Friday, August 01, 2008

The Chinese fashion police that broke the camels back.

I am for the most part against boycotts and other such sanctions, political and otherwise, I always feel that they simply make the problem worse, that they force the country in question into ever more and more extreme actions simply to prove that you can not push them around, this is particularly true in the case of China where pride is especially important, as such I have always felt that what needs to be done is that they should be brought out into the world and that if you do that it will encourage them to change and that slowly but surely things will get better, but then I heard this story, that as a result of the Beijing Olympics the people of China are being handed down dictums about what they can and cannot wear, how they can and cannot have their hair and even how they should stand, it is like the straw that broke the camels back, this is by no means the worst thing that the Chinese authorities have done, but I react so harshly against it because this in one important manner is so much worse because it is an extra tyranny levied against the Chinese people because of us, because if they were not getting the Olympics, then this would not be happening, we can not allow this to happen, because it is in effect being done for our benefit, we must say no to it and if necessary say no to the Olympics, if everyone refuses to go, the Chinese will have to listen to us or run the risk of becoming an international laughing stock.

3 comments:

Katiez Furry Mewz said...

Chinese Fashion police?!? Sounds like a job for Reader's Digest article "That's Outrageous!"

I think the Chinese people are smart enough to know how to dress with quality without being told to...

What's next... Chinese burkhas?

Oh wait... maybe i'm supposed to wrap my feet up and hobble around all day.

No thanks. I'll just go back to the kitchen again, barefoot and unpregnant.

=^..^=

(the dog driving the bus is reminiscent of Belzer who played the bus driver in a comedic parody of the million man march...)

Katiez Furry Mewz said...

You wrote that you aren't a dit...

ummm what's a dit?

About the cat taking a drink from the shower... maybe brave isn't the word. Maybe stupid... but looks rather athletic, like those contortionists which cats are very good at being.

Cats have these interesting spines that let them do really odd antics.

=^..^=

Phillip R Goodman said...

i suppose its possible that they are just guidelines but then this is the chinese we're talking about, and the rules apparently also apply to people visiting so i guess we'll see in a few days