| Hello BO I will tell you what is wrong with your observation "Many people in China has either unintentionally failed or deliberately refused to see the point that this demonstration/ disruption would occur regardless of whether the torch-bearer is handicap (or Chinese for that matter) or not." Rightly or wrongly, most chinese do not accept the idea of an independant Tibet. While this is the party's position, it is also in line with the general sentiments. Yes, some parts of our history has been whitewashed by the government. We know that. But this is not something we were "brainwashed" into believing. Somehow, many of the protesters seemed to think that just because we happened to agree with the party on some issues, we must be brainwashed. I think this is ridiculous. Our minds are as independant as yours. We also make fun of our politicians but on a less devastating manner than your media. I can't speak for the rest here, but my disgust at the attack on Jin Jing, is that the protesters are so blinded by what they are trying to put across that they would even attack a girl on a wheelchair. Please don't give me the crap about "it's not about her, it's the government we are against". She is one of us. Regardless of what you believe, not all torchbearers endorses the communist party. Why is it that you can only accept shades of grey when refering to your world and not ours ? Contrary to what you are saying, I am very sure were the events reversed and she was an american or french and attacked similarly in China, your country would raise a stink. Hypocrites exist not only in China. |
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