On Mar 11, 3:10=A0pm, "J.Venning" <J.Venn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> bmo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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was not touting democracy to the Chinese people, but rather noting
> >that there is interest in democracy among the younger generation of
> >Chinese, seemingly moreso than among the older generation.
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> =A0 =A0 Some young people are very gullible to anything that is anti
> authoritarian, and they want to experiment, but governments are not
> something with which to experiment. One can't simply say, "Oops, didn't
> work, did it?" The Chinese government knows which direction to take for
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> good of the majority, whether you or anyone else may say otherwise, and
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> will stick to it.
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> >Obviously Taiwan and China are very different cases and the evolution
> >of democracy in China will probably happen very differently. But as
> >the only real democracy currently existing in "Greater China" the
> >Taiwanese model is certain something that young Chinese are
> >noticing.
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> =A0 =A0 Let them notice. That is a sign that the Chinese authorities are
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> censuring the Internet or the press the way Western media have been
> re****ting.
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> >This isn't about American democracy, it's about how the next
> >generation of Chinese perceive and feel about democracy and what it
> >might mean for China.
>
> =A0 =A0 Which other brand of Democracy are you selling?
>
> >But I didn't understand that bit about why I don't run for US
> >president...
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> =A0 =A0 I have overestimated you.
> J.
If Obama can do it, Moore can do it!!!
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