Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong Kong protests

Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by jhedwards on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @01:40PM (#21128254)

Part of my point is that this is being done by the CCP. If you want to say the CCP doesn't have ethics that's a different argument than "China doesn't have ethics", and I don't think that's too pedantic too point out.

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Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by hobofan on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @02:24PM (#21128884)

I think that distinction is already sufficiently implied.

China/<Country's name> == The government of China/<The government of Country>

and

The Chinese == The inhabitants of China

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Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by CharlesColeman on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:41PM (#21129696)

> I think that distinction is already sufficiently implied.

No, it's not.

> China/<Country's name> == The government of China/<The government of Country>

> and

> The Chinese == The inhabitants of China

I've had some rather deep political conversations with a few Chinese people, and it's my understanding that education there doesn't stress the distinction between the Chinese nation and the Chinese government. So, using the word "China" to condemn the government can will often be interpreted as condemning the nation and does encourages ordinary Chinese to stand by their government, right or wrong. Don't do that.

If you want to condemn the Chinese government, name the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) in your condemnations, for clarity's sake.

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Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by carapace on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:42PM (#21129711)

Do the people going to the clinics for life-saving organ transplants know that the organs are coming from prisoners who do not give them up voluntarily?

Where did the CCP get all the doctors and nurses who carry out the vivisections and transplantations?

I don't want to engage in what I call the "calculus of evil".

I wonder how many Americans would fly to China to get organs to save their lives knowing where the organs come from.

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Re:Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong ... by sdinsn on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @02:47PM (#21129139)

When he refers to "China" he is talking about the government, AKA the CCP.

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