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Lily

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:29:10 +0800

You must have misunderstood me. Of course I think that killing pets for no reason is wrong, and I'm fully against what these officials are doing. However, saying that you were born with more "humanity" than someone else is just plain ignorant and arrogant.

Ironfrost

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:39:07 +0800

I've seen so many stories about these 1 kuai domain names, but everywhere I try to register one wants to charge me 100RMB/year or more. Does anyone know where I can find them at the official price? Changing subject to foreign-Chinese marriages, I wonder what the equivalent statistics are for Chinese-Chinese weddings. I wouldn't be surprised if that one showed a fair few years average age difference as well.

Surprised

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 01:12:48 +0800

You were at the Nuremberg trials?

tony tang

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:17:13 +0800

Lily, i won't deny that things do get a bit harder if you're put on the spot as an official but overall, that "i'm just an official following strict rules" argument is a really lame one, one that i believe I've heard during the Nuremberg trials.

hdp

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:17:20 +0800

"Shanghai women and their foreign husbands" What about Shanghai men and their foreign wives? Does it ever happen?

plex

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:47:03 +0800

Nicely said, Tony. Ignore Lily.

ikea

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:37:32 +0800

Humans kill animals routinely for food, clothes, decoration... Unless you are an anti leather vegetarian, it is hard for you to lecture the rest of us on the topic of humanity when it comes to killing helpless animals. Dogs are cute. I love cats even more. However, if people are not responsible pet owners and their pets affect the health of humans that come in contact with the pets, are we supposed to just do nothing? I am sure the chickens and ducks they slaughter routinely for fear of bird flu are cute too, and some people keep them as pets (obviously against regulation in urban areas). Would you advocate the do nothing approach in that case? It is terrible to see dogs and cats being killed. It is a terrible short term solution to the problems many other countries face as well, though I don't think Americans could ever stomach that kind of solution. Long term solutions will have to include vaccinations, alteration, and some publicly funded shelters. If pet owners are more responsible, there will perhaps be less homeless and disease prone pets and as a result the official reactions to the problem won't be as drastic as this.

tony tang

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:44:27 +0800

um...okay...and yours wouldn't?

Lily

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:28:06 +0800

Tony, don't flatter yourself. Of course you think you have more "humanity" than an official who's job is to carry out strict rules. If you were in that person's place, your level of "humanity" would probably drop too.

tony tang

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:28:48 +0800

i don't know about these people who slaughter pets but just speaking for myself, i find it just a bit difficult to kill a cuddly, helpless little dog, especially considering there might be someone out there with deep emotional attachments to the dog... maybe not all of us are born with the same amount of humanity? i mean i can't speak for other people, but perhaps there are some things i feel for that other people just aren't capable of feeling?