Re: China: Mandate of heaven?

On May 20, 10:56 pm, BobLee1964 <boblee1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 21, 12:01 am, Jim Walsh <jimNOwalsSPA...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Wed, 21 May 2008 11:18:04 +0800, Lproud...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On May 20, 4:39 pm, "Albert K. Fung" <akwf...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >> $BE7F;M->o!$IT0Yt!B8!$IT0Y[\K4(B .... ($Bh&;R(B/$BE7O@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >> It was Mencius during the classical period of ancient China,
> > >> who advanced that salient political concept of the Con****ian
> > >> school, mandate of heaven. as the moral force for retraining
> > >> the imperial power of the Middle Kingdom's monarchs.
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> > >> Calamities were deemed expressions of divine displeasure.
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> > >> And, it was the duty of the imperial astrologer to interpret
> > >> and reveal the divine narrative. The ruler must find ways to
> > >> placate the divine fury by redressing injustices perpetrated
> > >> against the people. He was answerable to a higher power, and
> > >> must rule in accordance with Dao: $BXfG70J<#B'5H!$XfG70JP,B'6'(B
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> > >> CCP must take heed ....
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> > >> Regards,
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> > >> Albert K. Fung
> > >> Casa Tres Palmas, Santa Ynez, California, USA.
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> > > The CPC today is most popular and respected. Yet its leaders still
> > > fear the people.
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> > > The Bush administration is most unpopular and yet it does not fear
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> > > people. And continue to profit from the high oil price.
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> > > Who would you prefer to live under ?
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> > I prefer to live where the people can choose their leaders.
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> > --
> > Love, Jim
> > (I often delete parts of the previous post and I often remove
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> I prefer living in autocratic Hong Kong to living in democratic Iraq
> in a heart beat.

But HK is not really autocratic and Iraq is not really democratic.
Iraq is messed up and Hong Kong is a great tourist destination in the
PRC.