05-12-2001 15:03									#1
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Ok. So not all Chinese are out to dominate the world and crush the Western Democracies under the brute heal of Communism.


I have been talking to this girl from China for the last week. She is really nice and I don't think cares too much about politics. And since I get way too much of that here, that means she is a delight to talk to. I mean, what else have I to do at 3:00 am in the morning. Debate the ME crisis with you guys. Anyway, she is just chatting with me to broaden her horizons and to improve her English. Which now that I think about it, kind of scary. But hey, that means I just have to be conscience of my tendencies to slip into southern draw. And I have seen a picture of her and she looks kind of cute. Although that doesn't mean anything since I most likely never go to China. She lives in Dalian China which if you look at the map has more people than my entire state.


And no Bob, I am not being brainwashed to act as a planted mole in the eventual takeover of the US by Communists.

And yes, my fiance knows about it and thinks it's cute.

	05-12-2001 15:08									#2
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Dalin is a nice city. Lots of pretty women there

	05-12-2001 15:20									#3
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She seemed to be surprised when I said that I lived in a city of only 50,000 people. I didn't have the heart to tell her that my whole state only had about 2.5 million people.


Anyway, she is a real sweetheart. I like talking to people from different places. It helps soften my sometimes harsh opinions of other cultures.


And then there is this place


hmmm. my girlfriend is from Ireland and she is from China. Does this mean that I have grown tired of American women.

	05-12-2001 16:44									#4
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Sprayber, you are being brainwashed!

	05-12-2001 22:17									#5
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Naw.. She had asked for classified information yet. Besides, she could watch CNN and find out more.

	06-12-2001 00:44									#6
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Yeah, just read the essay "China is not a threat" by Wang Hao (if you can find it), it clearly proves China is not a threat.

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quote: Ok. So not all Chinese are out to dominate the world and crush the Western Democracies under the brute heal of Communism.

You mean this is the Western viewpoint on the Chinese?!?!

(Oh well. Not that I'm that surprised.)

	06-12-2001 03:48									#8
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Excellent, our plan to marry off the men of the world to Communist Chinese girls is going according to plan. Muahhahahahahah!

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so post a pic of her already

	06-12-2001 07:34									#10
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quote: Originally posted by Sprayber Ok. So not all Chinese are out to dominate the world and crush the Western Democracies under the brute heal of Communism. I have been talking to this girl from China for the last week. She is really nice and I don't think cares too much about politics. And since I get way too much of that here, that means she is a delight to talk to. I mean, what else have I to do at 3:00 am in the morning. Debate the ME crisis with you guys. Anyway, she is just chatting with me to broaden her horizons and to improve her English. Which now that I think about it, kind of scary. But hey, that means I just have to be conscience of my tendencies to slip into southern draw. And I have seen a picture of her and she looks kind of cute. Although that doesn't mean anything since I most likely never go to China. She lives in Dalian China which if you look at the map has more people than my entire state. And no Bob, I am not being brainwashed to act as a planted mole in the eventual takeover of the US by Communists. And yes, my fiance knows about it and thinks it's cute.

I ..........

You think its a revelation that people in China are rational thinking people like everyone else??!?!?!?!?!?!?!

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quote: Originally posted by Faboba You think its a revelation that people in China are rational thinking people like everyone else?

Well, certainly the everyone else part is news to us.

	06-12-2001 08:27									#12
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The "everyone else" part is sorta new to them too - as in there are actually other non-Chinese non-barbarians out there

I believe they call non-Chinese "foreign devils"?

	06-12-2001 08:28									#13
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Actually being chinese, I can say that most chinese people don't give a damn about politics as long as the government doesn't get in their way of making money.

	06-12-2001 08:33									#14
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You're Chinese? Wow I didn't know that, must be a bit behind things

But anyway, the students at Tiananmen Square seemed to care about politics

	06-12-2001 08:35									#15
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quote: Originally posted by David Floyd You're Chinese? Wow I didn't know that, must be a bit behind things But anyway, the students at Tiananmen Square seemed to care about politics

Where have you been?

Students in every country pretend to know about / be interested in politics.

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Faboba, that wasn't quite the point, but rather than take off into a pointless argument about Tiananmen Square and communism, I'll demur

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"I believe they call non-Chinese "foreign devils"?"

-I think that's the Japanese.

	06-12-2001 08:44									#18
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Really? I coulda sworn that it was the Chinese...maybe that's not true anymore, especially for the urban areas...but I dunno.

	06-12-2001 08:47									#19
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No, the Japanese were the really isolationist ones.

	06-12-2001 08:48									#20
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Eh? Not compared to China! Especially peasants in China's interior - my understanding is that they were very xenophobic.

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quote: Originally posted by Victor Galis No, the Japanese were the really isolationist ones.

Well it's my theory that Japan's current situation stems from it's social subconscious which after the war said

"they beat us - they must be better than us"

So they started to be more like the Americans until they branched off and started doing it smaller and more efficiently than the Americans

	06-12-2001 08:59									#22
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quote: Originally posted by David Floyd Eh? Not compared to China! Especially peasants in China's interior - my understanding is that they were very xenophobic.

And I suppose the hicks in the remote farms of the midwest are openminded to foreign cultures.

	06-12-2001 09:00									#23
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quote: Originally posted by ranskaldan You mean this is the Western viewpoint on the Chinese?!?! (Oh well. Not that I'm that surprised.)

I don't know about most people, but i was just trying to be humorous.

People in China are just like people everywhere, they are fine as individuals. It's always the governments that start ****ing things up.

BTW. She said she studies English in her spare time and she apologized that her English wasn't so good. I'm like well, your English is far better than my Chinese would be if I studied it full time. Which is true.


Oh and orange. I'm a gentleman, I would never to that without first getting premission. Besides, she could like send my picture to the authorties here in America and the next thing I know I'm in front of a military tribunal.

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They probably are, but Southern rednecks and hicks from the Plains...

	06-12-2001 09:05									#25
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quote: Originally posted by Faboba And I suppose the hicks in the remote farms of the midwest are openminded to foreign cultures.

Hey, I live in a small city that is surrounded by rice and cotton farms. It has nothing to do with where you are, but what you have been told about other people.

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quote: Originally posted by Sprayber Oh and orange. I'm a gentleman, I would never to that without first getting premission. Besides, she could like send my picture to the authorties here in America and the next thing I know I'm in front of a military tribunal.

Ok

I don't get the last part

	06-12-2001 09:09									#27
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quote: Originally posted by orange Ok I don't get the last part

I meant that in this climate of fear, someone in the government may try to make a case of me helping the enemy. But dont' worry, it was a flat joke.

	06-12-2001 09:28									#28
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Are you sure she wasn't a UR DL?

	06-12-2001 09:34									#29
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China have like 15% of the world population.

Its a big place.

quote: Eh? Not compared to China! Especially peasants in China's interior - my understanding is that they were very xenophobic.

Huge differences within China.

Some can't get enough of the west (materialism rules) while others maintains the West = Evil Imperialist thinking.

So where is that pic? (can u get her to poly?)

	06-12-2001 09:35									#30
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Yeah, get her to Poly - that'd be cool!

We need some more newbies anyway