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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (2303)	3/24/2003 11:41:41 AM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

Nice evasive way of answering the question. But since Americans are being killed as a result of being at war the question is Do you approve of bodies being shown on TV before the families are notified?

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (2303)	3/24/2003 11:42:31 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 21614

From CHINA they think we should take care of our own affairs before trying to be the world police. Jen Lin-Liu Beijing thenation.com The pedicab driver stretched out in the passenger seat, his legs thrown over the bicycle seat, half-dozing and half-listening to the latest news updates in the hours after America began its missile strikes against Iraq. This image stuck in my mind while I walked through Beijing's streets, because it seemed to illustrate China's passive yet paradoxically vigilant attitude towards the unfolding war. The words "Iraq" and "America" have been passing through their lips in recent weeks, but many Chinese don't seem to have a specific opinion on the matter--until you listen closely to what they're saying. "We don't care about so many things. After living through the Cultural Revolution, we've learned not to interfere," one middle-aged tea vendor said. Then he continued: "We're not going to interfere in the matter, just as America shouldn't be interfering in other countries' business." Indeed, he has made his point, albeit in the least confrontational way possible. Others were more blunt. "America is too hegemonic," one cab driver said. "They're trying to be the world's policeman. I think a country should take care of their own affairs before managing others." Of course, one reason the Chinese haven't been more vociferous is because of the country's ban against protests--the government has had to balance its disapproval of the US-led war with attempts to cultivate its growing economic ties with America. Beijing students who requested permission to stage an antiwar rally were reportedly turned down. A group of academics staged a small antiwar effort when they presented a letter to the US Embassy in Beijing that stated, "The Bush Administration has failed to offer a clear casus belli, while offering on different occasions varying reasons for going to war, none of which stand up to close examination." The ever-capitalist Shanghai protested in true consumer style: A couple hundred residents, a combination of foreigners and locals, showed up at the city's busiest market wearing red one Sunday in late February to protest the war effort. "Because of the moral vacuum that exists in China, we tried to make things as nonconfrontational as possible," says one organizer of the offbeat demonstration. "It was a very empowering experience." Jen Lin-Liu is an American journalist based in China who writes for The Chronicle of Higher Education and Newsweek International.