> I could only imagine. The other problem is that many people seem to think I'm saying something against
> the Chinese *people* themselves, based on the "f* you round-eye* messages I've received (and they call
> ME racist). They don't seem to get the clear distinction (to me) between the Chinese people and China's
> network. It's the machines I'm concerned with the attacks coming from those machine. Just because the
> machine is sourced in China doesn't mean the attacker is - so I have to do the best I can to defend against
> the machines. However, that unfortunately comes across to those who choose not to think it through as me
> saying something against the Chinese themselves.
> Then again, as you well know, people will take any opportunity they can just to be ugly and confrontational,
> and to have something to rail about. In the face of the reality of China's horribly infected network, when I
On 1/15/10 6:40 PM, Thor (Hammer of God) wrote:
> I could only imagine. The other problem is that many people seem to think I'm saying something against the Chinese *people* themselves, based on the "f* you round-eye* messages I've received (and they call ME racist). They don't seem to get the clear distinction (to me) between the Chinese people and China's network. It's the machines I'm concerned with the attacks coming from those machine. Just because the machine is sourced in China doesn't mean the attacker is - so I have to do the best I can to defend against the machines. However, that unfortunately comes across to those who choose not to think it through as me saying something against the Chinese themselves.
>
> Then again, as you well know, people will take any opportunity they can just to be ugly and confrontational, and to have something to rail about. In the face of the reality of China's horribly infected network, when I suggest blocking that traffic (as many others have and do), they seize the opportunity to call me prejudice and a racist.
The Chinese network is indeed very infected, which in turn causes the
rest of the world great computerized harm. Nobody disputes this.
The solution of blocking China, however, is one which harms both people
outside of China, as well as those inside of China. Therefore, it
> >> bother replying because my servers won't get it." However, it seems
> to
> >> mean something like "don't reply because you are not welcome here"
> or
> >> similar. That wasn't my intention, as it seems to infer I actually
> >> have something against the Chinese people and not their networks,
> which
> >> I take issue with.
> >>>
> >>> Sorry for the poorly translated reference.
> >>
> >> bother replying because my servers won't get it." However, it seems
> to
> >> mean something like "don't reply because you are not welcome here"
> or
> >> similar. That wasn't my intention, as it seems to infer I actually
> >> have something against the Chinese people and not their networks,
> which
> >> I take issue with.
> >>>
> >>> Sorry for the poorly translated reference.
> >>
