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• mujadaddy commented on GRL's James Powderly detained in Beijing for planning pro-Tibet "L.A.S.E.R. Stencil" art protest
  @AGF: I think as long as we are...going somewhere and saying "hey! stop violating basic human rights that we all agreed on." We are safe. Yet that is not what happened, is it? My EU comment was more about a community of nations with common legal frameworks than any existing specific legal reciprocity. China is a different country than the ones wherein the Greco-Roman democratic theory took root and flourished, UN membership notwithstanding... Civil disobedience MUST necessarily contain the element of disobedience, not agitation for the sake of agitation. When I go to, I don't know, France and chain myself...
• AGF commented on GRL's James Powderly detained in Beijing for planning pro-Tibet "L.A.S.E.R. Stencil" art protest
  Mujadaddy, I said: "I think as long as we are...going somewhere and saying "hey! stop violating basic human rights that we all agreed on." We are safe." you said: "Yet that is not what happened, is it?" Sorry? What? That's exactly what people are protesting. How about: Universal Declaration of Human rights: Article 18. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and...
• mujadaddy commented on GRL's James Powderly detained in Beijing for planning pro-Tibet "L.A.S.E.R. Stencil" art protest
  Of course they do. But China is not the place to bring it up (the UN is), unless you're willing to deal with the consequences -- including Chinese jail and probably Chinese re-education fun camp and possibly Chinese execution. See, the fact that *anyone* is surprised even remotely about Mr. Powderly's detention is evidence that at least these people didn't consider it civil disobedience. All I'm saying is that there is a difference between actual civil disobedience (setting yourself on fire in the public square) and well-off-enough-to-travel-to-China techies putting up a laser light show, no matter the altruistic motives....
• Foolster41 commented on GRL's James Powderly detained in Beijing for planning pro-Tibet "L.A.S.E.R. Stencil" art protest
  The U.N.? Fat chance with the U.N. China's "People's Republic" has been blocking the legitimate former government of China (I.E. the Republic of China exiled in Taiwan) out of the U.N, and forcing it to be seen as illegitimate even as a separate country by most NGOs like the world Health organization ever since the end of the china's civil war during the global cold war. They are a veto power in the security counsel. the only more ridiculous thing one can do than hosting a celebration of world unity in China is give them a veto power on a...
• lizvlx commented on GRL's James Powderly detained in Beijing for planning pro-Tibet "L.A.S.E.R. Stencil" art protest
  very interesting to read these comments. how naive to think that us artists will willingly just go to chinese prisons for the sake of publicity for one's own career. hihi, that's real funny. @reactionists: sure, that damn bugger, why the hell was he in china in the first place? he better get a real job and earn some decent money like all the rest of use have to; because i could do that too it is just that i got better stuff to do etc etc etc....i love it how people write stuff that is extremely radical thinking that they...