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Lerxstcat · 04-29-2008, 05:16 PM

Whether it's now or 20 years from now, our only true deterrent against China is MAD. You can say we'd survive a nuclear war with them now - but what if that exchange incites Russia to attack us at the same time? THEY still have PLENTY of ICBMs, our nuking china would directly impact Russia in terms of massive fallout - and they might figure they'd never have a better chance to eliminate us.

China really won't be harmed if we boycott the Olympics - whoever shows up and competes will just gain an advantage by the abscence of the boycotting countries' athletes. So, we screw our own Olympic athletes and that's it.

So thinking that we have any ;leverage NOW is an illusion. But, the chinese have long memories. They remember European powers telling them what to do in their own country in the 1800s. They remember European intervention destroying the Chinese Empire that had lasted for thousands of years and fragmenting their country.

The Chinese are not aggressing new territories like Nazi Germany or Iraq did. They're applying the same laws that exist in their country to foreigners coming into their country. Just as we would do. We may not like it, but it's internal to their country. We don't like the Saudis making their women wear burkhas, but female American military personnel wear burkhas in public in Saudi Arabia. We don't demand to drink alcohol in Saudi because it's our custom in the US.

Boycott if you want to screw US athletes, and piss the Chinese off in such a way that they'll remember 20 years from now, and wait til they can put the screws to us. It's not appeasement to recognize a country's right to enforce its laws within its own borders.

Hey dude, you know in Canada you can have sex with a 14-year-old girl. so Canadians should be able to come here and have sex with 14-year-olds because they can do it in Canada? What you're demanding is basically the same thing - for them to set their laws aside because you disagree. It's a little different when the subject is sex, but the principle is exactly the same - respecting a country's laws within its borders, and not trying to foist your ways upon their country.

04-29-2008, 05:16 PM	#19 (permalink)
Lerxstcat Band Whore Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 394 Rep Power: 23	Whether it's now or 20 years from now, our only true deterrent against China is MAD. You can say we'd survive a nuclear war with them now - but what if that exchange incites Russia to attack us at the same time? THEY still have PLENTY of ICBMs, our nuking china would directly impact Russia in terms of massive fallout - and they might figure they'd never have a better chance to eliminate us. China really won't be harmed if we boycott the Olympics - whoever shows up and competes will just gain an advantage by the abscence of the boycotting countries' athletes. So, we screw our own Olympic athletes and that's it. So thinking that we have any ;leverage NOW is an illusion. But, the chinese have long memories. They remember European powers telling them what to do in their own country in the 1800s. They remember European intervention destroying the Chinese Empire that had lasted for thousands of years and fragmenting their country. The Chinese are not aggressing new territories like Nazi Germany or Iraq did. They're applying the same laws that exist in their country to foreigners coming into their country. Just as we would do. We may not like it, but it's internal to their country. We don't like the Saudis making their women wear burkhas, but female American military personnel wear burkhas in public in Saudi Arabia. We don't demand to drink alcohol in Saudi because it's our custom in the US. Boycott if you want to screw US athletes, and piss the Chinese off in such a way that they'll remember 20 years from now, and wait til they can put the screws to us. It's not appeasement to recognize a country's right to enforce its laws within its own borders. Hey dude, you know in Canada you can have sex with a 14-year-old girl. so Canadians should be able to come here and have sex with 14-year-olds because they can do it in Canada? What you're demanding is basically the same thing - for them to set their laws aside because you disagree. It's a little different when the subject is sex, but the principle is exactly the same - respecting a country's laws within its borders, and not trying to foist your ways upon their country.