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To: Snowshoe who wrote (82070)	10/24/2011 9:35:32 PM
From: Maurice Winn	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218161

A nice idea but we would have to test that theory with another running over to see how much it has now improved. < A nation that openly examines itself becomes stronger and more respectable.> Talk is cheap. Let's judge actions, not breast beating and words. Greenies and others are full of great words about how much they care and blah blah blah .... but look at Fat Al Gore with his monstrous carbon footprint. It's hypocrisy Snowy. Like people saying "Let's Occupy Wall Street" then voting once again for Obama and Congress to do more of the same. Or has Ron Paul soared into the lead? Has Tradable Citizenship gone mainstream? Mqurice

To: Snowshoe who wrote (82070)	10/24/2011 10:59:30 PM
From: TobagoJack	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218161

precisely the actions of the drivers were not sanctioned by the civilized society whereas big mac and drones in dark night are sanctioned by others

To: Snowshoe who wrote (82070)	10/26/2011 7:50:01 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 218161

>>A nation that openly examines itself becomes stronger and more respectable.<< Unfortunately, the Chinese government is going the other way... China to step up social media censorship - 10/26/11 guardian.co.uk China has vowed to intensify controls on social media and instant messaging tools, in the highest-level official response to the extraordinary surge in microblogging in the country. What’s Behind the Communist Party’s Focus on Cultural Reform? (Updated) - 10/25/11 http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2011/10/what%e2%80%99s-behind-the-communist-party%e2%80%99s-focus-on-cultural-reform/ The speed and reach of micro-blogging–and the competition that Weibo and others now pose for the official media—worry many cadres who think that it is the public, and not the Party, that is shaping society. While Chinese officials cannot yet agree on how to move against those netizens who are nasty towards political authority, the more conservative in the leadership continue to push for a harder line. Phrases such as the “the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation” in an editorial in People’s Daily last week (in Chinese) may strike some readers as the same old celebratory rhetoric. But these are, in fact, important keywords: a “national culture,” secured and delivered from above if hardliners have their way, could well be accompanied by a deeper crackdown on netizens.