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Originally Posted by bub  1) well why would they boycott? I don't see a good reason to boycott France, it's not a nazi country as they said |
French have been calling for boycott of Chinese goods, of the Olympics hosted in China and has supported tearing apart China - I don't see the problem with Chinese returning the favor.
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Originally Posted by bub 2) well you are right, it may not be a "dictatorship", the good word would rather be "authoritarian" (or at least not a democracy at all), don't you agree? |
No disagreement whatsoever.
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Originally Posted by bub 3) As for the execution, 80 of the people executed in the world are executed in China, which is totally disproportionate with its population. But more importantly, we should see why they are executed. If it's for murder or rapes, I may agree, but I've got the feeling that they also execute those who disagree with the government |
I can't say that I know of the later today. Yesterday absolutely, today it's quite different. There are lots of protests in China today - if it wasn't that I saw it for my own eyes I wouldn't have believed it either - huge banners accusing governmental corruption stretched across the entire wall of a building in plain view. The police on the street don't even flinch.
Murderers rapists all executed.
I actually do have a problem even with that because of governmental protection too often they just grab an average joe off the street so that the prosecutor can report "swift justice" as some kind of validation of job effectiveness and competence. Kinda like the US only to be embarrased later with DNA evidence saying the exact opposite of "eye witnesses".
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Originally Posted by bub 4) OK for freedom of speech, I should have said "with censorship" |
I have to admit I wasn't being entirely honest. They have free speech but no right to free speech. But as for censorship - you'd be surprised. If you could read Chinese I suggest you go onto any Chinese hosted internet forum, you would be surprised.
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Originally Posted by bub 5) My country (but it was quite recent, 1830) |
Everyone had the same equal rights from the very begining? I reserve doubts on that.