| To Andrew, In terms of wonderful things, no matter it's a beautiful art work, or a great invention , or a great sports event, like Olympics , I think SHARING by the whole human kind is a magnificent thing. We all know that powder was invented in Eastern world, to be more specific , it was invented in China . Well, hopefully, your " free press " has given fair report on that fact. But for the moment it is best utilized in Western world, well, to be more specific , in the U.S army. See what the U.S. force had done in Iraq ! How many buildings had they bombed ? How many innocent people, including children, had they killed ? We did not say, 'Fuck It, Go back to use your spear. Stop using the powder we invented ! " and we did not boycott any products made in U.S. because of the slaughter. Why ? Because Chinese people drew a very distinct line between American government and American people. We know that American parents feel the same grieve when they lose theirs sons in the war like any Chinese parents would do in those instances. Back to the boycott things. Well, stop shopping French products might be silly. But so far as I am concerned, holding a sign which reads " No Fur " before Harrods is nothing smarter, because that would NOT prevent fashion industry making billions of U.S dollars profit from fur business. But I do respect those protestors, as they have showed concern for the environment and the nature. By the way, I used to think the protesting in free western countries should not involve any personal attacks. Apparently I was wrong because even a disabled lady could have been attacked under the name of " free protection" , and nobody offered shelter because " the government should not waste their citizen's tax dollar on petty things like this " ! In today's China's newspaper, the Chinese government called for a " dispassionate and reasonable mental attitude" toward " boycotting Carrefour " , they said the patriotism is understandable, but unreasonable behavior like "boycott French products " is discouraged. " In this sense , I can agree no more that Chinese press is "unfreeze", because it concealed the hostility some western countries had showed for China, though it might be in small proportion, but the behaviors were disgusting enough to hurt us all. |
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