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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:18 PM Original message |
"Shame on us Chinese." Chinese writer reflects on the lack of response to child run over twice. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. The "shame" is not limited to one culture. Remember Kitty Genovese? |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Whatabout, whatabout, whatabout. This isn't about Genovese, it's not about |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I sort of expected a first-post derail, but was saddened to see it nonetheless. (nt) |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I was making a relevant point. This is a discussion forum. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. It comes across as holier than thou pure arrogance. The writer is Chinese |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. many CHinese outside the mainland were critical and not surprised |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. No question about that and there are countless millions in China who would |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Just read about that and it is completely different. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Only in that twice as many bystander stood by and did nothing to help. |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Someone called the cops minutes after the attack; the operson who called was the only |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yes, women scream and scream in terror for no reason. |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Sure they do. My wife doesit all the time... it pisses me off. |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Wow, we must have the same wife. One day, I'll drop dead of a heart attack because she shrieked |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. DKaK is one of my favorite expressions. And quite apropos here. |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. You guys are right this story is exactly the same. No differences at all. |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. From wikipedia: |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Yeah, that was bad. But this is much, much worse. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
5. that story is horrible. |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. "That wasn't my child. Why should I bother?" (in OP link) sums it up. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
9. When the govt hardly cares about melamine in "food," it seeps into the culture. |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. this was far worse than Kitty Genovese where there is some dispute of what happened |
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Cal33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
20. I am reminded of something I had read in the papers some 50 years ago. It happened in Queens, NY. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. My brother-in-law does business in China. He walked by some men digging one day |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. That is why thousands die in mines. There are thousaudns of dissidents |
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