Comments on: Beijing’s Google gears http://www.gotoofareast.com/toblog/?p=427 Tim Gingrich's Writings & World Travels 金飞西笔 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:23:45 -0700 hourly 1 By: annplugged http://www.gotoofareast.com/toblog/?p=427&cpage=1#comment-158 annplugged Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:54:29 +0000 http://www.gotoofareast.com/toblog/?p=427#comment-158 Hello Tim, thanks for this great great pic. It is excellent for discussion in sociology, advertising, art, etc. I really like the complex irony of the whole gesture and context. I hope you don't mind my using it here: http://videovoo.com/2008/04/04/google-ad-trash-revamped-on-a-chinese-rickshaw-tech-art/ Let me know if you do. Anna Hello Tim, thanks for this great great pic.
It is excellent for discussion in sociology, advertising, art, etc. I really like the complex irony of the whole gesture and context.

I hope you don’t mind my using it here: http://videovoo.com/2008/04/04/google-ad-trash-revamped-on-a-chinese-rickshaw-tech-art/

Let me know if you do.

Anna

]]> By: Bre http://www.gotoofareast.com/toblog/?p=427&cpage=1#comment-156 Bre Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:11:10 +0000 http://www.gotoofareast.com/toblog/?p=427#comment-156 SHEN CONG WEN: Have a sense of humor for God's sake! Nobody is trying to twist any facts here --except you! He probably just thought it was funny that a google ad would ironically appear on a bike like that. Danwei used the same tone--again: not trying to twist the "news", but just being funny. You know what, maybe you need to be more naive~ To be fair, i agree with you that news are not always true as it appears (Everybody knows that). But i dont think this is one of those articles--like you said youself, it's not "actual news." So chilax, okay? SHEN CONG WEN:

Have a sense of humor for God’s sake! Nobody is trying to twist any facts here –except you!
He probably just thought it was funny that a google ad would ironically appear on a bike like that. Danwei used the same tone–again: not trying to twist the “news”, but just being funny.

You know what, maybe you need to be more naive~

To be fair, i agree with you that news are not always true as it appears (Everybody knows that). But i dont think this is one of those articles–like you said youself, it’s not “actual news.” So chilax, okay?

]]> By: Tim http://www.gotoofareast.com/toblog/?p=427&cpage=1#comment-152 Tim Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:26:44 +0000 http://www.gotoofareast.com/toblog/?p=427#comment-152 Hey Shenster, Lighten up. My only POINT in this post was to POINT OUT something funny. It's not as sinister as you think. This isn't CNN distorting Tibetan protest pics. Maybe you should reread (or read) the article. Hey Shenster,

Lighten up. My only POINT in this post was to POINT OUT something funny. It’s not as sinister as you think. This isn’t CNN distorting Tibetan protest pics. Maybe you should reread (or read) the article.

]]> By: Shen Congwen http://www.gotoofareast.com/toblog/?p=427&cpage=1#comment-151 Shen Congwen Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:17:55 +0000 http://www.gotoofareast.com/toblog/?p=427#comment-151 It is being picked up by major media because the story is being presented to them as real when it is not. This is all about traffic to a website, not actual news. Disgusting, really. It is being picked up by major media because the story is being presented to them as real when it is not.

This is all about traffic to a website, not actual news. Disgusting, really.

]]> By: Gardener http://www.gotoofareast.com/toblog/?p=427&cpage=1#comment-150 Gardener Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:52:23 +0000 http://www.gotoofareast.com/toblog/?p=427#comment-150 Wow, you're being picked up by major media. What's next? I always told you you're a good writer. Wow, you’re being picked up by major media. What’s next? I always told you you’re a good writer.

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