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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
There's really no need to be a condescending prick about things. I do live here, and I'm trying to contribute to a discussion by adding some of what I've learned while here. Quite frankly, I think you're being terribly small minded about this.
Maybe it's the fact that you're from a small town (I think you posted this previously) in a country with a ridiculous amount of land per capita, but your position on absolute land rights of the individual is simply not practical, especially in a developing country with 1.3 billion people. Perhaps you should accept that people need to live together, and that sometimes civil projects outweigh individual rights, you're living in a dream world.
I don't agree with everything China has done in relocating people, but it's a much more complicated situation than you acknowledge.
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I wasn't being a prick at all. But if you want to take it that way, go ahead.
You seem to agree that its alright for the Chinese government to simply throw people off their land, or out of their houses.....just as long as they pay them money.
But its not right....and you know it.
I'll say it again....if I 'own' my land....the government cannot force me off of it. Nor can they force me to sell. Sure, if they offer me a few million for land that is only worth a couple hundred thousand, I might sell. But then again, its still my choice. And thats the way it should be.