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Originally Posted by Monahammer
I'll just tell my family in Hong Kong to think of the millions of Chinese who were lifted out of poverty the next time they confide in me how scared they are. Problem solved.
Also JohnnyB, you don't owe me anything. But you owe it to the people below to openly criticize the government of China.
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No ####, Sherlock; however, when people were talking about crushing China in a war, that crossed a line into abject stupidity and needed to be addressed. We really want our children over in China fighting to the death killing poor Chinese people to stick it to the government? Of course not.
So yeah, criticize the Chinese government all you want, but also recognize the Chinese citizens are just yous and mes that don't deserve death and destruction for their government's actions. Also recognize where Johnny is posting from and appreciate there are some real-world consequences to what he can write, while also understanding it's just human beings over there with lives and culture and relationships - that's what he's pointing out. Let's not dehumanize "the Chinese" and their country because I sure as hell wasn't reading criticism leveled squarely at the Chinese government in this thread...there was a lot aimed at China and the Chinese and if you don't think racism grows from that kind of language you're as naïve as the day is long.
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Originally Posted by jeffman
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You have to be kidding. That's a ridiculous notion.