Woman Charged in Protest Against Hu

AP ^ | 4-21-06 | ASHTON WILLIAMS

[satchmodog9]

A woman accused of heckling Chinese President Hu Jintao during a White House appearance this week was charged Friday in federal court with a misdemeanor of willfully intimidating, coercing threatening and harassing a foreign official.

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Wang Wenyi, 47, had obtained temporary press credentials as a reporter for a Falun Gong newspaper and positioned herself on a camera stand.

According to Secret Service translations provided in court documents, she shouted in Chinese: "Stop oppressing the Falun Gong," as well as "Your Time is running out," and "Anything you have done will come back to you in this lifetime." She also shouted in heavily accented English: " President Bush, stop him from killing," and "President Bush, stop him from persecuting the Falun Gong."

[LeoWindhorse]

no , I honestly believe that only the United States military can ultimately bring freedom to the Chinese at this point.

[inquest]

I would have to see the actual laws in play before I form an opinion on the charges.

All evidence points to this woman being criminally charged for expressing views that made the administration uncomfortable. Plead ignorance all you like, but don't get all upset when no one wants to play along.

[satchmodog9]

Too bad the military is at the whim of politicians who talk about freedom while they ignore the problems. Too bad they are working overtime to take ours away. I think the ChiComs need a good ass whipping and we are the only ones able to do the dirty work.

[vrwc0915]

Thank God that there are still some left on FR that will speak up for what is right and admonish evil

[Jorge]

Plead ignorance all you like, but don't get all upset when no one wants to play along.

Nothing you post could possibly upset me. I consider debate on these boards the ultimate in entertainment.

[inquest]

"Get over it" is not a statement that someone would say out of being entertained. You're put off by the fact that someone made Bush uncomfortable in his own hypocrisy about fighting tyranny. Ain't that just a shame.

[Hat-Trick]

A woman accused of heckling Chinese President Hu Jintao during a White House appearance this week was charged Friday in federal court with a misdemeanor of willfully intimidating, coercing threatening and harassing a foreign official.

Cynthia McKinney was unavailable for comment.

[Democratshavenobrains]

If someone had shouted stuff at Khruschev or Brezhnev when they visited this country on an official visit, wouldn't the same thing have happened?

[amutr22]

"This isn't about freedom of speech. No one is saying she can't have freedom of speech. This is about an inappropriate behavior in a forum where losing face could have consequences beyond our shores. "

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I agree.

[azkathy]

Parents, or leaders will typically scold a petulant child. Perhaps they will be grounded, or do a "time-out."
They don't beat them or lock them up.

The punishment should fit the crime, and I believe community service for Wenyi Wang is appropriate.
I believe she should have to talk about her crime and explain why she spoke out in such an uncivilized manner. :)

[vrwc0915]

I believe you should have to go to China live and then you can explain the true meaning of uncivilized

Commie enablers make me sick!

[Jorge]

"Get over it" is not a statement that someone would say out of being entertained.

How would you know?
I pounded it out on my keyboard and then gave a big laugh when I hit the send key.
This is ALL FUN to me.

You're put off by the fact that someone made Bush uncomfortable in his own hypocrisy about fighting tyranny. Ain't that just a shame.

Keep dreamin.

Bush is a great leader who is doing more to fight tyranny around the world in REAL TERMS than ANY deranged little gate-crasher who thinks disrupting a public function to shout her grievances EVER could do.

And the idea that you think Bush lives in your distorted little world and feels "uncomfortable" because of delusions that exist in your little mind, is just laughable.

Get a grip.

[inquest]

Bush is a great leader who is doing more to fight tyranny around the world in REAL TERMS than ANY deranged little gate-crasher who thinks disrupting a public function to shout her grievances EVER could do.

Actually whether you agree with the response of the authorities to her or not, she did have legitimate grievances, and was anything but deranged. But the fact that you decided to spout the ChiCom line and characterize her as such does indeed show how uncomfortable you are with all this.

[Jorge]

But the fact that you decided to spout the ChiCom line and characterize her as such does indeed show how uncomfortable you are with all this.

What a joke. I'm not only comfortable, but I love this debate.

You should try responding to what I actually say instead of inventing these childish abstractions based on what you HOPE is true...and what position you can assign me that best fits your argument.

[inquest]

Respond to what? Your claims of ignorance over what's right in front of your face? You already said that you refuse to form a judgment, which is just another way of saying you want to avoid coming to an unsettling conclusion. There's nothing left to debate beyond that.

[Jorge]

Well at least you could fashion your posts in a manner that doesn't come off as so futile and boring.

You need to spice things up.

[inquest]

You mean you're not being entertained after all? Nice to see you've finally dropped the pretenses.

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

[See what you get for standing up and bringing an issue to light...]

I see Democrats doing it all the time to President Bush. Oh well, we wouldn't want China to get mad and increase our trade deficit.

[Jorge]

You mean you're not being entertained after all? Nice to see you've finally dropped the pretenses.

You need to learn to read posts.

I said I entertained myself with these exchanges. I make them fun.
You should follow my example.

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

[I cannot fathom that we would do China's bidding on this.]

The lady was rude, but why couldn't they just throw her out the door? She must have committed a crime. Maybe she broke the Washington D.C. "Noise Ordinance" by screaming over 102.1 decibels.../sar