Whats a freaking Italian doing as head of India anyway???

A day after it’s initial launch, Google Health has issued an API for developers. This allows developers accsess your medical data so they can build applications using it. Developers must have your permission before they can access your informatio…

Based on IT laws in India hosting these contents are illegal.

And people thinking the need to liberate India, seriously need a good sleep. India is already a free country. Idiots!

In a country where nonsense about freedom of speech is pom-pomed about but not practiced, this is a glaring example which demonstrates that you cannot speak your mind against a powerful person in India, much like you cannot speak against tyrannical dictatrships of the middle-east, Africa or communist totalitarion regimes like those of China.

2. No Indian law supports this. This is a lie that the police were following the law. They are merely using their powers to abuse the rights of a citizen. The judiciary will soon dismiss the case. Then the case of Google having abetted the breaking of law will come to the fore.

1. “Law of the land” argument – This is should be called the “slippery slope” argument and it is a common fallacy. The argument suggests, I think foolishly, that google had to support India’s request because it is the law. One must follow the law unquestionably or there will be anarchy. This, of course, is not true. Google could have denied handing over the guy’s ip address and that would have been the end of it. Perhaps at the absolute extreme there would be a boycott of all of Google’s products placed by the Hindu government. There would not be anarchy, but google would take a huge loss on the booming market there.

2. “Who are we (america) to judge other cultures” argument – Americans, this argument suggests, have no right to judge another culture or to refuse to obey another culture’s wishes. At first glance, this argument makes sense. Other cultures do things different then us, so it is obvious we should not intrude on their customs. However, when an American company goes in to foreign land, that company, in the view of the american public, has an obligation to uphold their country’s basic rights. Also, under international law there are basic freedom such as freedom of religion, press, and art which are applied to all countries. As long as the “foreign” culture upholds these basic freedoms, I can recognize this argument as valid. Unfortunately, Google violated the person’s freedom here.

3. Corporations are not morally responsible for their actions abroad – This argument is the weakest of them all. Another way of saying this is: Corporations are by default immoral entities that can only be controlled through local laws. It is obvious that corporations have responsibilities for their actions. Claiming that anyone, let alone a billion dollar company, has no responsibilities for their actions is begging for corruption and totalitarianism.

4. There are worse evils argument – While there are worse and far more sinister companies and governments who commit larger violations of freedoms, the criticism google will receive is still well justified. Especially since their company’s slogan is “do no evil.” Google is a hypocrite.

The link from Sonia Gandhi goes to http://en.wikip...iki/Sonia_Gandh – which is incorrect (typo in link). Furthermore, Ghand is a vulgur word in hindi, I think.

You don’t want to be the next person arrested

It is easy to see their narrow mind: God bless America, and un-American is evil.