Posted on 05/13/2008 10:59:47 PM PDT by chinaboy
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I'm happy to see that you concur with me on Solzhenitsyn's insight. Along side Koestler, Orwell, Chambers, Kravchenko and others, he made his life a living witness to what he had seen in the camps and in the former USSR generally.
I do not doubt that there are equally brave and eloquent spokesmen for the Chinese experience of Communist tyranny. I think I speak for most FReepers when I say that we welcome posters from every nation, seeing that liberty is a universal value, belonging of right to all men. Hey - I'm Canadian!
OTOH, most folks here know a skunk when they smell one. ;^)
I like to judge matters on the basis of actual events, so I'll be reserving my judgment on the bona fides of the recent signups from your country after the dust settles a little.
Meanwhile, I am full of sadness over the terrible loss of life being suffered in Sichuan(sp). I am impressed by the evident extraordinary rescue efforts led by your government and genuinely surprised by the Chinese media openness. To be honest, I continue to be suspicious of the general intentions of The Communist Party, and have no plans to change my opinion.
Welcome aboard, anyway!
It is nice to be able to converse with people of other cultures here. This is how we obtain information without the filter of the news media and their agenda's.
While this is mainly a Conservative American political forum, you'll find that many here have varied interests in all things, from science, and history, to technology and more, and we would be happy to share our western ideas with you, while at the same time learning more about the east.
For example: Many here enjoy the shooting sports. It is a freedom guaranteed by our Bill of Rights(the Second Amendment), and since the Chinese invented gunpowder, not to mention the first handgun; in a way, you are partly responsible for that freedom and the sport we enjoy.
But keep in mind; this is a free forum. within reason, most views are allowed, but as some have said, the owner of this forum can restrict views. Such as those that support America's enemies (we are Patriots here after all). It is his right. But for heated discussions (just watch your language), it is best to have a thick skin, asbestos underwear :-) and a healthy appetite for public discourse.
See ya around.
This day,I have taken more attention to this forum,and spended more times to tell you my feelings.I mean,I really very happy in here,and very glad to communicate with you.Most of you are friendly any kindly to me.I very enjoy the experience in here.But I have an important examination at end of month.And I should take my time to prepare the examination.So I want to say good bye to you,my friends.I wish I can meet up with you later here on FreeRepublic in the future.Thank you.
I am not a Communist,so I do not want to talk about my government and the CCP.And I never try to change your mind,but I thanks for your kindly.
Thanks again.
Whoever it is I still think it's a good post with some valuable insights.
Very interesting post.
You wrote:
“I am not a Communist,so I do not want to talk about my government and the CCP.And I never try to change your mind,but I thanks for your kindly.
Thanks again.”
Thank you for posting!
Oh, and feel free to try to change my mind. ;^)
Best of luck on your exams!
We share the same Father, it seems, so we must be brothers!!!
Of course I will give you my comments. To tell you the truth I don’t buy it. So let me see if I get it right here. Someone has someone in their family die and so we are supposed to not criticize their government? If this persons father died 2 years ago of cancer then I am sorry. I am not sure what it has to do with anything that is going on in the political arena that we call China. I will not directly speak of this person but of this tactic in general. I see this kind of thing on the left all the time. Wasn’t it just recently they marched out the poor children who would be left out if we didn’t pass SCHIP or whatever that health care thing was?
You can feel sorry for someones pain and also disagree with them on major issues. They have nothing in common and should not be used as a debating tool. This goes for both posters.
I will not and can not lower my voice about the murderous government in China because someone has had a lose. I will also not ask for forgiveness of my comments because of a loss I have. As a conservative I take responsibility for what I say and do. I will always do this.
To China boy I say this. If your government wasn’t so corrupts perhaps your father could have been saved. I don’t know. I do know there is a big problem right now with doctors giving out fake meds to Children with the HFM disease going around. I also know that government officials are on the take to make money off of given out fake meds and fake traditional meds. It is a big enough problem over here that you actually see adds about it.
Thus ends my comments. Not very comforting but truthful.
Thanks, KFB. I certainly share your political POV. Well said. With over 82 new sign ups from China since May 12 there are a range of views and attitudes coming with them. One in particular is doing an outstanding job of bringing news of the earthquake aftermath and his personal views of life in China. He isn’t a knee jerk cheerleader for the PLA and has spoken of problems there. His observations are mostly apolitical which may be a necessity for him but it is probably an asset for FR. I guess we will see what the rest are here for as time goes by.
Thank you so much. We do appreciate your kind prayer and help. Best wishes for you.
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