Re: =?UTF-8?B?56WW5ZyL55qE6Luf5Yqb6YePIFJlOiDlo7nku5QgOiAgICDljJc=?=

Albert K. Fung wrote:
> "�F�K�U�q Haya****":
> 
>>壹觀點 10/4/2008 : 北京奧�自�其辱
> 
> 百厭星:
> 
>>祖國和愛國人士常常說祖國的軟力�
>>早已經超英越美。為何�著無一兵一
>>��分文沒有的�賴和尚�一敗涂地。
> 
> The routing-for-the-underdog ethos ....
> 
> Is not ingrained in the Chinese culture.

I don't know whether it is true, or why this matters in
the current discussion.

> Consequently, it's a
> bit hard for the country to understand and appreciate western
> -ers affinity for His Holiness, the Dali Lama. It was, is and
> will always be �井下石.

Do Americans root for Jim Jones or David Koresh, or even Sung
Myung Moon?

> Or, 錦上添花 .... :)

For argument's sake, why is rooting for the underdog always
"a good thing"?  Does the weaker party in a conflict always has
moral superiority?  Should we only buy stocks with a falling
price?

Tak
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