Re: China and DeLay

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On Wednesday 04 June 2003 10:44, Andreas Pour wrote:
>   "The (People's Republic of China) is a backward,
>   corrupt anachronism run by decrepit tyrants: old
>   apparatchiks clinging to their dying regime,"

>   "The notion that these oppressive and dangerous
>   men could convince the United States that their
>   murderous ideology should be imposed on a free
>   and independent Taiwan is absurd. And refusing
>   to say so, for fear of upsetting Beijing, is not
>   tact: it is infantilism."

> But what exactly provoked the ridiculous outburst against China?

the fact that China is a horrible violator of human rights? DeLay may be wrong 
on other points, but on the concept of the Chinese government being a bad 
government he's right. I'd usually recommend looking in your own backyard 
first for murderers and those who hold human rights in general contempt, but 
that doesn't mean he's wrong on this one.

if the US would actually stand up to both foreign and domestic tyrants and 
human rights abuses without resorting to more tyranny and human rights abuse, 
perhaps the world would be a better place. hell, I'd probably start singing 
their praises.

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