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Unfortunately, the United States discredited itself in the minds of many young Chinese over here when Bush Jnr took the US, UK, and Australia into Iraq after "c
by vorg 17y ago
Unfortunately, the United States discredited itself in the minds of many young Chinese over here when Bush Jnr took the US, UK, and Australia into Iraq after "creating" evidence of WMD's.
- riffic 17y agoI'm not sure I follow. What do the troubles of the U.S. have to do with the price of tea(or freedom) in China?
- thiopental 17y agoIt's futile to expect others to adhere to your moral standards (here: truthfulness) when they think you should clean up your own act first.
- nandemo 17y agoI don't see the point either. Besides, there are lots of Chinese immigrants in countries other than US. It's curious how Bush-bashing gets automatic upvotes even when it's completely irrelevant (in this point HN isn't much different from reddit).
- vorg 17y agoI'm writing from inside China. The US has the moral high ground with regards not blocking Dropbox, Google Groups, Blogspot, etc wholesale within the country, but China has the moral high ground with regards not invading foreign countries simply because "when you can you should". As thiopental wrote: "It's futile to expect others to adhere to your moral standards (here: truthfulness) when they think you should clean up your own act first."