Posted on 10/18/2008 2:23:08 AM PDT by robertvance
Oh boo hoo, boo hoo!!!
So far, just the opposite has happened, so I do not believe the claim that if we work with them they will become more like us.
They are our enemy by their OWN admission.
So Chinese people are our enemy just because they live under an oppressive government? That seems like a pretty unfair thing to say. But it’s common on this board. Alot of Anti-Chinese people out here who can’t stand the thought that people over here might actually be improving their lives through English. I hope you’re not one of those people...
It’s woefully naive to imagine that the bulk of the communist Chinese people do NOT support their government to the hilt. Yes some are not happy, some may even want their government destroyed. But there are just as many Americans that feel that way about the US government as do in China about their own!
The Chinese are our enemy. Individually as well as collectively. Government and people both.
But, you go ahead and try to soothe your guilt anyway and keep telling yourself that the Chinese are “just like us.” I am sure you have to do something to justify supporting our enemies.
I find your reply offensive. Have you ever been here before? I happen to have a ‘close family’ member who is Chinese and I resent the implication that he or she is my enemy. You have NO idea what you are talking about. Why don’t you come over and live here for a few years before you make such ridiculous statements.
Your “offense” is not my concern, even though I had no intention of attacking you on a personal level. My position on the enemy in China stands.
Unfortunately, a large percentage of people on FR have no idea what they are talking about. While I absolutely hate Chinese tour groups and despise Chinese businessmen, I have never felt unwelcome around Chinese simply because I am American. People who live under despotic governments cherish freedom much more than those who live 'free' lives in the west. Thinking otherwise is stupid. As for 'Mobile Vulgus', well, some people are like slinkies. Completely useless but fun to laugh at when you push them down a flight of stairs.
I am a WASP, I bleed American Red, White, and Blue, and am convinced that you are the naive one in this situation. I would suggest you take the time to heed Sun Szu and his writings. The LEADERS of the country swear by it. The people have suffered under their leadership. But, in the light of their commercial interests, things are now changing.
The bulk of Chinese people are not to be feared. They want their children to live free and live better than they haver. It is their government that is the propblem. We are finding it the same in the good old USofA, these days.
I twice voted for GWB, and consider McCain as Bob Dole Redux. I am sorry that I helped expand the gum't. I will vote for McCain, as a way to stop the Socialsit bent our Gum't has speedily taken. But, he is in bed with the Global Warming folk and plans to help them destroy our economy more.
We must stop that train before we worry about any people on the other side of the earth, dreaming of living large! They are just like you and I, but for slanted eyes, and a communist leadership. We have our own socialists alive and well at home!!!
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