tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post8113265630656141501..comments2024-03-18T19:50:24.376+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: China Commies and the Nobel Peace Prize: an inspiration to Chavez. Sub-title: what are you planning to do about it?Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-17216734550832405592010-11-23T19:39:15.111+01:002010-11-23T19:39:15.111+01:00Many of us in the West are taught from our youth t...Many of us in the West are taught from our youth that it is wrong to criticize different groups of people.The problem is that in our culture, where kindness is elevated to the status of the highest of virtues, truth and justice often take a back seat.I am a lover of truth above all else, because in the long run I think truth is far kinder than the artificial kindness that come from hiding the truth.Of course what is truth to me might not be truth to you, so a certain respect for differences must accompany a mutual discourse.Calling people racist for example is not the kind of respect that feeds dialog, though it is quite the politically correct term that we can expect from the left.However at this point so many people and things have been called racist by the left that it has become almost impossible to define the term.<br /><br />I like what Ronald Reagan said: "Don't be afraid to see what you see" what we don't need is someone's attempt to coerce someone through falsely stigmatizing them with a term as hated and as loaded, and as vague as the term' racist.'firepigettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348890269608169297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-65983807004084855142010-11-23T17:34:28.138+01:002010-11-23T17:34:28.138+01:00m astera
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and the English lords did not ru...m astera<br /><br />??????<br /><br />and the English lords did not run slave traffic? and the good burgers of Bordeaux or Amsterdam were not involved in slave trade? only the Jews?<br /><br />get a grip.....Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-33879288930268388792010-11-23T03:13:58.360+01:002010-11-23T03:13:58.360+01:00I do my best not to call names, but this?
"B...I do my best not to call names, but this?<br /><br />"But after that slavery was out, Jews were in"<br /><br />Shame on you. The Jews ran the slave trade. Read some history, racist.m_asterahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10808513711410506159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-31655240008933331602010-11-20T17:04:51.287+01:002010-11-20T17:04:51.287+01:00It may be relevant to the Chavez-China dynamic tha...It may be relevant to the Chavez-China dynamic that Fidel Castro has now said that China may be a good model for Cuba.<br /><br />http://www.diariodecuba.com/cuba/1788-fidel-castro-insinua-que-podria-dejar-el-liderazgo-del-pccjeffry househttp://jeffryhouse.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-25384936686512258642010-11-20T10:36:30.125+01:002010-11-20T10:36:30.125+01:00I know quite some Chinese, particularly from the I...I know quite some Chinese, particularly from the IT sector. Not all of them are like that, but chauvinism and brainwashing are still very very very widespread.<br />Even those who are not like that tend to be incredibly cautious about what they say. I have a Chinese teacher and he says it: you don't spend all your childhood getting your head brainwashed and then just act as if it never happened.<br /><br />I saw a very interesting interview with artist Ai Wei Wei where he was explaining about the dangers of Chinese chauvinism and how the state uses it.<br /><br />Let's remember China was not always unified and in a couple of occasions there were very big civil wars with a lot of chaos for decades. Even if those unrests were ages ago, they are very present in China's psyche. One of them was the decline of the Tang dynasty.<br /><br />And then there was the way in which Britain and other Western nations intervened in China (Opium Wars, etc). This has left quite some resentment, which leaders have used to manipulate people in the worst way.<br /><br />Chinese politicians and military have utilised this incredible fear for a new era of "chaos" or submission to keep people together...UNDER THEIR YOKE.<br /><br />I found amazing the reactions I got when I posted a couple of things about Liu. Some of the statements were the same rehearsed <br />slogans one hears over and over from the Chinese "Popular" government.<br /><br />By the way: that teacher I mentioned told us to pay attention at how obsessed the Chinese regime is to label everything "popular" or "of the people".<br /><br />Déjà vu? "porque yooooo sooooy el pueblo, carajoooooo"Keplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11125538872924743270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-83288751647508008472010-11-20T00:58:58.941+01:002010-11-20T00:58:58.941+01:00Giving the Nobel prize to Mr Liu was one of the be...Giving the Nobel prize to Mr Liu was one of the best choices ever made precisely because of the strong reaction by the Chinese government.<br /><br />China has been getting somewhat of a free ride with its human rights abuses and dictatorship by keeping a low profile and taking a " strictly business " attitude.Their reaction focuses the attention on just how bad they really are and for those of the left hoping to see a world dominated by China instead of the US,it should make clear what this would imply.firepigettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348890269608169297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-66691675555246763952010-11-19T22:14:14.814+01:002010-11-19T22:14:14.814+01:00Hi Daniel,
Indeed, it is puzzling to me as well. ...Hi Daniel,<br /><br />Indeed, it is puzzling to me as well. Just a week ago I was talking to a Chinese guest. He is an engineer with a graduate degree from a German university.<br /><br />He agreed with keeping Liu Xiaobo in jail because "not only he was against the government, he also wrote, marched and distributed leaflets. He even was one of those in Tian An Men!"<br /><br />What else can I say... and this comes from a guy who now lives in Germany. I did tell him that in western democracies that was not considered a crime.Mr. Meursaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15349355902970415040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-78320654397712343382010-11-19T22:06:38.271+01:002010-11-19T22:06:38.271+01:00milonga
i signed and put your link up.milonga<br /><br />i signed and put your link up.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-77298747005421664562010-11-19T21:59:19.713+01:002010-11-19T21:59:19.713+01:00It doesn't surprise me that chinese people sup...It doesn't surprise me that chinese people support their government, it's human nature. People always like a tough government that can keep things under control. And the chinese government right now it's viewed as successful with all the progress and economic growth.<br /><br />These people probably truly believe that a democratic government would loose control and bring chaos. They may think: why change something that's working?amieresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-77413974327038372822010-11-19T19:51:03.053+01:002010-11-19T19:51:03.053+01:00Here's where I signed: http://www.thepetitions...Here's where I signed: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/free-the-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-liu-xiaobo/<br />It doesn't surprise me, Nazi Germany and China having the same attitude. A dictatorship is a dictatorship, no matter what color. Although left-wing hypocrites always say "theirs" is good.Milonganoreply@blogger.com