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Originally posted by Spheric Harlot: You're not making sense. You've seen "Chinese-govt.-sanctioned" demonstrations in the US - which is interesting if true - where people show up because they'll be shot if they don't? And the "100 or so students" (quoth Mastrap) who showed up in Beijing? They all showed up because they'd be shot or tortured if not? What about the 1.2 billion that weren't there? It's nice to see that your standard response, triggered by the words "China" and "state-sanctioned" is the same, regardless of whether it actually applies or not. You know that's just how "prejudice" is defined, right? -s* |
Yes, I've seen Chinese state-sanctioned protests here in the US where the government of China organized the protests and checked to make sure that the citizens of China who were nearby (here in the US) actually showed up to protest, here in the US. Those were, as I may have mentioned, here in the US. Embassy guys taking pictures and everyone straining to be enthusiastic. Oh, and they occurred right here in the US.
I've seen it on several occasions, most notably when the missiles hit the Chinese embassy a couple years ago. "Shot" is extreme, but the long term effect on their opportunities and family back home isn't something to joke around about. I've also had several Chinese students explain this to me. As you can imagine, it's a scary thing to witness.
As for communists sponsoring war protests now, here, the World Workers Party and other communist organizations have been sponsoring war protests in the US since the 1930s. They're sponsoring some of the recent ones. And the WTO stuff too, and the Anti-Capitalist stuff.
What this has to do with "prejudice" I don't know, I'm just reporting things I've seen first hand, in the first case, and well-known, self-admitted facts in the second.