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To: Ruffian who wrote (40041)	9/8/1999 1:48:00 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

<'I'm really reluctant to mention what happened on the 8th of May this year,' Jiang during a state visit to Australia after meeting Prime Minister John Howard. 'The bombing of our embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia killed three of our people and later President Clinton expressed his regret on behalf of the United States,' he said, without commenting further on the attack. In addition to Clinton's apology, the U.S. has agreed to pay $4.5 million in compensation to families of the three victims. > That's funny. He says he's reluctant to mention the bombing then goes on about it as the central point. Which of course it is. The other thing which interests me is the value the USA puts on human life. Not very high is it? You guys reckon your family members are worth that much or more or less? I heard on this very thread that Asians don't value human life as much as the super sensitive human rights fanatics in the USA. I heard in the USA you can sue for millions for getting hot coffee in your lap. Or losing life in a statistical way by car makers not making the cars so absurdly strong that maniacs who crash them can sue the maker for millions. There need be no intent or even unreasonable carelessness for huge awards to be made. So I guess we know that the USA thinks Chinese are more like ants than humans, so the compensation doesn't need to be very high. Clinton can 'feel their pain' but those swarming millions obviously don't feel very much if the price set by the USA matches what Clinton felt. In the context of life in China, I suppose $1m is serious money and far more than any award would be given in China [if any]. But that's like rich people casting a few pennies at the starving as they trample them carelessly underfoot. Jiang Zemin and Zhu Rongji are obviously like Irwin Jacobs and able to take a very broad view and will work to train hagfish. I heard Clinton paid nearly $1m for showing off his erect diddle to an employee of the state. Wow, talk about skewed values. One exhibited diddle = one Chinese in value. The diddle didn't even get the Bobbit treatment; good rhyme here: ozbiz.com.au Last verse: <The Bobbitt case sure is a dilly Though it sounds a little bit silly He said she's the hacker Who lopped off his whacker She said she was trying to Free Willy. > Slick Willy's exhibition = One Chinese Life. Bobbit's depenilation and the defenestration of it must have got some compensation, but I bet the court was snickering. Okay, WTO on the way. CDMA on the way to China. APEC on the table and let's see what Jiang and Bill have to say about murder in Timor. Will they back the UN to send in Aussie and Kiwi troops to sort it out? Will the USA stand back the same as they did in Europe against Hitler and wait until we've done the hard work again? Let's see what the international security agreements are really worth. Mqurice PS: I don't know that there was defenestration of the Bobbited item; I just like that word. Actually, when you think of the reality of what she did, it's not that funny!