Tag: China

Something’s Not Quite Right

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So I just finished watching this video about a kid having his hand stepped on by an adult. The title of the video claims that it is in China but after viewing it countless numbers of times, either they are speaking a dialect that is considered the minority (not Mandarin or Cantonese) which means that this is somewhere in the country (explains the brutality) … or the fact that this did not really take place in China at all. Japan was known to cut off the hands of thieves back in the days …. Hmm. I am not trying to defend China blindly but it’s no coincidence that the Chinese have been taking a whole lot of social and political heat lately. I don’t know if it’s propaganda or just a huge change in the way people are but something is just not right.

In the video, the massive public surrounds a little light-skinned boy. People are supposedly saying that he stole something or bumped into an old lady (something along those lines). Everyone just stands around him while this one guy pretty much decides to teach the little kid a lesson by kicking him around and going as far as to stepping on his hand. I’ve heard someone say that they were telling the “white boy” to get lost/go home. A lot of white people are pissed. Yes, that little kid is very pale but Asians typically can be light-skinned, too.

I don’t condone violence and apathy at all, but I really can’t help but feel that we’re not getting the entire story here. It seems more like a goal lately to blame the Chinese for a lot of things.

Think about it. Put a video of something graphically violent and make sure you leave no background information or subtitles. All you see is a bunch of Asians being violent.

Hopefully, this all clears up soon. I’d rather question as much as possible than take everything shoved at me at face value. Either way, this situation needs some clarification.

UPDATE: Turns out that this kid tripped an old lady so he could pickpocket her. He got caught by the son of the old lady, the one who steps on the kid’s hand. I don’t know what to say or where to stand. I don’t want the kid to get hurt because what if he were my kid? I wouldn’t want that to happen. But another point is that the child got off easy as opposed to getting a hand chopped off or something. Also, it seems as though the kid is mixed with Chinese and (fill in the blank) … so he’s not just white. Not sure if that really matters, but hey, it is an update after all.

MARTA Depresses while US Meddles in Philippines-China-Vietnam Affair

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So Pete made me some breakfast in bed and I’m in the office now. I’m onto the usual morning routine – facebook and gmail. I came across this post from a friend of mine about MARTA, the public transportation system of Atlanta, and it’s nothing too good to hear about. Starting October 2nd this year, the one-way fare jumps from $2.00 to $2.50. I mean, that’s not bad compared to other transportation systems in US. However, Georgia and Atlanta’s economic situation is not like NYC or Los Angeles. MARTA’s monthly pass (like the metro card) also goes from $68 to $95. It’s pretty steep. MARTA is privately owned and funded so it’s not helping that Congress nor the state government wants nothing to do with MARTA. It doesn’t matter if the fare price increase will allocate funds for MARTA because in the long run, it will go out of business in no more than three decades. MARTA can only keep increasing its prices in short amounts of time for so long before everyone gets fed up. In the meantime, I guess this is some kind of incentive for Atlantans to really step it up and all buy cars.

Another thing that’s currently going on is the China-Philippines-Vietnam issue. I’m pretty sure that the tension will blow over as soon as it started with no escalation of any sorts. Of course, that is if the US starts to learn from its own mistakes and stops trying to be Big Brother (no reference to 1984 or Orwellian) to a whole bunch of countries. We’re in Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, and a few more to boot. Either it’s WWIII around the corner or the fact that America is doing some really interesting behind the scenes work to make more nations like us or controlled by us. There are a lot of events currently that the media is being a bit too quiet about. It’s almost a hassle to learn the truth these days because that’s not what the media wants us to focus on.

Knowing China, this is one nation that will never start the fight but if anything is started, China will retaliate although China will remain unresponsive to the taunts of Philippines and the US. This a typical territorial spat between China, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Of course the US signed a defense treaty in 1951, but the fact that the US believes China will act aggressively in this matter is something too far-fetched to even believe. Face it America, shit ain’t going to happen and stop trying to find a reason to claim more territory through your pretenses with other nations. Let these nations talk it out in a conference, like they were planning on doing in the first place, and call it a day.