For the past 40 years, Russians have been carrying out espionage against the United States. No one raised too much of a hue and cry about it. However, now that the Chinese have been discovered doing the same thing, people are up in arms. Why? Could it be because the Russians are white and the Chinese are not? Is it an ex post justification for the attack on the Chinese embassy in Belgrade? What bloody hypocricy!
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Unfortunately, you likely won't get too much support from
the white people on this site. You think travel would
broaden their horizons, but unfortunately they prefer the
comfort of their unquestioned racism
ditto Observer
Ok, I hate to pass up this opportunity to jump on the
racist bandwagon, but I vaguely remember the US panicking
about those evil Russian commies who aimed to steal our
(US) military secrets, infiltrate our government, corrupt
our children, etc. Certainly lives (white and not-white)
have been lost over Russian and American espionage activity
in the US and abroad. As far as justification for bombing
the Chinese embassy goes - wasn't information on Chinese
spies in New Mexico released well before the attack in
Belgrade? Or was that all part of the master plan? hmmm....
Thanks for making your judgements about the people on this
site without waiting for them to make their opinions
known. If they don't support djs statement it will more than
likely be because of his own rabid style of racism in the
past.
you may think i have a hang up about this, but anyway - i
went to sydney on the weeked. you know how daggy things
like hawian shirts seem to become cool about 8 yrs down the
track? well, in oxford street i saw some hip and happening
dudes kicking about in guess what? tight dark blue levis,
and big white high cut trainers! there is hope for you
yet . . .
you may think i have a hang up about this, but anyway - i
went to sydney on the weeked. you know how daggy things
like hawian shirts seem to become cool about 8 yrs down the
track? well, in oxford street i saw some hip and happening
dudes kicking about in guess what? tight dark blue levis,
and big white high cut trainers! there is hope for you
yet . . .
who said no one made a big deal about russian spying? what
was mcarthyism about again? though i do agree - imagine
the shitfight if iran was getting secrets . . .
I even heard on the Art Bell program that they are
tunnelling through the center of the earth to carry out a
surprise attack on the USA and may alrady have reached the
halfway point.
But,aside from espionage which every country indulges in,the
Chinese(amongst several other notorious nations)shamelessly
rip off intellectual property by totally ignoring copyright
on,clothing,software,cd's,etc etc.
It's simply theft,and their governments turn a blind eye to
it.
"No one raised too much of a hue and cry about it." What?
What do you think the entire Cold War was about? Espionage
was just one aspect of the Cold War. Man, there was a
waste of billions of dollar, rubles, and a host of other
currencies in this "silent war". Plus, thousands died
indirectly through boths sides' indirect action against
each other in other countries.
If the Chinese got as much as "they" say, then it was the
bloody US intelligence that was at fault. But even under a
worse case scenerio, there are far more war heads floating
around Russia (that could get into the hands of far more
adversarial characters than China) and the former USSR than
China can ever hope to produce.
I once thought dj was an angry person of color, but I've
revised my theory to believe he's just another white guy
doing a little trolling. Nobody could really be this
ignorant of the main event of this century. Do the words
U-2 Incident, Cold War, and Mutually Assured Destruction
ring a bell? How about "Cuban Missile Crisis"? If you don't
include the Cold War, no other generalizations you care to
make about 20th Century history are to be taken seriously.
"But even under a
worse case scenerio, there are far more war heads
floating
around Russia (that could get into the hands of far
more
adversarial characters than China) and the former USSR
than
China can ever hope to produce. "
Wilster your pathetic little colonial yank upbringing may
cloud your vision, but do not insult a country with 5,000
years culture that you can never hope to understand.
Poms like us laugh at little yanks like you who bitch and
moan about human rights this, human rights that, and then
financially support dictators just because they kiss
american asses.