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MisdemeanorRebel
2019 Oct 10, 4:17pm
MisdemeanorRebel
2019 Oct 10, 4:17pm
richwicks says
Who said it was? Just disgusting to see a business that claims to be all gung-ho about the free speech of it's players and how kindly and humane it is, engage in silencing of GMs and Players and own Customer-Spectators over China.
Particularly after they boycotted one-sex bathrooms in North Carolina to the tune of millions of dollars. Nobody likes a thunderous hypocrite.
richwicks says
I'd say the opposite. I'd say the media is going out of their way NOT to discuss it. The interviews last night after games, the coaches and GMs dodged the question. ESPN anchors are "being watched" to make sure they don't discuss it.
Kind of like the Yellow Vests in France, it's not good for how wonderful neoliberal free-trade and open borders is, so it's being silenced, while the Doomsday cult in London in being promoted.
I guess all these woke companies are only interested in Gay Trans rights, or really, the pockets of virtue singalling tenured government employees.
richwicks says
And this is the my problem... how?
Who said it was? Just disgusting to see a business that claims to be all gung-ho about the free speech of it's players and how kindly and humane it is, engage in silencing of GMs and Players and own Customer-Spectators over China.
Particularly after they boycotted one-sex bathrooms in North Carolina to the tune of millions of dollars. Nobody likes a thunderous hypocrite.
richwicks says
I don't know, I don't care. How can you trust Western media anyhow? Find that weapons of mass destruction program in Iraq yet?
I'm only pointing out these protests are being encouraged by the West to agitate China.
Seriously, let's say China IS harvesting organs, shouldn't you be demanding that Western companies stop doing business in China, at all? Where was your shirt made? Your shoes? Your computer? Your chair?
I'd say the opposite. I'd say the media is going out of their way NOT to discuss it. The interviews last night after games, the coaches and GMs dodged the question. ESPN anchors are "being watched" to make sure they don't discuss it.
Kind of like the Yellow Vests in France, it's not good for how wonderful neoliberal free-trade and open borders is, so it's being silenced, while the Doomsday cult in London in being promoted.
I guess all these woke companies are only interested in Gay Trans rights, or really, the pockets of virtue singalling tenured government employees.
richwicks says
Personally, I'd be happy not to do any business with China, period. I don't think the West should have ANY trade with a communist nation. The West shouldn't have sanctions, they should simply stop doing business with them, entirely.Yep.
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richwicks
2019 Oct 10, 4:36pm
richwicks
2019 Oct 10, 4:36pm
NoCoupForYou says
Oh I do! They're funny.
NoCoupForYou says
I think they are interested in this:
and only interested in that. Businesses are almost always ammoral. It's the consumers of that business that determines the morals of the business.
The reality isn't that the NBA are hypocrites, it's the fans that are. Boycott or shut the F up.
Just disgusting to see a business that claims to be all gung-ho about the free speech of it's players and how kindly and humane it is, engage in silencing of GMs and Players and own Customer-Spectators over China.
Particularly after they boycotted one-sex bathrooms in North Carolina to the tune of millions of dollars. Nobody likes a thunderous hypocrite
Oh I do! They're funny.
NoCoupForYou says
I guess all these woke companies are only interested in Gay Trans rights, or really, the pockets of virtue singalling tenured government employees.
I think they are interested in this:
and only interested in that. Businesses are almost always ammoral. It's the consumers of that business that determines the morals of the business.
The reality isn't that the NBA are hypocrites, it's the fans that are. Boycott or shut the F up.
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richwicks
2019 Oct 10, 4:39pm
richwicks
2019 Oct 10, 4:39pm
OccasionalCortex says
Taiwan is just a boat ride away..
Also, don't remember any protests for "democracy" when they were under the thumb of the UK, of course, they were kind of the gateway between mainland China and the rest of the world, and they took a piece of the action during that time. Now they are on equal terms, and can't exploit the mainland.
Protests are nearly always top down. I don't believe this is a grass roots effort, just more astro-turf.
Please stop with the logic-challenged crap that just because they never had it before doesn't mean that they don't want it.
Taiwan is just a boat ride away..
Also, don't remember any protests for "democracy" when they were under the thumb of the UK, of course, they were kind of the gateway between mainland China and the rest of the world, and they took a piece of the action during that time. Now they are on equal terms, and can't exploit the mainland.
Protests are nearly always top down. I don't believe this is a grass roots effort, just more astro-turf.
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richwicks
2019 Oct 10, 5:00pm
richwicks
2019 Oct 10, 5:00pm
OccasionalCortex says
I always make sense unless I'm intoxicated or just flat out not thinking properly.
Where we disagree, or rather your mistake, is that you think of governments as being well, governments. They aren't. They're just a mafia. I believe you are naive to think that the US or the West in general gives a crap about any democratic movement, especially since they spend so much time subverting them.
The underlying support of the protests is just a political move by the West. If the West really believed in democracy, they would just end all trade relationships with China - and in fact, would have never made any trade relationships with China.
If people in the West really believed in democracy they wouldn't buy anything from China, they wouldn't trade with China, in fact, they would boycott companies that do business with China. They don't.
You see, the problem isn't China's lack of democracy, it's you. You're the problem. Your neighbor is a problem. Your company is the problem. Your government is the problem. You're just virtue signalling and I'm doing the appallingly distasteful thing of pointing it out. How dare I, that's not fair is it?
Remember the calls to "Free Tibet" 20 year ago? When's the last time you saw a bumpersticker for that? Oh, it's not in vogue anymore. People are puppets and they virtue signal constantly, they have no real principles. You know what Tibet was like before China took it over? It was no utopia. You know who the Dalai Llama really is? He's the dictator of Tibet - or was - well, technically. He was just some kid that was taken from his parents when he was a baby, raised by the true rulers of the country to be a perfect puppet when he became an adult, convinced that his decisions were actually his decisions. Tibet was a religious dictatorship. "Freeing" Tibet, is returning to that!
Everything is funny, once you truly understand it and nothing is complicated, once you start viewing it as a bunch of sociopaths running everything and a bunch of lemmings following them as if they had any principles.
NOW you are starting to say shit that makes sense. Up vote for you.
I always make sense unless I'm intoxicated or just flat out not thinking properly.
Where we disagree, or rather your mistake, is that you think of governments as being well, governments. They aren't. They're just a mafia. I believe you are naive to think that the US or the West in general gives a crap about any democratic movement, especially since they spend so much time subverting them.
The underlying support of the protests is just a political move by the West. If the West really believed in democracy, they would just end all trade relationships with China - and in fact, would have never made any trade relationships with China.
If people in the West really believed in democracy they wouldn't buy anything from China, they wouldn't trade with China, in fact, they would boycott companies that do business with China. They don't.
You see, the problem isn't China's lack of democracy, it's you. You're the problem. Your neighbor is a problem. Your company is the problem. Your government is the problem. You're just virtue signalling and I'm doing the appallingly distasteful thing of pointing it out. How dare I, that's not fair is it?
Remember the calls to "Free Tibet" 20 year ago? When's the last time you saw a bumpersticker for that? Oh, it's not in vogue anymore. People are puppets and they virtue signal constantly, they have no real principles. You know what Tibet was like before China took it over? It was no utopia. You know who the Dalai Llama really is? He's the dictator of Tibet - or was - well, technically. He was just some kid that was taken from his parents when he was a baby, raised by the true rulers of the country to be a perfect puppet when he became an adult, convinced that his decisions were actually his decisions. Tibet was a religious dictatorship. "Freeing" Tibet, is returning to that!
Everything is funny, once you truly understand it and nothing is complicated, once you start viewing it as a bunch of sociopaths running everything and a bunch of lemmings following them as if they had any principles.
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Booger
2019 Oct 10, 5:32pm
Booger
2019 Oct 10, 5:32pm
https://babylonbee.com/news/america-offers-to-trade-its-communists-for-democratic-protesters-in-hong-kong
America Offers To Trade All Of Its Communists For Democratic Protesters In Hong Kong
Through some great negotiating on the part of Donald Trump, we've struck a deal to trade all of our country's Communists for Hong Kong's democratic protesters.
After the deal was made, the military began rounding up the Communists---who didn't complain, as they're all for an authoritarian state---and putting them in cargo planes. They were then flown across the Pacific Ocean and dropped off in Hong Kong before the democratic protesters in China were loaded up into the now-empty planes and flown back to America.
"This is the best deal, maybe ever," said Trump. "We'll get rid of some wackos on the left, my buddy Xi will be happy with his new commie followers, and we'll gain some great new citizens who will be really appreciative to me and never complain about anything. Greatest deal in the history of deals."
America Offers To Trade All Of Its Communists For Democratic Protesters In Hong Kong
Through some great negotiating on the part of Donald Trump, we've struck a deal to trade all of our country's Communists for Hong Kong's democratic protesters.
After the deal was made, the military began rounding up the Communists---who didn't complain, as they're all for an authoritarian state---and putting them in cargo planes. They were then flown across the Pacific Ocean and dropped off in Hong Kong before the democratic protesters in China were loaded up into the now-empty planes and flown back to America.
"This is the best deal, maybe ever," said Trump. "We'll get rid of some wackos on the left, my buddy Xi will be happy with his new commie followers, and we'll gain some great new citizens who will be really appreciative to me and never complain about anything. Greatest deal in the history of deals."
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Booger
2019 Oct 10, 5:34pm
Booger
2019 Oct 10, 5:34pm
I'm going to change my password to "Chinaisasshoe!" somewhere at some point.
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Heraclitusstudent
2019 Oct 10, 6:10pm
Heraclitusstudent
2019 Oct 10, 6:10pm
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/opinion/china-houston-rockets.html
Dealing With China Isn’t Worth the Moral Cost
We thought economic growth and technology would liberate China. Instead, it corrupted us.
Dealing With China Isn’t Worth the Moral Cost
We thought economic growth and technology would liberate China. Instead, it corrupted us.
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richwicks
2019 Oct 10, 6:21pm
richwicks
2019 Oct 10, 6:21pm
Heraclitusstudent says
Who is this "we"?
The US government has never worked in the interest of the citizens of the United States - they work in the interest of themselves and the banking system that enslaves us.
If "we" are the US citizens, you aren't that old. I remember back in the 1980's the Silent Generation openly complaining about trading with a communist dictatorship and buying their products. Boomers have absolutely no morals, and Generation X and Y and the Millenials were dragged along the ride. Silent Generation I develop more and more respect for every year. Boomers I couldn't possibly have less respect for. They are scum.
We thought economic growth and technology would liberate China. Instead, it corrupted us.
Who is this "we"?
The US government has never worked in the interest of the citizens of the United States - they work in the interest of themselves and the banking system that enslaves us.
If "we" are the US citizens, you aren't that old. I remember back in the 1980's the Silent Generation openly complaining about trading with a communist dictatorship and buying their products. Boomers have absolutely no morals, and Generation X and Y and the Millenials were dragged along the ride. Silent Generation I develop more and more respect for every year. Boomers I couldn't possibly have less respect for. They are scum.
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RWSGFY
2019 Oct 10, 6:45pm
RWSGFY
2019 Oct 10, 6:45pm
richwicks says
Somebody is full of shit.
I remember back in the 1980's the Silent Generation openly complaining
Somebody is full of shit.
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CBOEtrader
2019 Oct 16, 2:28pm
CBOEtrader
2019 Oct 16, 2:28pm
NoCoupForYou says
Happened 18 months ago, still bizarre tho. https://thepointsguy.com/2018/03/marriott-employee-fired-after-liking-tweet-that-offended-chinese-government/
The employee merely LIKED a tweet praising marriott for calling Tibet a country (paraphrased from article).
The employee was a social media manager. Liking tweets that are positive to marriott was probably a normal part of his job.
China complained, so marriott fired him.
Pretty fucked up
In the past 48 hours...
Competitors have been banned from Video Game Contests for having "Free Hong Kong" tweets
People have been thrown out of NBA preseason games for yelling "Free Hong Kong"
ESPN (Disney) silencing any and all Chinese criticism.
A Marriott Employee was fired for a pro-Tibet tweet after China complained.
Happened 18 months ago, still bizarre tho. https://thepointsguy.com/2018/03/marriott-employee-fired-after-liking-tweet-that-offended-chinese-government/
The employee merely LIKED a tweet praising marriott for calling Tibet a country (paraphrased from article).
The employee was a social media manager. Liking tweets that are positive to marriott was probably a normal part of his job.
China complained, so marriott fired him.
Pretty fucked up
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HeadSet
2020 Jan 24, 8:17pm
HeadSet
2020 Jan 24, 8:17pm
Yes, but now the soldiers have contracted the virus, and must be euthanized next.
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MisdemeanorRebel
2020 Jan 28, 8:13am
MisdemeanorRebel
2020 Jan 28, 8:13am
Lots of air freight gets loaded on Passenger Flights.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeboyd/2020/01/27/sudden-free-fall-chinaus-air-traffic/#7be0c448208c
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeboyd/2020/01/27/sudden-free-fall-chinaus-air-traffic/#7be0c448208c
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CBOEtrader
2020 Jan 28, 8:28am
CBOEtrader
2020 Jan 28, 8:28am
HeadSet says
thats why the soldiers in back also have guns
Yes, but now the soldiers have contracted the virus, and must be euthanized next.
thats why the soldiers in back also have guns
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MisdemeanorRebel
2020 Jan 29, 1:12pm
MisdemeanorRebel
2020 Jan 29, 1:12pm
Starbucks to close about half their coffee shops in China. 2,000 Starbucks
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51276317
What was that about the Chinese economy being unstoppable? And the Iranian Oil Bourse that would make the dollar replaceable by the Renmenbi?
Trump broke China.
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51276317
What was that about the Chinese economy being unstoppable? And the Iranian Oil Bourse that would make the dollar replaceable by the Renmenbi?
Trump broke China.
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Competitors have been banned from Video Game Contests for having "Free Hong Kong" tweets
People have been thrown out of NBA preseason games for yelling "Free Hong Kong"
ESPN (Disney) silencing any and all Chinese criticism.
A Marriott Employee was fired for a pro-Tibet tweet after China complained.