Posts by mark taslov
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human rights campaigns concentrate on selected instances: the violence, sexually perverse, slavery, education.
glamour tradesgenerally nationalised in their 'call to arms'
dealing in sensationalism often ignoring cutural tradition. the rights arbitrary, citizens in all countries bar none, people, are subject to abuses of human rights,
the key 21st century 'solutions' seem to be, pressure governments to crack down on abuses and or send money.
neither governmental pressure nor donations really touch upon - the lack of respect humans show towards one another's freewill. sister to brother, father to mother.
the exponents of freedom, the organizations that bring our greatest freedom- free media!
- isn't the essence of purified colonial imperialism. It's not persuasive instant morality.
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So The Dalai Lama's rep feels that their time under the Qing dynasty was ok? the deeper roots just arise from the last 50 years? But the qing dynasty were choosing the lama's too
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I don't buy into the argument that after the imperialists relinquished the concessions, they completely gave up their desire to control China.
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freeing your mind certainly is....
I'll try to list some.
generally no enforced drinking age.
tolerance of smoking
cycling without helmets
tolerance of street vending-
general tolerance of alot of road madness, that would be instantly taxed in NZa tax system for small businesses in which the proprietor buys a certain number of tax receipts in advance. Any customer not asking for a receipt enables a tax free transaction.
things are pretty wild west loose (without the guns), unless you want to start challenging the government. That's the line.
it's no secret.The media here isn't encouraging Mahatma Ghandis, so very few care what they're missing.
I'm not using NZ media as a defence, I just don't see a perfect system. I just have this feeling with the freespeech propaganda movement that it's like, if the media started telling you that climbing trees was a freedom not enjoyed in say Kuwait, everyone would start climbing trees and naysaying the kuwaiti government.
The most amusing aspect is that compared to kiwis, generally speaking the Chinese are real talkers...and politics is a popular topic as any(amongst males). MSN etc has been here as long as NZ, so basically there's no limit on freedom of speech. It's only an issue when people start using bbs as a protest platform etc that the line is crossed. Having said that, there are still avenues.
We're crossing between various issues.
1 freedom of media
2 freedom of speech
3 freedom of demonstration1 & 3 are heavily restricted, 2 is not.
But they recently announced clampdowns on horror and supernatural films.....
I'm not saying there aren't huge problems here, like almost any country, but I do find that the western perception seems far too focused on attacking and waxing lyrical about the the CCP's handling of isolated incidents than they do about more widespread issues faced and perpetuated by the populous as a whole.
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so cancel my subscription. come on Kyle. I'm not defending the cultural revolution here, neither are the Party. Noone's attacking Helen Clarls' government for what went down at Parihaka, it's history, we move forward, we try to progress.
Simple fact of the matter is this, there's not a thing you can do to change things for people here. But in New Zealand you could really make a difference in making sure there are better safe guards to prevent guys with hammers getting gunned down for smashing car windows and not following instructions. The way you're talking I'm guessing you're the kind of guy mows every lawn in your street.
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most scared I've ever been was central city Christchurch on a Saturday night.
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What's the issue? what was world war 1,2, Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iraq. I don't have to defend that statement, I didn't invent it. it's common government fodder in every country since year dot, it's just the standard excuse. NZ police aren't gonna come out and say that shot that guy because he was mentally ill, they say stuff like 'keeping the peace'....etc.
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I think a cultural issue here not just for the government but for the people is, why is it any of your business? That seems to confound many who've bought it into this western ideology where absolutely everything including whether or not Britney's going commando is YOUR business.
the western model enables the exploitation of peoples' privacy, for financial gain. In that light alone, the model seems slightly ill conceived and anti human rights. Why can't Britney enjoy her privacy?
It's not to say the state controlled media couldn't also publish upskirts of Britney if they wanted, simply that they as a media controller have a 'decent' social agenda . The western media model's failings in this regard don't stand it in high regard as something worthy of adoption.
Having said that, last week in Hong Kong, reading relatively uncensored newspaper editorials condemning the party's
shortcoming's in maintaining democracy in the region, I'd have to assert that the one country two systems policy challenges most blanket arguments against 'Chinese media', downscaling those arguments to contention solely with the 'mainland media',This in turn requires that arguments against this 'oppression' of information, can't be directed squarely at China, but at 'parts of China'
This may seem like a small point to make, but I feel it hints at a versatility, and deeper reasoning behind the status quo, than western media would prefer its readers understood
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Thank you linger, Although I'd have to highlight one small point, they do have a choice, they read your media. They have access to almost everything. During the Tibet situation, youtube was down for a week and a half, then they opened it up again. I wouldn't say that the Chinese are starved for information. The internet is a big place.
information clampdowns and censorship in the interest of national security, are not exclusive to China.
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I'm not trying to be difficult here, but in what respect? empowered economically? Is the family empowered? Do they have freedoms you don't have? Do you have freedoms they don't have?
yes.
Does fear blow through the streets like a pack of wolves?
last time in memory was SARS.People are empowered to to make good financially. There's no translation for the term 'sellout', It's empowering. Are people arrested for dancing around in parks with swords? no!.
Do they look empowered? I think so...