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- From: nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu)
- Subject: Re: Taiwan News (late)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.222304.17479@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 22:23:04 GMT
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- In article <9232304.20855@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> dht@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Joyous Dave baby) writes:
- >
- >Exactly my point, the above is a Christian/Western idea. This is not
- >a concept of commiting a crime against all mankind. The idea arises
- >from the Christian mythology of One Body, how one part of the body
- >gets hurt, the rest of the body gets hurt, too. That's a Christian
- >idea. In Chinese culture, you can be against heaven, against your
- >country, against your parents, against your friends, but *not*
- >against humanity.
- 28~
- Yes you can. Look at some history. There were a lot of cases when
- emperors were accused (by their overthrowers) of committing crimes
- against the people, i. e., humanity. Examples are Yang Guan and He
- Lien Bo Bo.
- >
- >Are you a Christian or are you on the edge of becoming a pro-USA
- >banana?
- 28~
- I am Christian. What does that have anything to do with pro-USA
- or being a "banana" anyway? I am truly distressed that you are reduced
- to personal attacks here.
- >
- >I am a Christian, I believe if a Christian sins, the whole body
- >suffers, but I don't see how someone can commit a crime against
- >humanity. Someone can be against Muslims by killing them...
- >but not humanity!
- 28~
- And so, only the Muslims should care about the crimes committed
- against them? You have not answered my question on this one.
- >
- >>Dave, if you still consider it meddling, would you also consider police who
- >>arrest child molestors (from the children's families) meddling in domestic
- >>affairs?
-
- Why is this a trick question, anyway? You have not provided an answer
- nor a reason why you consider it inappropriate for me to ask this
- question.
-