Have you guys run across this little post at antiwar.com? – because we have a page showing the Abu Ghraib abuses. Update: After channels of communication were opened as a result of this article on Gawker, Google contacted us and said they would be restoring our ads. However, Friday morning I received another demand to remove content from our site. Google has decided this … [Read more...] about About that Bastion of the Free Internet, Google…
Re-Examine a Historical Moment of Western Bias: Emperor Qianlong vs. Macartney Mission 1793
If one must examine Western bias, one can easily begin in a single historical moment of confrontation: In 1793, England sent envoy George Macartney to China. The mission was a failure of many disagreements and no agreements, and ultimately led directly or indirectly to the 2 Opium Wars. The story goes (from the British perspective): China required the British personnel to … [Read more...] about Re-Examine a Historical Moment of Western Bias: Emperor Qianlong vs. Macartney Mission 1793
Rethinking Cults Today
Last night, I woke up thinking incessantly about "Cults". What makes a "Cult" a "Cult"? Is it not a "religion", or is it? What's the difference between a "spiritual movement" and a religion? If a child pretends to talk to an imaginary friend, is that a "Religion", a "Cult", a "spiritual movement". … [Read more...] about Rethinking Cults Today
The Strange Non-Intuitive (but real) Contradiction: Free Speech vs. Truth, Rule of Mob vs. Rule of Law
If there are things impressed upon modern Western Liberal Democracy, there are 2 arguably essential things claimed: Free speech and Rule of Law. Indeed, "free media" in the West touts these 2 things often enough, and the Courts of the West equally pay tribute to these 2 things often enough. Yet, underneath, the reality is a strange contradiction of these 2 things butting … [Read more...] about The Strange Non-Intuitive (but real) Contradiction: Free Speech vs. Truth, Rule of Mob vs. Rule of Law
Freedom of Speech or Benefitting from China yet privately attacking China?
Recently there is some controversy of Xi's promotion of Maoist's old Ye'nan spirit, not only attacking the corruption, but worries of the return of leftist policies of "Cultural Revolution". Of course corruption cannot be isolated from economic, political, and cultural norms in society, and some should worry it might spread beyond the tigers and fliers to them. The recent … [Read more...] about Freedom of Speech or Benefitting from China yet privately attacking China?