dodge one
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British Citizen executed in China
Dec 29, 2009, 19:23
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I have to say, I've noticed that several times in the past i've read post's here expressing outrage and livid anger over executions that have occured here in the United States.
Yet not a peep from anyone here regarding this.
I guess China {with the highest per capita execution rate} gets a pass.
Or perhaps it's just that the U.S. is still the popular whipping boy of the week.
Hope i'm wrong about that.
The silence is deafning.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091229/ap_on_re_as/as_china_britain_death_sentence
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dodge one
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Re: British Citizen executed in China
Dec 29, 2009, 19:37
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Sorry....in the interest of accuracy.
It is Singapore with the Highest ''Per Capita'' execution rates.
China simply has the MOST executions of any country, yearly, by virtue of it's staggering population figures.
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Lawrence
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Re: British Citizen executed in China
Dec 29, 2009, 21:43
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No. I've always been angry about the injustice in countries like China, whose brutality is completely apalling and unacceptable. The problem is China weilds way too much power and most other governments look away.
Man if I had a rocket launcher...
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Popel Vooje
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Edited Dec 29, 2009, 22:23
Re: British Citizen executed in China
Dec 29, 2009, 22:22
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Agreed - I read about this and was appalled.
The guy should at least have had a psychiatric examination first. All the testimonies from people who knew him, including his family, indicate that he had a fairly high-grade mental health condition, but it would seem that in China such considerations things are secondary to the war on drugs, and erasing the legacy of the Opium Wars (which Britain started, of course).
And yeah, China's human rights record is feral, to say the least.
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handofdave
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Re: British Citizen executed in China
Dec 29, 2009, 22:50
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America is SUPPOSED to be an enlightened, 'Christian' nation, so in a sense it deserves every ounce of criticism it gets regarding it's dismal record of railroading people into the death chamber.
China is a totalitarian nation, so while the outrage is no less when they do the same, it's no big surprise. After all, the butchers of Tiananmen Square are still in power.
A petty heroin smuggler doesn't deserve death, tho from what I've heard about Chinese prison labor camps it might be merely a quick death as opposed to a harsh, drawn out one.
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hedlite
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Re: British Citizen executed in China
Dec 30, 2009, 01:08
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beware humourless unloving fuckers regardless of where they call home
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geoffrey_prime
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Re: British Citizen executed in China
Dec 30, 2009, 03:29
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A fantastic statement of the bleedin' obvious. which I agree with..
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nigelswift
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Edited Dec 30, 2009, 08:41
Re: British Citizen executed in China
Dec 30, 2009, 08:37
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geoffrey_prime wrote: A fantastic statement of the bleedin' obvious. which I agree with..
Actually, not so obvious Geoffrey, IMO.
I reckon the existence of the death penalty in the States causes more shock because it's a democracy.
Not that the British can claim superiority for not having it. We have a dinky imperfect democracy whereby the majority seem to want it but this isn't reflected in parliamentary votes. Good. Long live imperfect democracy. ;)
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sanshee
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Edited Dec 30, 2009, 11:40
Re: British Citizen executed in China
Dec 30, 2009, 11:37
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If you look over this part of the site, there has been a bit of a dearth in postings in general, due to all that Christmas fun/melancholy/whatever, so I think it's been more that than anything tbh.
Sorry, but I think what you're insinuating is way off!
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handofdave
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Re: British Citizen executed in China
Dec 30, 2009, 12:28
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Your post brings up an issue that's bothered me for years, namely, that westerners frequently don't get upset about foreign nation's human rights abuses until it's a fellow westerner that is the victim.
China executes hundreds of people every year. These unfortunates are no less human. I know that you weren't suggesting as such, but the truth is that people in China are sentenced to hard labor or death every single day for lesser crimes.
I think it's probable that this fellow knew what he was carrying. He doesn't deserve death, but anyone dim enough to try to smuggle drugs in or out of a country that's known for having draconian punishments is flirting with consequences.
I have far more sympathy for the people that you will never hear about that get jailed or executed simply for criticizing their government.
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