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We did not invade Iraq just so we could persecute the Iraqi people. That is the proper context of human rights, meaning you target the people SPECIFICALLY to deny them free speech, freedom to travel, etc...etc...Yes, I critical on the US Government on how they handle human right. Like invaded Iraq without UN approval and with dubious casus belli just to throw Saddam Husein out from his seat of power. But at the end make the people of Iraq suffer for a long period of time.
Then afterward, we tried to install what we believe to be the best and most applicable methods of democracy for Iraq. So you are off base here.
In order for you to 'suffer', you must...And back to China. Do they really feel oppressed? The Chinese Posters here don't hate their government at all. They live in China, so they are the subject that you're saying that the right being oppressed / trespassed by their government. If they don't mind, so who am I to say that they're suffer or not.
- Be knowledgeable of the alternatives
- Make comparisons
- Make a decision
- Does a slave know what he is? Usually slaves know what they are and their station in life.
- Can a slave make a comparison? Of course he can. He sees free people everywhere.
- Can a slave decide to be happy or sad of what/where he is? Of course he can.
So just because a slave decides that he is happy as a slave, that does not mean I cannot decide that slavery is for me. In fact, I do decide that slavery is NOT for me.
YOU -- as an observer -- cannot divorce what you see from your own personal experiences. If you are retired race car driver, every race you watch, you will inject yourself into the race. You will critique every driver, every maneuver, and every decision by anyone, even if you have to do it silently.
Americans in the US are not rioting because they want the US to be more like China, whereas in China, many Chinese imported the Western notions of basic human rights and democracy and want their country to take after those notions. Tiananmen Square in 1989 is just one example. Today, there are Chinese artists who endure prisons and persecutions because they want China to be more like the West in terms of human rights and freedoms. These Chinese observed, made comparisons, and decided.
So if the Chinese on this forum are not suffering, then what about the Chinese in China who decided that they are suffering?