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Originally Posted by UnderSpin
Thanks, Albany Rifles. This is such an ispirational story, I want to make 2 points here.
From the racial point of view, the American Civil War was “White killed White to free Black”. Can you imagine Han Chinese killing Han Chinese to free Tibetan? What’s the force that had compelled the White to do so? Some value system must have been firmly established to guide a decision like that. The desire to pay high cost to do the right thing is human spirit!
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“White killed White to free Black” to gain labor for the industrial revolution.
I will agree that some of the whites had noble cause to free black. But the essential reason behind “Free Black” is for labors.
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Originally Posted by UnderSpin
We hear many Chinese defending the CCP for better living condition. That’s understandable. But don’t let CCP quench your human spirit. For the sake of future generations, find your human spirit.
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Today, almost a million people from Taiwan working in mainland. I hope that you make some communication with them. How their human spirit was quenched in mainland.
I don't defend CCP's policy on censorship, freedom of speech and many more. I hope that CCP can accelerate the political reform process.
Please tell us in what way, we can find our human spirit?
Do we agree with everything CCP did? No, we don't. I criticize them for what they did/are doing wrong (please read #652).
Tibet protest in a perspective.
Do Chinese people criticize CCP policy in China? Yes, they do.
Of course, I acknowledge that China is still a communist country, it does not give the full freedom of speech. I think that they should relax the limit more and more.
Most Chinese people know a limit today that it is OK to criticize CCP for specific policy but not CCP overall in public. Even the Chinese media, news paper and TV can criticize CCP's specific policy today. Is this good enough ? No, definitely not. Is this a progress? Yes, definitely yes.
Do we ask for more and more open society and political reform? Yes, we do. If you attend any Chinese discussion and even official meetings in China you will find it.
Many models of political reform have been proposed by the experts. Some have already been put into test. The local level officials need to compete for the votes from the local residents to get their positions. The villigers vote their leaders. Is this good enough ? No, definitely not. Is this a progress? Yes, definitely yes.
Do we ask for more and more human rights? Yes, we do. There are already 10s of thousands protests each year in China. How many more do you want?
Should we go to protest everyday? Should we raise the weapon to CCP?
I hate to tell you that sentence like "find your human spirit" is a beautiful empty slogan.