tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post5683628544418292030..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: A Little Freedom is a Dangerous ThingAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-57300716586733863432009-12-17T16:00:13.265-08:002009-12-17T16:00:13.265-08:00There are always moral decisions to be made, WG, o...There are always moral decisions to be made, WG, of one kind or another.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-70662231365166670532009-12-17T06:40:27.189-08:002009-12-17T06:40:27.189-08:00I went out of my way to avoid buying any Chinese g...I went out of my way to avoid buying any Chinese goods for years after the Tianmen Square massacre until it became just about impossible.<br /><br />I certainly wouldn't boycott Israeli goods though - I'd be far more likely to boycott Palestinian goods seeing as under Arafat they repeatedly refused a 2-state solution even when one was offered and since that time they have done nothing but deliberately provoke Israel by their constant rocket bombardments.<br /><br />Israel is a Democracy that has given its Arab citizens equal democratic rights. The Gaza Strip is a theocracy determined on Jewish genocide.<br /><br />There should be no contest in which side to support.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948105455433369982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-89190066851636595882009-12-16T22:49:02.593-08:002009-12-16T22:49:02.593-08:00Yes, I do say it's pointless, merely an exerci...Yes, I do say it's pointless, merely an exercise in personal moral distance, my own ineffectual protest. I have serious doubts about your comparison, John, taking the democide of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution into account.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-23204590091530366592009-12-16T18:16:46.437-08:002009-12-16T18:16:46.437-08:00If you boycotted Israeli goods and produce that mi...If you boycotted Israeli goods and produce that might have some humane rationale but boycotting Chinese goods is pointless as growth in production there is all that is bringing some help to the peasant classes.<br /><br />Its worth noting too that China and the Chinese Communist Party have killed less people outside their own borders than America. For mass slaughter of innocents abroad the USA is peerless, shows no shame and no sign of stopping. Bloody awful lot the Chinese Communists, but then I don't much like their mirror image either to be honest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com