OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secret police....

Thu Sep 8 04:27:33 UTC 2005

Bob Arthurs wrote:
> 
> 
> I should add that my original statement pertains to (obviously) the 
> Chinese *government* alone! I am concerned about the repression that the 
> Chinese people experience, and the basic freedoms that they lack.
> 
> As far as 'China hate' is concerned- this definately doesn't apply to 
> me- many of my friends are from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. I 

And I am sure none of us are actually China haters or gay bashers, many 
of my friends are gay, too!

> lived for many years in the area, and speak pretty passable Mandarin 
> myself (was pretty fluent, but it has deteriorated a bit, I'm afraid!). 
> So, love the Chinese people, their culture, and history - resent the 
> Chinese government's repression (though I personally believe the Hu Jin 
> Tao *may* turn out to be a great improvement on leaders such as Jiang 
> Zemin, Deng Xiaoping, and obviously Mao Zedong- I hear that Hu Jin Tao 
> even met Hu Yaobang's widow, and plans a commemoration in the Great Hall 
> of the People!!).

Still, China is by its own right a country with its own laws. You don't 
have to agree with them but that's how it is. B*ching about it here told 
me nothing of operational problems anyone faces except for over-zealous 
political opinions.

Want to bring the Israeli-Palestinian conflict up too?

	Gadi.