Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.heimat.gr.jp!taurus!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!postnews.google.com!not-for-mail From: ltlee1@hotmail.com (LT Lee) Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan,soc.culture.british,soc.culture.scottish,soc.culture.china,fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Why do chinks hate japs and not brits? Date: 21 Nov 2004 07:07:22 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 77 Message-ID: <5eb15984.0411210707.21916f44@posting.google.com> References: <5eb15984.0411200235.6b8e011b@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 4.27.187.145 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1101049643 1655 127.0.0.1 (21 Nov 2004 15:07:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 15:07:23 +0000 (UTC) Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:22252 "FreddieN" wrote in message news:... > AHAHAHA..good one LT Lee. > Here's one for you to think about... > If it were not for Japan, Westerners woulds still think that all asiatics > were nothing but backwards assed yellow monkeys whose sole existence > on this planet was to be subservient to Caucasians. > Comments? > What westerners or other peoples thought about China is totally irrelevant. Such perception does not make it a reality. They question you need to consider is this: If Japan does not exist, who and how many would miss it and for what? Not the Chinese. > > "LT Lee" wrote in message > news:5eb15984.0411200235.6b8e011b@posting.google.com... > > Britain, as part of the West inflicted pain and suffereing to the > > Chinese as well many other peoples in the world. On the other hand, > > Britain, as part of the West, also had produced many great thinkers, > > great pioneers and great inventors which contributed to humanity. > > > > What are Japan's unique contribution to the world during her whole > > history? > > > > superoutland@aol.com (SuperOutland) wrote in message > news:... > > > In 1839, after the emperors own son had died from drug addiction, had > > > hired a moral offficial named Lin TSe Tsu to suppress the illegal > > > opium trade. Opium had long been illegal in japan, because even a > > > chink can figure out it isnt healthy for society. The chinese cracked > > > down on opium parlors and opium cargo all along the coast. > > > > > > > > > Angry at the chinese government for seizing "their" opium, the british > > > launched a series of blockades, bombardments, and coastal plunder. > > > When a peace was finally negotiated, the British demanded > > > "extraterritoriality", making it effectively illegal for Chinese to > > > arrest British drug dealers. > > > > > > > > > The worst drug addiction case in history proceeded, but things werent > > > even at their worst yet. > > > > > > > > > Later, when China was in a civil war, chinese officers mistakenly > > > arrested some british smugglers, and the British used the excuse to > > > decalare wae. They demanded money from china and that china formally > > > legalize opium, and when the Emperor refused, the British simply > > > marched on his palace and burned it down. France and Russia decided > > > to join in on the fun. Helpless, and in civil war, the Emperor ad no > > > choice but to give in. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Opium being competley legal now, even china's own merchants were > > > allowed to join in on the profits. > > > > > > > > > > > > The worst drug addiction case in history proceeded, the long term > > > effects on chinese society were atrocious. > > > > > > > > > The question is, why do the chinese admmire the british for forcing o > > > them opium, and yet hate the japanese? In the long run, the effects > > > of th opium trade (not stopped until CHina joined the allies in WW2) > > > were at least as bad. > > > > > > > > > Is it because chinese people worship whites, and hate the japanese > > > more because they are not white? > > > > > > > > > Seems to me the chinese are cowards, forgiving atrocities on them by > > > white people but not asians. Cowardly chinks.