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To: arun gera who wrote (64364)	5/28/2005 12:13:10 AM
From: energyplay	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

"Although this story is well known in Asia, few Americans are familiar with it." Is that part of the intro to the article ? ********* Opium wars and Boxer rebellion were in almost every high school history book, at least in the 1960s. Usually critical mentions of foreign consessions and the carve up of China by European powers are standard. Sun Yat-Sen is included, always favorably. Japanese invasion of Manchuria is mentioned. Rape of Nanking is much less well known. I think it is a little too horrible for high school text books. ***** There's Lots of history most Americans don't know about. The Opium wars are not one of those items. ***************** The LaRouche stuff tends to be pretty good, but they do have their own spin on events, usually subtle.

To: arun gera who wrote (64364)	5/28/2005 12:27:00 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Tea for opium looks like a fair exchange. Both are plant toxins, paid for and consumed by the individual if they want to. China should quit whining about opium and blaming the suppliers, who were apparently British traders. Nobody makes somebody smoke cigarettes, or opium, or drink tea or coffee, or sniff cocaine etc etc etc. It's about time consumers took responsibility for their own dopey decisions. I'd free all the druggies from gaol and taxpayers from having to pay for them. Prisons are for criminals who damage other people or their property. In the 19th century, the world ran by empire, and still does in the case of China, which murderously annexed Tibet and is planning a similar attack on Taiwan. Since China is still operating in that mode, it's a bit pathetic of them to complain about what Japan did before WWII [or during, depending on when you take the start of the wars which actually go back pretty much forever]. Mqurice