Bao wrote:Of course Harvard is a University. What are you talking about? That is what makes it funny. They should be scientific and not make stupid conclusions without checking out facts.
Still no idea what you're talking about.
Bao wrote:This is very funny, I had a good laugh when I first saw the Australian reaction. Hypocrisy at it’s finest. When Chinese make jokes or satire of what countries in the West does, then those countries are furious. But when people here make jokes with Islam and make pictures of a naked Mohammed, which Moslems it is called Freedom of speech.
What the Chinese made a picture about is something true, a War crime that Australia committed. And the Chinese are not allowed to speak up?
1. No, there is no hypocrisy from Australia - the Australian government has never created fake or fictional images that have offended anyone and published them.
2. There is no 'joke' or 'satire' in an image of a soldier holding a knife to the throat of a small child. It's horrific, and intended to be so. The message is pretty clear.
Bao wrote:This is the Western View of Freedom of Speech. Western, officially democratic countries have the right to speak up and say what they want. Other, less democratic and “inferior” countries don’t have the same right.
I Liked what the Chinese did here and I am very happy that Australia got upset. They really deserved it.
If I was going to use exactly the same logic that the West here use about China, I would say that the Australian government has an agenda to kill civilians in the War. Because their military has done it, so of course they will do it again. It’s in their heart.
There are distinct differences though Bao. The ONLY reason the war crimes allegedly committed by Australian solders is in the news, is because AUSTRALIA released the findings of an investigation into conduct in Afghanistan. Western, officially democratic countries as you describe them, allow for the reporting and publicising of terrible things that happen. That's how we learn from our mistakes. China has a history of murdering it's own citizens and repressing discussion. As highlighted above - the most journalists imprisoned on earth, and most of those in xinjiang. I'm sure the cccp just didn't want them reporting about how lovely it is there though.
Your approach to this discussion is telling though. Why are you 'very happy' that Australia was upset? Why do you think Austrlia 'deserved it?' Could it be that you just believe the message that image perpetuates.. exactly as intended? Do you actually know anything about Australia's actions in wartime? In Afghanistan? Why would you think that, when the Australian government is the very body publicising and taking action on allegations of war crimes in recent years, that 'of course they will do it again,it's in their heart.'? It's a weird thing to say. And pretty juvenile, to be honest.