Re: Aligning with the world mindset...

On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:01:33 -0700, tankfixer
<paul.carrier@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>In article <6aa067c4-5c0b-4bb1-ad62-293f69dce514
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>, ltlee1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
>> On Apr 8, 10:19?pm, "Peter Webb"
>> <webbfam...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> > <fyfp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> >
>> >
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>> > > In a world as imperfect as it is, good deeds can be perceived bad
>> > > while bad deeds good.
>> >
>> > > In my opinion, it is about time for the leader****p in Beijing to
adopt
>> > > a different mindset. For example, instead of condemning the protest
>> > > and defending China's policy in Tibet, the foreign affair spokesman
of
>> > > China could have suggested that the Chinese government has a
tradition
>> > > of tolerating opinion difference
>> >
>> > But they don't.
>> >
>> > > and thus understood the sentiments of
>> > > the protesters. This would have immediately diffused a lot of
anger.
>> >
>> > It would have caused a great deal of laughter. China has no tradition
of
>> > tolerating opinion differences on political matters. Its a one party
state
>> > with no free press.
>> >
>> > > In addition, I think the Beijing leader****p should also learn to
get
>> > > used to a more transparent political culture. After the Lhasa riot,
>> > > the government of China should have allowed foreign re****ters to
room
>> > > at will the way foreign re****ters were allowed to room LA at will
>> > > after the LA riot.
>> >
>> > Yes. Pity they didn't. Maybe they didn't actually want people to know
what
>> > they were doing in Tibet.
>> >
>> > > Personally I think the Chinese authority has
>> > > exercised much more restraint than it should in the Lhasa riot
>> >
>> > So how many more protesters do you think they should have shot?
>> >
>> > > ?but the
>> > > way they handled the situation, especially the state-staged visit
by
>> > > foreign re****ters, has defeated the purpose and helped paint itself
as
>> > > a big bully!
>> >
>> > Ummm ... because it is a big bully?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > > Old habits die hard....
>> >
>> > You are presumably referring to the Tiananmen Square massacre?
>> >
>> > They really haven't seemed to learn what is an acceptable way of
dealing
>> > with people that don't agree with them, do they?
>> 
>> Pray tell waht should be done with the western which insisted to lie
>> about China.
>
>
>Like I taught my children when they were very small.
>Tell the truth.

Or?