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by chrischen 3635 days ago
There's that too. I can rephrase it as we don't know if these measures will have positive or negative short term repercussions for China.
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benologist 3635 days ago
What could the positive effects be of not being free to buy "South Park: The Stick of Truth" in Australia? I think South Park itself is one positive effect of not inhibiting free speech just because it offends.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banned_video_games_in_...

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chrischen 3634 days ago
Generally these things only exhibit negative effects in the long term.

If it exhibits short term negative effects, it'd be obvious what to do.

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benologist 3634 days ago
The AU governments' censorship of video games spans decades and no clear upside has emerged yet!

In addition to video games we also censor television, books, porn, the internet and music. Slippery, slippery slope... it's now illegal for doctors to talk about the facilities and treatment they observe working with attempted-illegal immigrants detained indefinitely by the AU government.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Australia

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