the award to a writer like this is an insult to humanity and to literature,” declared noted Chinese artist and activist, Ai Weiwei, at the time.

Indeed, same with this.