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To: brian h who wrote (61712)	4/11/2005 9:29:04 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Hello brian_h, You must enjoy conversing with me, or you are drawn to do so ... or perhaps compelled to do so by some inner something or other ... <<You know that feeling?>> ... what feeling? You mean the one where someone says the Japanese were nice and clean as invaders during WWII? No, I do not know the feeling, and thankfully, never will. Or the one who argue that any member of the older generation is either correct in stating as above about the cleanliness and godliness of the Japanese invaders, or, gad, perhaps I am mistaken, but in fact be proud to make such an argument? No, I do not know that feeling either, and thankfully, again, never will. <<too persuasive>> ... by the way, if I sounded as if I want to be persuasive, I apologize, as that was the furthest from my intentions. <<no. no. no. She can not be a Chinese. She does not deserve to be a Chinese>> ... LOL, I didn't realize one needed to deserve to be anything, as opposed to just is, as we are who we are. Here, in a single sentence, your Chinese racism shows through. You seem to be full of contradictions. On <<Hong Kong>>, yes, the free and in fact, very free, bar none. No, don't bother about the casting of ballot bit (for it would make me giggle too much), because your ballot is ... how shall I put it politely, .... a mirage, a sedative, only a mechanism enabling others (the majority) to cast their ballots so as to reach their paws into the minority's pocket; and that, whether you know it or not, has nothing at all to do with freedom. Casting ballot is merely a right, and one that I find neither compelling nor necessary for myself. Do not confuse the freedom and rights. However, should you confuse the two, it would be understandable, because most folks do, after sufficient brainwashing. So, are you in the minority group or with the majority? Does it make you feel more free or less constrained? Does it matter either way? Is the majority always right? Is the minority mostly wrong?You answer will say much about your investment proclivities. Chugs, Jay