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Originally posted by IchiNiSan
reply to post by jetxnet
4) Relgious:
Some say God or other all-mighty power is "punishing China and/or World". I'm a Buddhist myself, so I do't believe in a God. Even if a God does exist, it will be hard to imagine he is a mass-murderer, even killing so many innocent blank-paged children. Children who don't even know what it looks like to walk on the streets of Shenzhen.
Originally posted by johnsky
Okay, woah, wait one minute.
I don't know if you intentionally did so... but you've grossly exaggerated the scenario.
A : 1,500 miles from Delingha in central China, places the range as only just able to leave China... unless you're speaking about Mongolia, because they would be a prime target for this missile site.
Here... this should paint a clearer picture for you.
Thats a rough drawing of a 1,500 mile range from the missile site. As you can see, the best targets for this missile site are in Mongolia and China itself.
The US keeps building up their economy while they point more missles at the West.
Dead wrong. This missile site, as I stated, and you posted the link... has a range of 1,500 miles... thats approximately 6,500 miles short of being capable of reaching you.
Don't try to claim this site is for aiming at the west... that's like saying little johnny's packing a BB Gun with the intent on taking out the local police. It's absurd.
I'm no supporter of Chinas recent politics... but don't try and tell us this is intended to be aimed at the west... it's so ridiculously under-ranged, the mere notion of it reaching the western world is a fairytale.
And as for your comment on supporting their economy. Let me bring things back down to reality here... without China, the United States would cease to be a consumer nation. Given that the US has no major exports... the US economy would cease to exist without China there to buy goods from.
Like I said, I can't stand Chinas politics lately... but don't make a big deal out of something that really isn't.
If you're worried about Mongolia, then that's a valid concern, as the missile range was clearly intended to target Mongolia. But don't make claims it's to be targeted at the western world...entirely wrong area of the world.
[EDIT] And no, Taiwan is just outside the reach of the 1,500 mile maximum range.
[edit on 21-5-2008 by johnsky]
Originally posted by IchiNiSan
reply to post by zarzar
And this is your reasoning why someone can not be a buddhist, just because I live in a "communist" country and have a certain opinion about certain topics? Put your prejudices aside and start to learn the person before judging anyone.
Originally posted by jetxnet
Thanks, those aren't the missles pointed at the West, this was my mistake.
The main concern about these missles is the shooting down of American satellites.
Read the article for more information.
[edit on 21-5-2008 by jetxnet]
Originally posted by IchiNiSan
reply to post by zarzar
Indeed China is hardly a communist system anymore ever since Deng Xiaoping laid out the peaceful path to reform and grow, by abandoning collectivism and embrace capitalism. To many points I don't agree, but I would like to address only one of your point. I would not agree with you the claim of "artificially incited nationalism". So far I observed and experienced this is by far not artificially incited and more an awakening of something very special in many Chinese all over the world. We are talking about 4th or 5th generation Overseas Chinese sharing the same pride in the Chinese culture. These very people who will disagree with the Chinese government in Beijing for many things, we do stand up together and get united when it comes down to a general attack on the Chinese people. And just because this is not artificially, it is most likely now scaring certain evil powers even more than ever, and I bet this unexpected awakening is forcing them to modify or re-define their outlined plans....
Originally posted by zarzar