“It was the last straw,” he said, pointing out that he and his family were visited repeatedly by the police before they left the Soviet Union when he was 6 years old.”

Google’s Not Creating Content, Just Protecting It - NYTimes.com People can continue to say what they want about Google pulling out of China being disingenuous, hypocritical, or just some ploy. But the fact remains that most companies would never (and will never) take such a stand, no matter what the situation is. Google is. And no matter the reason, that means something. It’s never too late to do the right thing.