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The West really, really wants to shut its eyes on China very tight. We need to deny the West this comfort. That's a paradoxal reaction. It's like somebody bein

The West really, really wants to shut its eyes on China very tight. We need to deny the West this comfort. That's a paradoxal reaction. It's like somebody being raped tries to cover her face to not to see her rapist. Not seeing a rapist doesn't change the ground reality of you still being raped. The correct action is not to use hands to cover your face, but to punch back the assailant.

AussieWog93 5y ago
I don't think it's fair to suggest China is "raping" the West. Hong Kong, maybe, but not the entire democratic world. At least, not yet.
- baybal2 5y ago
  It is indeed raping the whole free world. It indulges inflicting this humiliation, and seeing the whole world seeing the West being so powerless about it.
  - AussieWog93 5y ago
    Insisting that the world use specific doublespeak about a sensitive issue is not rape - nor is it really all that humiliating.
    - baybal2 5y ago
      It is a humiliation > nor is it really all that humiliating. This is exactly the line of reasoning which lead the free world into this predicament.
      - AussieWog93 5y ago
        >This is exactly the line of reasoning which lead the free world into this predicament. The predicament where an organisation can't offend 1.4 billion people and push an unstable region further into instability. There are definitely battles that need to be had with the CCP, but this argument of semantics isn't one of them.
        baybal2 5y ago
        It exactly is. You will never defeat an enemy if you can't defeat it in your own head. It's your Resolve. The Resolve is needed to strike an enemy. A nation ridden with "deeply concerneds," and "strongly condemners" cannot come to consensus, and understand that an action is needed.
  - wolverine876 5y ago
    Equating the democratic free world to the direct victims in Xinjing, Tibet, Hong Kong, and those in the rest of China, is going too far I think.
ethbr0 5y ago
Facts make a better argument than histrionics.

AussieWog93 5y ago

I don't think it's fair to suggest China is "raping" the West. Hong Kong, maybe, but not the entire democratic world. At least, not yet.

baybal2 5y ago
It is indeed raping the whole free world. It indulges inflicting this humiliation, and seeing the whole world seeing the West being so powerless about it.
- AussieWog93 5y ago
  Insisting that the world use specific doublespeak about a sensitive issue is not rape - nor is it really all that humiliating.
  - baybal2 5y ago
    It is a humiliation > nor is it really all that humiliating. This is exactly the line of reasoning which lead the free world into this predicament.
    - AussieWog93 5y ago
      >This is exactly the line of reasoning which lead the free world into this predicament. The predicament where an organisation can't offend 1.4 billion people and push an unstable region further into instability. There are definitely battles that need to be had with the CCP, but this argument of semantics isn't one of them.
      - baybal2 5y ago
        It exactly is. You will never defeat an enemy if you can't defeat it in your own head. It's your Resolve. The Resolve is needed to strike an enemy. A nation ridden with "deeply concerneds," and "strongly condemners" cannot come to consensus, and understand that an action is needed.
- wolverine876 5y ago
  Equating the democratic free world to the direct victims in Xinjing, Tibet, Hong Kong, and those in the rest of China, is going too far I think.

ethbr0 5y ago

Facts make a better argument than histrionics.