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Look at this beautiful picture taken in China: (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Jan 2015 OP
Looks like horrific fire burning a village postulater Jan 2015 #1
and horrible, choking air pollution. Is this a Rorschach Test? leveymg Jan 2015 #2
It is a beautiful country newfie11 Jan 2015 #3
Where earth meets sky! Wow! nt elias49 Jan 2015 #4
Pollution is beautiful under the lights. nt kelliekat44 Jan 2015 #5
That's the radioactive bed of Fogzilla! Run! randome Jan 2015 #6
What is a "twee creature"? RushIsRot Jan 2015 #7
We tend to view countries simplistically - not as complex nations with good and bad. pampango Jan 2015 #8

leveymg

(36,418 posts)
2. and horrible, choking air pollution. Is this a Rorschach Test?
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 09:58 AM
Jan 2015

Interesting - I also expected to see a picture of some industrial Apocalypse, or similar. Shows how conditioned we are to negative conceptions of China.

newfie11

(8,159 posts)
3. It is a beautiful country
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 10:03 AM
Jan 2015

Judging by pictures I've see.
I have a friend that travels there every year and has such pretty pictures.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
6. That's the radioactive bed of Fogzilla! Run!
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 10:29 AM
Jan 2015

[hr][font color="blue"][center]No squirrels were harmed in the making of this post. Yet.[/center][/font][hr]

pampango

(24,692 posts)
8. We tend to view countries simplistically - not as complex nations with good and bad.
Thu Jan 29, 2015, 10:38 AM
Jan 2015

Viewing China as the "Land of Pollution" and nothing else makes our lives seem simpler. Good guy - bad guy.

No country, particularly one as big as China, is simply an "Axis of Evil" or a "Land of Pollution". Nice pic, Are_grits_groceries. Thanks for posting it.

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