April 21, 2008 by Kingston
 Wow, there haven't been this many China enthusiasts since back in the day when Barack Obama's Weathermen buddies wouldn't be caught dead without Chairman Mao's little red book. Last week CNN's resident curmudgeon, Jack Cafferty, made the startling observation that China exports a lot of “junk” and that their leaders are more or less the same type of goons they have always been.The Chinese government demanded an apology. Today thousands of protesters gathered outside CNN's Hollywood studio. One of the leaders, Lake Wang , told the LA Times: “We understand free speech. But what if Cafferty said this about other racial groups? I think he would be fired. I think he's jealous of China." Mr. Wang understands free speech about as well as the goons that savagely rule the country of his ancestors.  The modern era of China was brought into being by Mao Zedong and the Communist Party. In the process they executed about 27 million Chinese, primarily because they did not agree with the Chairman's idiotic idea of a dictatorship of the proletariat, which would then magically usher in the worker's paradise.But China has evolved from the heady revolutionary days of sending educated people out to work the rice fields, and a steel mill in every backyard. It has followed the same path that all ideologies do. They start out as a movement, become an organization, and end up being a racket.  At least Mao was sincere. The current leaders of China are just hypocrites. They no longer believe, like Mao and his comrades on the Long March, that the People's brutal enslavement will someday end in a communal eden. But nonetheless they still utilize Mao's dictatorial means—but the only purpose is to line their pockets.Does Mr. Wang seriously deny the Chinese record on human rights? It is so massive that I am not going to attempt a summary. I will just point out that if Mr. Wang, and his fellow protesters, were indignant about a Chinese commentator, they would not be permitted to gather outside CCTV's Beijing studios.  And if he wanted to get his grievances out in a blog, he would not be able to do any research by googling terms such as “freedom” and “liberty”. There would be zero hits since Google has partnered with the glorious leaders of the People's Republic, in censoring it's people. But if he did get his rant out on the Internet, he would soon find himself under arrest, since Yahoo or Google would provide the government with the necessary identifying information to locate him.After ten years of reeducation in the Chinese penal system, Mr. Wang might understand what “freedom of speech” means. However, if you now need a good laugh, check out this website, setup by the "People of China" to give us the straight dope.   |
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