On Mon, 5 May 2008 19:16:41 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Bruce in Bangkok" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 5 May 2008 12:45:54 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Steve Lusardi" wrote in message
...
Larry, This time your talking ****. Yes, the Chinese make generators
that
are carbon copies of the Honda, but Honda does NOT buy them and relable
them. In point of fact they PROSECUTE the importers for patent
violation.
There is a huge effort in Europe going on right now to eliminate these
patent violations. This is a very large problem in China, because this
is
not a single company violating theses patents, but literally hundreds of
companies all independent of each other.
Steve


This is a problem... patent violations... that go well beyond Honda
engines... why we continue to pander to the Chinese gov't is only clear
when
you realize how much they're country is a part of our economy. No one in
the
current administration nor most in Congress seem all that concerned by the
Chinese's use of torture and massive human rights violations.


From some of your other posts I am assuming that you are a U.S.
resident, or citizen. The question is should a U.S. citizen be
throwing slings and arrows at another country about the use of
"torture"? Or, for that matter, violation of "human rights"? I thought
that torture was an officially approved activity in the U.S. - at
least I read that Bush had condoned it.


Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)


Yes... US citizen, and I'm thoroughly embarassed by that dope in the White
House. Unfortunately, that's what we have. Unfortunately, he's not that much
worse than previous administrations in how they dealt with China. I would
also add that while we may have had more than a few questionable practices
going on wrt to torture/human rights, I don't think the US can really be
compared poorly or even close to poorly with China.

I think as a US citizen I have an obligation to condemn the use of such
practices, whether originating from here or elsewhere.


Of course you have the right, and possibly even the moral duty, to
condemn such practices, but why limit yourself to China? Nearly all
Asian countries treat their citizens the same. Some make "nice, nice,"
noises but in practice the government is right and the individual is
at their mercy, and I'm not so sure that this philosophy isn't the
prevailing political philosophy throughout the world.

I'm too lazy to do it but perhaps you might be interested in making a
list of all the countries that actually, in practice, really, truly,
protect the human rights of their citizens/residents vis-a-vis the
countries that don't.

In Asia, in Japan, China Taiwan, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Thailand,
Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia, to my personal knowledge, the
Government is RIGHT and the people have few, if any, real rights
against the Government. I have no actual knowledge of Africa but from
what I read in the newspaper the general population is "rightless".
Certainly in all the Moslem countries "Human Rights" run a distant
second to the word of the Imam.

So that is, possibly, the majority of the world's population. Care to
go on from there?

Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)