matt@brl-tgr.ARPA (Matthew Rosenblatt ) (01/03/86)
> Many estadounidenses seem to be admiring China these days, also, > because of the large market it represents and foreign-policy considerations. > [JEFF MYERS] Estadounidenses can admire China only by ignoring practices that would lead them to condemn any non-Communist country practicing them, such as extensive use of capital punishment, absolutely no reproductive freedom, pervasive government spying on individuals, and so forth. It's like "admiring" South Africa because of its mineral wealth and strategic location, or "admiring" the Third Reich because of the large market 350 million European slaves represented. Don Black and his ilk deny the Holocaust with its 6+ million murders; the writings of Chinese generals in the Fifties BOAST about the liquidation of 15 million "landlords, parasites, and exploiters." It may be expedient to suck up to these murderous dictators as a way of tying down X number of Soviet divisions on the Russo-Chinese border, but we sure as hell don't have to admire them. -- Matt Rosenblatt (matt@amsaa.ARPA)
michaelm@3comvax.UUCP (Michael McNeil) (01/17/86)
In article <1195@brl-tgr.ARPA> matt@brl-tgr.ARPA (Matthew Rosenblatt ) writes: >Estadounidenses can admire China only by ignoring practices that would lead >them to condemn any non-Communist country practicing them, such as ... >absolutely no reproductive freedom ... While there are certainly many things not to admire about modern China, Matt Rosenblatt is the last one to talk about "reproductive freedom." Reproductive freedom to Matt means the "freedom" to have children whether you want them or not, not the freedom to choose *not* to have children. Both freedoms are valid and important! -- Michael McNeil 3Com Corporation "All disclaimers including this one apply" (415) 960-9367 ..!ucbvax!hplabs!oliveb!3comvax!michaelm To be an Error & to be Cast out is a part of God's design. William Blake