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Don't put the blanket statement out there. In the case of China, they can be very nationalistic, but you only need to look on their weibo network to see how di
by PakG1 14y ago
Don't put the blanket statement out there. In the case of China, they can be very nationalistic, but you only need to look on their weibo network to see how dissatisfied they are with the state of affairs inside China, whether on infrastructure safety, government corruption, wealth disparity, etc. edit: I mean to say here that nationalism does not necessitate blindness or irrationality.
That being said, India is taking some especially big kicks to the groin right now. What with the starving people due to inability to distribute an abundance of food, the massive power outages that have gained global attention, and disappointing economic performance compared to the other BRIC countries, maybe your Indian friends are more defensive right now precisely because they're hurting so much?
- pavs 14y agoHave you ever visited India or lived there for a long period of time? I am not just parroting talking points from major newspaper. I have visited and lived both in China and India in several cities for reasonable amount of time. While China is no beacon of civil rights and other things most people in western civilization takes for granted; they are still far ahead of India IMHO YMMV.
- gnufied 14y agoYou have setup a straw man here, I hope you realize that. I have never been to China but I will accept that living conditions there - are better than India. However, we _are_ somewhat proud of our democracy (even though we hate it most of the time) and compared to China human rights situation and freedom of speech is more respected in India. Yes, you can pick few cases where - some right wing idiots pulled a stunt here and there but those things were criticized by everyone and afaik govt. and police does seem to work to protect that freedom.
- PakG1 14y agoI think you somehow didn't take the left turn at Albuquerque. My statement was: Don't put the blanket statement out there. Your blanket statement was: I have found that there are two things you can never reason with, religion and nationalism. I wasn't responding to your comparison of India and China, I was responding to your blanket statement. I gave an example of how your blanket statement is not so universal, drawing an easy example a country in your discussion topic. I have nothing to add to the discussion on comparing China and India, as I feel that's been discussed comprehensively enough.