"Jim Larson" <larsonjmR.E.M.O.V.E.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Weirdwolf wrote:
>
>> Jim Larson <larsonjmR.E.M.O.V.E.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
>> news:Xns9A79B33BC18C03v234oiwofui3284af93@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>> Weirdwolf wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Paul Richardson" <paulszoo.ARMADILLO@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
>>>> news:1iyKj.54554$833.42884@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "John Iwaniszek" <not@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>>>> news:Xns9A78620F85DCFjoiwhnanri@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>> Paul Richardson wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Tyler Trafford" <ttrafford+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>>>>>>> Jim Larson wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Tyler Trafford wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> John Iwaniszek wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Weirdwolf wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Need a giggle?
>>>>>>>>>>>> Go to IMDB.com and enter "wanker" into the search box.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> How is that possible?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Either the god of the Internet is British, or "wanker" is a
>>>>>>>>>> common misspelling of "walker".
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Why does typing in "walker" produce no reference to the Chimp in
>>>>>>>>> Chief?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://www.imdb.com/find?q=walker;more=nm
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It does for partial match.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Interesting to see how far up the list Shrub comes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Interesting to see how deep the geek runs here.
>>>>>
>>>>> Bottomless geek
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ah explains why people keep telling me I am full of ****!
>>>> Oh by the way did you enjoy the Olympic torch thingy? Nice to see
>>>> that
>>>> although our government might be spineless the population can still
>>>> bugger things up.
>>>> I am rather looking forward to the London Olympics now,running the
>>>> marathon around Kings Cross and Brixton should be good for a laugh
>>>
Well it depends on what services you are looking for. Kings Cross for a
leg
over & Brixton for a bit of ganja. Could make the race interesting 8-)
>>> Just as long as they restrict the shenanigans to the torch relay, the
>>> opening ceremonies and crap like that. I'm no big fan of the olympics
>>> (I watched essentially none of it in 2004), but I think the althletes
>>> deserve to be left alone. The vast majority of them have worked hard
>>> for years in relative or total obscurity to get to this point. They
>>> don't need to be upstaged by something that won't accomplish anything
>>> anyway.
>>>
>>> (On that subject, have any of you folks talked to any Chinese ex-pats
>>> about the whole Tibetan autonomy issue? It was an interesting exercise
>>> in the two cases in which I tried it.)
>>>
>>
>> Erm, no. I've tried to skirt the issue with my Chinese friends. I did
>> notice that my emails to China were being bounced and taking a long
time
>> to get there.
>> My teacher has a map she uses in her lessons,it includes Tibet as part
>> of
>> China and I imagine because this is how it has been traditionally been
>> taught and seen that is how it would be viewed.
>> How did it go with your friends?
>
> One is a friend and the other more of a casual acquaintance/colleague.
> Both
> have been in the US for a long time (20+ years for the shorter of the
two)
> and are American citizens, both remember the cultural revolution in
vivid
> personal terms, and neither has the least bit of love for the Chinese
> government. Both had the same opinion, independent of each other, that
the
> Chinese incursion into Tibet is (a) the best thing that's ever happened
to
> the place, (b) a matter of protest for only a tiny fraction of the
Tibetan
> population, namely the religious sorts, and (c) being wildly distorted
by
> the
> Western media and celebrities who like to hobnob with the Dalai Lama.
Are
> they just gullible and falling prey to Chinese propaganda? Maybe. I have
> no
> idea. I just thought the contrast with the usual viewpoint we see was
kind
> of
> interesting.
>
> Oh, one of the two has actually been to Tibet (as a tourist) this past
> year.
>
Well apparently Tibet only became a country after some fiddling about by
the
Foreign & Colonial Office so it's an interesting problem. The time to
protest was when the Chinese invaded. If only there were oil in them thar
hills eh?
--
Paul R
Float like a leaf on the wind
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