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• Commented on Prominent Black professor arrested for entering own home while Black
  http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/23/officer.gates.arrest/index.html?eref=rss_topstories http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/24/haberfeld.police/index.html?eref=rss_topstories Takuan, interesting poll in your latest link... Did Obama go too far in critizigin the police? Yes, "stupidity" was an uncalled for remark. (1323 votes) No, he was defending a friend. (262 votes)...
• Commented on Prominent Black professor arrested for entering own home while Black
  The true test of any worldview is whether you can actually prove it to be false. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability Let me ask you, how exactly would someone like Crowley prove he's not a racist, or is it simply the fact that he...
• Commented on Love in 2D
  @13Tales, it's a cultural thing. I would ask you not to be too judgmental. They do something similar in Vietnam and Guangzhou. The husband calls the wife "em" or "mei" (little sister), and the wife calls the husband "ahn" or...
• Commented on Two-year-old has a pack a day habit
  Karengeier, I grew up in China. Where'd you stay? From the people's accents, they sound like they're from the Yixing province, which was around my father's hometown. And yeah, these are basically the Chinese version of rednecks. Gotta love em!...
• Commented on Two-year-old has a pack a day habit
  Karengeer, I repeat, everyone smokes in China. After 3 weeks in China, I literally had a suit-case completely full of cigarette packs from various acquaintances giving them to me when we went out to eat, or just visiting someone's house....
• Commented on Holy Vending Machine
  The next Joss Whedon vampire movie has *got* to have a scene with one of these in it. **vampires about to get heroes** Hero 1: Look, there's a cross. Do you have a quarter? Hero 2: No, just a dime...
• Commented on Slap on the wrist for cop who assaulted paramedic
  @Cosmicautumn, actually suspension do hurt. It's paid time off, but the base salary for most police (unless they're upper management) is pretty low. Most of them get by working overtime or get side jobs as security (which is technically against...
• Commented on Two-year-old has a pack a day habit
  I'm not surprised. Almost everyone smokes in China. People used to give cigarettes, liquor, and fruits as gifts in exchange for favors or just to pay respects....
• Commented on Prominent Black professor arrested for entering own home while Black
  It seems like the only thing Officer Crowley was truly guilty of is lacking the media-awareness to recognize he was in a no-win situation and to back down until backup arrived. He should have waited for an minority officer to...
• Commented on Slap on the wrist for cop who assaulted paramedic
  Now here a case of police brutally where the officer definitely should have gotten fired....
• Commented on Land mine "donated" to Good Will
  Me thinks it was something like this. http://www.kapowwe.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=1-1-610&Category_Code=Replica&Store_Code=R...
• Commented on Love in 2D
  I don't really understand why everyone's getting so worked up. The guy's not hurting anyone. What's it matter to you that he has a fixation on a pillow? It's no less healthy than being fixated on a religion, or a...
• Commented on Prominent Black professor arrested for entering own home while Black
  This is pure race-baiting! If I broke into my own house and cops showed up asking for ID, I'd be thankful that there's police around and that they're checking up on me. If I read the story right, Gates was...
• Commented on Uighur crisis in Xinjiang: updates, link roundup, images.
  Despite your anarchist wetdreams, Xinjiang is already off the front pages and become a forgotten incident buried under the latest news-porn, just like I originally said it was going to be. Reyiba Kadeer is no Dalai Lama and the Uighurs...
• Commented on Uighur crisis in Xinjiang: updates, link roundup, images.
  Hmmmm... Maybe you won't answer those questions because you're afraid what those answers show. Perhaps you're not such a smart fellow after all, and perhaps it's far easier to be a devil's advocate and throw rocks at others and point...
• Commented on Uighur crisis in Xinjiang: updates, link roundup, images.
  Now you are just being unreasonable. I already told you I'm doing my best to find out. How can I tell you the answer when Prime Minister Hu Jintao hasn't told me what it is? I really don't know why...
• Commented on Uighur crisis in Xinjiang: updates, link roundup, images.
  Takuan, I'm doing my best to find out. I twittered @hujintao twice but he hasn't gotten back to me yet. In the mean time, I'm sure you can tell me your own opinion quite easily. If any nation can not...
• Commented on Uighur crisis in Xinjiang: updates, link roundup, images.
  Takuan, why won't you answer two simple questions? I just want to know your thoughts....
• Commented on I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears and Other Intriguing Idioms From Around the World
  Here's a Chinese one that I can remember of the top of my head. There's a lot of regions sayings too. "Rou Bao Tze Da Go" - To chase away the dog with meat dumplings: i.e. to not really discourage...
• Commented on Uighur crisis in Xinjiang: updates, link roundup, images.
  Any nation that can win the fight to be independent, is. Does this mean that any nation that can not win the fight for independence does not deserve it? as to the Human Wave wiki, do note that the whole...
• Commented on Uighur crisis in Xinjiang: updates, link roundup, images.
  I'll admit you at least have some traction with Tibet, but I'm curious as to your justification for an independent East Turkistan. Xinjiang's been a part of China since before the first European staked his flag into the Americas. Is...
• Commented on Uighur crisis in Xinjiang: updates, link roundup, images.
  Antinous, I think you missed my point with #97. I'm not saying the Communists were nice guys. They did commit attrocities. No one's denying that, but to say there was a racist or genocidal element is flat out wrong. The...
• Commented on Uighur crisis in Xinjiang: updates, link roundup, images.
  Who invented the Human Wave attack? "Although most massed attacks by infantry before the age of modern firepower could be (and sometimes are) described as human waves, the criticism implied by the term and the implied acceptance of high casualties...
• Commented on Uighur crisis in Xinjiang: updates, link roundup, images.
  Now that communism is dead, sympathizers of the Dalai Lama, many of whom were sympathizers of Mao Zedong, seem to have forgotten what communism was all about. Communism was a political ideology obsessed with economic equality. Communism adjudged who was...
• Commented on Uighur crisis in Xinjiang: updates, link roundup, images.
  Takuan, so does that mean the USA is raping Alaskan and Texan oil, West Virginian and Pennsylvanian coal? BTW, I'm going to help you and post some more stories: "Uighurs shot dead after police attacked in Chinese city of Urumqi"...
• Commented on Uighur crisis in Xinjiang: updates, link roundup, images.
  Trading in freedom for Burger King - priceless. My original statement stands. In fact, it stands a little taller. This is nothing personal, because I do respect your opinion, but it's just hard believe someone living in a developed nation...
• Commented on Hmm. Maybe that wasn't such a good idea after all.
  I completely agree with Shannon's post. Even if I weren't an MMA fan, it's priceless to see people that don't get it flail for excuses hate it other than because it's icky, all the while exposing their own ignorances and...
• Commented on Uighur crisis in Xinjiang: updates, link roundup, images.
  you're the one saying that Asians don't value freedom or human rights. Saying they are willing to trade a little personal freedom for the collective good, is not the same as saying they don't value freedom or human rights at...
• Commented on Uighur crisis in Xinjiang: updates, link roundup, images.
  hey, If Asians like being slaves as you suggest, why couldn't the Chinese take turns with the Tibetans and Uighurs? Let them be on top for a while. Love how you automatically equate Asian culture with slavery. Hey if you...
• Commented on Uighur crisis in Xinjiang: updates, link roundup, images.
  That seems like a euphemism for maintaining the social order at the cost of freedom. Actually, I don't necessarily disagree with that (assuming you're not taking it to the ad absurdium case). At some point, you do need some social...