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Yes I'm back here to troll as usual, little dragon. You think everything can be pinned to Mao's "30%"? Do you know what this 三七开 is? Anyways, I will not digress on this subject further except to say that even the joke that was Japan's so-called contrition still outdoes...

I think we should move beyond making these people face the truth. As people have always said, China has to fix itself first. Beyond that as long as the people themselves remember, it would suffice. Whether the people on that island choose to acknowledge anything is secondary over the long...

Look friend ... they haven't "owned up" to anything officially. There has been no museum commemoration, no text-book acknowledgement on any of the CCP's excesses. I'd love to have someone correct me on this.

I wouldn't worry about the "carpetbagging", busybody faux-"Amerindians". They are entitled to their opinions. Better yet, they want to "shape" opinions and who are we to stop them? :coffee: Today is the anniversary of 9.18 here. It just goes without saying that the "People's Republic" will...

Fair enough. I didn't give you enough credit. My bad. However, the link is not with "egalitarianism" - at least not how you appear to understand it. Now some would consider the SS organizationally and "spiritually" much more "egalitarian" in a raw sense of the word than the old Prussian...

You seem fairly knowledgeable on some topics, Nahraf. I know it's just a small omission ... but kindly indicate the source because the way you laid it out above made it look like it all came from yourself. It's no biggie. Thanks for clarifying.

I am not much of a writer. But you can read better than that!

BTW, I do not mean to put you on the spot, Muse. I for one, believe that democracy is a means to an end. I am not sure what exactly the end should be, however. My own understanding of the history and evolution of democracy remains superficial. However, it is beyond dispute that its basic...

Here is another thought-provoking but utterly "inconvenient" article from the same magazine by a different author just under a year ago. I'd be interested if you care to commment on that or on any link between that and the one you posted ... I didn't get a single response when I posted it...

Thanks for posting that from the "American Conservative". The part about Byzantium provokes thought. It does not surprise me that AMCONMAG has been getting some mileage and perhaps increased attention as time went on. I subscribed to it almost when it first came out. Don't ask me how and...

The above came word-for-word, straight out of Wikipedia. Just curious Nahraf, did you write the entry under Alawi's belief section in Wikipedia? The belief section was last edited on July 13 by a "FunkMonk" ... Is that you?

Another "genocide"? Let's see what a sympathetic journalist, Robert Fisk, had to say on the occasion of the passing of elder Assad in 2000 ... No tears for Assad in city of slaughter There are no black flags in old Hama. Except on government buildings, of course. "Oh Master of our...

I agree with your final thrust that the "resolution of J&K is a bilateral matter between India and Pakistan where China does not have any role to play as acknolwdged by its own spokesperson." However, I am not sure what China would or would not do if specifically requested to show certain...

I concede that I don't have encyclopedic knowledge on the entire Kashimiri dispute in its glorious details. Heck, I don't even have some of facts on the gory details of the Taiwan dispute. What's the ues of me or you commmenting on the northern areas? I personally accept that there are no...

Okay. Remember that China supplied India with heavy water (yes look it up) in the 80s and 90s while knowing India was working on or refining you know what - before Yankees suddenly discovered a "strategic ally" .. Draw your own conclusion Ejaz. As I said, you are a smart guy. Insist...

Don't mean no offense to nobody with "Muta'" ...

I was going into lurking mode for a while ... but you are a bright dude and I enjoy your opinions on a range of issues. DL was "based in India" the same way Abdullah Öcalan was based in Syria ... until around 1998. On that we'll say no more because I am fundamentally favourably...

There is no harm in hoping for the best. Low expectation is the most frequent prelude to a pleasant surprise. No one "bets" on peace. Every people/country/party works for peace. Contrary to how I am viewed by you guys, I don't get "flippant" on a topic like this. If anyone has nothing...

For a "sharp" knife in the drawer, you may feel that you are on a "mission" here ... But do you really think you stand a chance in "getting through" to someone who, odds are, is "commissioned"? I don't dislike Gambit. I really don't. But he is not "working" effectively these days I am...

Get a clue, little Dragon! Why should he thank anybody? There is better than even odds that he is commissioned here. Now I for one don't mind the professionals ... but these days he clearly doesn't look like he is even enjoying the work! That, my friend, is painful to watch. If you...