"But Google’s motivations are not as pure as they may seem. ... If Google had not, as it revealed in its announcement, "detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China," there's no reason to believe it would have altered its policy of censoring search results to fit the wishes of the Chinese authorities. It was the attack, not a sudden burst of righteousness, that spurred Google’s action."<p>I think everyone gets this. They held their nose, to make money, and then received the final straw from a hostile government.