What is really astonishing is that my words are willfully misinterpreted then that mis-interpretation is cited to belittle my opinions.
One more time, then I'm done with this thread:
1) The Chinese can be very brutal.
2) The brutality described in this article is exadgurated(sp?) and intends to imply that the actions described are standard, normal and expected practices. That is a lie.
3) The rate of change in China is running at an extraordinary pace at the moment, and that change is towrds an open and freer society. I never said they were where they need to be yet.
4) Tienemen Square was brutal repression, and also damn near started a civil war. That type of oppression was learned to be something whose time has past.
5) Of course the Chinese police are capable of this level of abuse, but, just as here in the US, it is not the norm, and is not official government policy.
6) This article is propaganda. This judgement is not intended to address any article except the one posted.
I would appreciate it if these gratuitous charges of "naivete" would cease.
As I said above, next time, why don't you ask your folks in China about getting arrested for being a Falun Gong? And what do they know about it?
....'What is really astonishing is that my words are willfully misinterpreted then that mis-interpretation is cited to belittle my opinions'.....
This shouldn't come as a surprise, it's standard procedure for a lot of freepers!!
Because you have no evidence to back up your claims, your words have about the same amount of weight as a tinfoil hat conspiracy theorist. Communism rules through fear pain and torture. When will you realize that?
In those charges offend you, I recommend that in the future you refrain from making naive statements in your posts. after having read more of your posts since posting my initial comments I see that I may have misinterpreted your original post. But I think you must admit that your first post is quite susceptible to such misinterpretation.