matrix077

tzm41 said:

matrix077 said:

steven n. said:

sflocal said:

I can't stand China one bit.  China's policies and attitudes are the worst for global trade and intellectual property.  I can't think of anything better than its citizens to rise up once and for all and topple that government, Hong Kong being a prime example of the distrust its citizens have towards the Chinese government.

That being said, our government should butt out about what Apple should do with its business in China.  We don't like it when China tries to tell us what to do, so neither should we.

These politicians are only making a ruckus to ensure their re-election.  Nothing more.

I agree with you fully on this. The thing most people miss is the protesters achieved their goal of blocking the extradition law and now they risk looking like basic anarchists. This will hurt in future protests since people won’t be able to relate to your grievance; people will simply assume you’re a malcontent. 

I beg to differ. They didn’t achieve their goal at all. The bill was put on hold but can be re-instated anytime. Knowing how sleazy China is, no one in their right mind would trust China to put the bill on hold forever. They did the right thing to demand the bill to be withdrawn completely. 

It was already completely withdrawn on September 4th, a month and a half ago.

And plus if Chinese government is as sleazy as you said, what point would they make to demand it to be withdrawn completely? They could just propose it again anytime in the future. This logic doesn't make much sense.

monstrosity said:

tzm41 said:

sflocal said:

I can't think of anything better than its citizens to rise up once and for all and topple that government

"I bet most of the Chinese citizens would beg to differ. Their government isn't as bad as our media depicts it to be, and many are just perfectly fine with it. "
said someone 

good lord. have you asked the Uyghurs how they feel? NO their government is WAY worse than your media depicts. Wakey wakey

steven n. said:

sflocal said:

I can't stand China one bit.  China's policies and attitudes are the worst for global trade and intellectual property.  I can't think of anything better than its citizens to rise up once and for all and topple that government, Hong Kong being a prime example of the distrust its citizens have towards the Chinese government.

That being said, our government should butt out about what Apple should do with its business in China.  We don't like it when China tries to tell us what to do, so neither should we.

These politicians are only making a ruckus to ensure their re-election.  Nothing more.

I agree with you fully on this. The thing most people miss is the protesters achieved their goal of blocking the extradition law and now they risk looking like basic anarchists. This will hurt in future protests since people won’t be able to relate to your grievance; people will simply assume you’re a malcontent. 

justp1ayin said:

lkrupp said:

This is just MY PERSONAL OPINION. I was seven years old when Sputnik was launched into orbit by the USSR. I was a teenager during the space race in the 1960s. I lived through it all glued to the television screen. I remember it all as if it happened yesterday. So excuse me if I scoff at the “what-if” premise of this offering by Apple. I’m pretty sure we will be treated to a revisionist, politically correct version of American history while they’re at it. The truth is that to this very day the Russians have never landed a Cosmonaut on the moon. Communism did not conquer the world with its superior technology and economic system. Period.

Well said. And I also wanna talk about something else that everyone here seems too afraid to talk about.

Will Smith never saved us from aliens. It's BS that they would try to trick the American people into believing Independence Day was declared because of him. Alien races did not conquer the world or are not superior as far as their technology. Period.