Free Tibet

Crankyfeet

Actually you bring up a valid point. I probably used the wrong word with regards the Dalai Lama... as egotism is the antithesis of Buddhism.

I should have used the label "smart person with a strong political cause who knows how to play the US". Ahmed Chalabi is a classic example.

Cobblestones

A toy with lead-paint will do much worse for China than a boycott of the Games. I know a lot of people who are scared off Wal Mart and all the cheap Chinese crap they're selling.

A year ago or so, we got to see the first car made in China. What a PoS. Apparently it didn't survive even the most modest crash tests. There's no need to start a boycott. The Chinese manage to get themselves in the shitter well enough.


Re Tibet: I think the biggest problem is that Tibet is aggressively settled by the Chinese and thereby the cultural identity of the Tibetan people is destroyed. It is in fact not unlike European settlers driving native Americans away from the land and into reservations. And I think we all agree that this wasn't the most stellar moment in human rights history.

TheDarkLord

Yes, but it is American consumerism that is prompting cheap Chinese "crap" to come into the US market. All consumers want is "cheap" - so you pay for it in other ways. On top of that it is the big corporations in America who are branding the "cheap crap" of China and selling them in Walmart. Regarding cars, many will also call American cars as POS. Also keep in mind that China is a developing economy. You cannot expect the same quality as from other countries which have had many years to refine quality.


Exactly. While what is happening in Tibet is not right, it is also not proper for the Western countries to criticize after they followed the same (or worse) thing when they were occupying other nations. It is all a calculated effort to reap political mileage. I don't think most of the "leaders" crying hoarse on the issue really give a rats ass about what is actually going on.

nns1400

I'm sorry? What country ever chose to be communist?

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Crankyfeet

It was cheap Japanese crap in the seventies. China just makes what it is asked to. And it doesn't have the same technological human capital as more developed countries. Not yet at least. But they do build satellites and launch rockets to place them in orbit.

thunder

strauss' political theory 101

Andrija

I know this will be very bad example, but it is an example on the given subject.
After WW2 in former Yugoslavia the elections were held... Parliamentary elections where candidates were from communist party and parties which were governing Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
The subject is very dubious even now, lots of political records from that time have been hidden or destroyed, so the whole truth will never be available to public.
The fact is, elections were held and controlled by communists, voting was formally secret but in fact public (blind boxes). And many prominent politicians from time of Kingdom were intimidated and didn't take part in elections.
Also, in that time, Yugoslavia was mostly agricultural country with very modest level of regular and political education. Result of that is - minority knew what the elections are about and what they mean for the country and majority was easy to manipulate.
It's not hard to conclude what happened at the end. The results of elections were interpreted by communists as final people's decision to overthrow king and to abolish political pluralism.
That's how a country chooses to be communist.

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classic1

Fruck you lound eye. No chinese made carbon fibre girls bike for you anymore. advocating this damage fine people repubric. You only can buy crap itarian steel bike. Ha ha. Very funny.

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C'dale Girl

Looks to me like people around here need a good endorphin release or something . . .

tonyzackery

Ignorance is still very much alive and thriving quite well I see...

Crankyfeet

Are you saying that the US policies I described are Straussian... Or that you think my my views are?

Crankyfeet

No... I think he made a fair point. I hope you don't ride a carbon fibre bike because they're nearly all made in China. You'd be a hypocrite then, assuming you were aware of this and that you were advocating your own views.

TheDarkLord

It does touch a raw nerve, especially given the way media covers the subject, ignorance of many people, and the BS mouthed by the politicians...

classic1

Brow me, pompous person. You advocate putting out of work million of poor chinese. You suck.

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