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China - Up Shit's Creek
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If you ever wanted to know what 1.4 billion people undergoing an industrial revolution looked like, with all the shortcuts and shirking of responsibilities it brings...
I have a good Chinese friend at work and she sends home baby food to a friend of hers because the stuff they sell in China is not fit for human consumption.
The West can talk about reducing carbon emissions and such, but it won't do a lick of good if we don't get China on board.
I find it hard to stomach that such a relatively small percentage of the global population can ruin the planet for everyone else.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
That is VERY culturally insensitive.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
China combines the worst of both worlds. A totalitarian system and unchained capitalism.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
There will be life forms that will evolve to thrive in China. If there is a subsequent global apocalypse, those life forms will be key to restoring life on the planet.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
(September 2, 2015 at 12:59 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: There will be life forms that will evolve to thrive in China. If there is a subsequent global apocalypse, those life forms will be key to restoring life on the planet. So, what you're saying is the whole world is going to be Chinese?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
(September 2, 2015 at 12:59 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: There will be life forms that will evolve to thrive in China. If there is a subsequent global apocalypse, those life forms will be key to restoring life on the planet. Probably but that doesn't make going from this ![]() to this ![]() desirable.
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