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Disgusted with my own countries actions.
by pistoriusp 15y ago
Disgusted with my own countries actions.
- sp332 15y agoEven though they were bullied into it by China, and not (I think - let me know if I'm wrong) because they dislike the guy personally?
- nknight 15y agoLots of people find cowardice to be one of the more disgusting of human characteristics.
- sp332 15y agoThere's a difference between bravery and stupidity. South Africa can't stand up to China. There is enough hardship in the country without getting on China's bad side.
- nknight 15y agoThey're not doing the right thing because they fear economic reprisal. That is cowardice. Stupidity is allowing an economic bully to win over and over again by threatening individual countries one by one.
- william42 15y agoYeah, it'd be much better to plunge the economy back into the apartheid-era embargo days* and let AIDS ravage the country even more. *It was "cowardice" in the face of economic reprisal that was responsible for the end of apartheid, I might add.
- BasDirks 15y agoWith apartheid in the back of their minds they should get their priorities straight.
- Alex3917 15y agoThe U.S. isn't that much different. The CIA only lets him into the country on the condition that he isn't allowed to talk about politics. That's why all the talks he gives here are so boring.
- OstiaAntica 15y agoThe CIA is not involved in the decision. It is a political one, made by the State Dept. and the Administration. The U.S. provides a visa but subjects the Dali Lama to other indignities: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2010/0219/At-White-House-the-Dalai-Lama-sidesteps-trash http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2010/0219/At-...
- JonoW 15y agoMe too. With our history of repression you'd think they'd be a litte wary of who they jump into bed with.