To: brian h who wrote (2928 ) 12/28/2005 8:05:45 PM From: TobagoJack Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217700 good morning brian_h, your point being ? ... that the beijing mayor is a hitler? and that he ought to be praised by maurice? ... or that he is not different than the mayor of california cities that ship homeless types on buses to each other cities, or he didn't fix the levees so the storm did not wipe out whole neighborhoods? ... or do you mean there are no good cops in china, or that there are no bad cops everywhere else? or that the system does not cleanse itself of bad cops. ... or perhaps you do not believe in pace of progress or that progress is not at all. ... or do you believe that taiwan was where the mainland is, or that taiwan will become unified with the mainland, or what you believe some pretty odd things ;0) oops, i forgot my principle truth numero uno, that most politics are bad, and that there are many roads, but mostly leading to the same place ... enjoy the ride, brain_h, for teotwawki journey is just getting under way, so no need to pop a gasket or blow a valve at this early date, and while you are at it, explain to your kids how you would prefer that the fascist japanese scoundrels did not kill enough of your kin so that hundreds of millions peasants would not have a chance to migrate to the cities today to apply themselves and still be in the feudal age that people just like you way back when enforced on lee tung hui being japanese, i wonder if the japanese think that; but i am sure lee tung hui still thinks that do you think you are japanese? i do not use the following string of letters much, and do not believe i had done so on SI in the past, but here it goes ... hahahahaha ... and oh, btw, just precisely when did i say the ccp is OK? I am happy to engage in debate about your pointless points, but cannot see the value of you making up stories. chugs, j