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I gather that the Chinese value a person's life differently from westerners. >>what drives Bhopal, or Chinese cancer villages or vanishing Russian seas? Greed
by fnordfnordfnord 14y ago
I gather that the Chinese value a person's life differently from westerners.
>>what drives Bhopal, or Chinese cancer villages or vanishing Russian seas?
Greed, ignorance, foolishness, what else?
>>Is it you can't con an honest man and you can't pollute under an honest government?
I think it remains an open question. If there was ever an honest government, I'd bet it didn't last long.
- lifeisstillgood 14y ago>> I gather that the Chinese value a person's life differently from westerners. Chinese people do not value their lives or their children's lives any different to any other country on Earth. The Chinese government may value the lives of its people less than say the US administration. But that's mostly because of tort law and ballot boxes. Not that we make inherently nicer politicians. I know that's probably what you meant, just wanted to be more precise.
- fnordfnordfnord 14y agoI wouldn't disagree with what you said. The CCP definitely gets away with more than the US Gov't in many respects. I could add that the Chinese people I've met have a wonderful affection for children, especially babies. I spent a fair amount of time over there a few years ago. But, there are a lot of cultural differences that are hard to express in an HN post.
- lifeisstillgood 14y ago>> hard to express in an HN post This is just an idle thought, but how can it be made possible / easier to express those differences. Is HN lacking a short hand, should we be more circumspect, are there images that would help? Back stories? Back stories seem most likely. Anyway idle thoughts with no real brain power