Democratic India has done it with a free press and without state sanctioned mass murder and torture. From: nswolves@googlegroups.com [mailto:nswolves@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steven Millward Sent: Wednesday, 20 April 2011 6:55 PM To: nswolves@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [NSWolves] Politically savvy football fans? I think I'm the only one that struggles with the China problem. I've mentioned this to others and they've been horrified. But...
I realise that there are human rights problems there in vast number. However, the Chinese government has succeeded in moving hundreds of millions of people out of abject poverty over the last two decades. I seriously doubt if that could have been acheived in a free democracy. I come back to the Vulcan philosophy that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. There might be a million people who are in jail for political crimes but what if the life of hundreds of millions has been improved? Tough one eh? On 17 April 2011 20:36, Rog & Reet <rognr...@exemail.com.au> wrote: Last week, when Sydney FC played against Shanghai Shenhua in the Asian Champions League, the fans in The Cove entertained the small crowd with several pithy ditties, including: "One Dalai Lama, there's only one Dalai Lama," and, to the tune of Yellow Submarine, "We all live in a free democracy, free democracy, a free democracy ." -- Q: If you could change one thing about Wolves history, what would it be? A That Peter Knowles was on the bog when the door was knocked. -- Q: If you could change one thing about Wolves history, what would it be? A That Peter Knowles was on the bog when the door was knocked. -- Q: If you could change one thing about Wolves history, what would it be? A That Peter Knowles was on the bog when the door was knocked.
