Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Nobel Prize with Respect

Ma Zhaoxu, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a news
briefing: "By giving a convicted person the Nobel Peace Prize, they show no respect for China's judicial system."

...Let's see: Nazi Germany: Carl von Ossietzky, South Africa: Albert Lutuli and Nelson Mandela, Myanmar: Suu Kyi, Soviet Union: Sakharov, Communist Poland: Lech Walesa, Iran: Shirin Ebadi. Argentina Militay Gov: Adolfo Esquivel

Well, should we respect China's legal system?

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Where is Augustine's "City on the Hill" and who lives there?
And perhaps more importantly: How do they live - with each other?

不知彼，不知己，每戰必殆 (孫子)

(If you don't know yourself and if you don't know your enemy,
then you are in for a world of hurt!)


γνῶθι σεαυτόν (Δελφοί)

“I couldn’t imagine this ... world.
Hell is so big and dark and heaven is so small." HJM

"the U.S. has a little manifest destiny over here,
and a little more manifest destiny over there..."

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How About a Bill of Responsibilities Rather Than A Bill of Rights

What if we chose the wrong religion?
Each week we'd just make God madder and madder.