It’s fine the president said its just like the flu
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Jura The idiot
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Proclamation of a Dotard not even worth the hot air he used.
On top of that, it is so well known he tell lies after lies.
SteelBird
Colonel
I read about that on Youtube news too. I don't understand what are the Japanese government thinking? Or they think that their Samurai spirit can defeat Covid19?
Jura The idiot
General
hadn't realized before I saw this headline now (): yesterday was the first day when there was a higher number of new confirmed cases outside mainland China (= in the rest of the world)
by the way I live in let's say walking distance from the hospital where patients in the Czech Rep. would be put (as of now, there are none)
if there were plenty of patients, theoretically they should be put into in a remote part of the country:
by the way I live in let's say walking distance from the hospital where patients in the Czech Rep. would be put (as of now, there are none)
if there were plenty of patients, theoretically they should be put into in a remote part of the country:
Jura The idiot
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plawolf
Lieutenant General
They are probably worried a confirmed outbreak would cancel their Olympics. If they suppress news of an outbreak and chalk all deaths from COVID19 down as from the common flu, maybe they can get away with it as the warmer weather in summer should see a natural decline in the virus. Or so they hope.
"Sick man of Asia"
How to justify racism by SCMP.
SCMP are trying to justify the actions of the washington journal (WSJ), by stating when the term was first used, how it was used and who uses it most. Blah blah blah!
The fact some of the "facts" are either "masssged" at best to plain wrong at worse is irrelevant!
What the report completly missed is the INTENT! The intent of the original post was to stir racial dishamony and to provoke a reaction.
I remembered at work when someone called another person that "Chinaman, or that Pakki" and then tried to hide behind the fact he was being descriptively correct, and he was not being racists. BUT as we all pointed out to him, it was never about the discription per se! It was the way that it was said and delivered that made it racists.
So It was never an innocent post as suggested by the SCMP. The actions of WSJ was all calculated to provoke to get the maximum response from their intend readers and beyond!
The fact they got more than they bargin for and is now trying to hide behind the "freedom of speech" banner is objectionable. And all the apologies that comes out to defend this showed they are no better than WSJ, and how insensitive they are to China's current situation!
China enraged by ‘Sick Man of Asia’ headline, but its origin may surprise many
For those who wish to read further on this.
How to justify racism by SCMP.
SCMP are trying to justify the actions of the washington journal (WSJ), by stating when the term was first used, how it was used and who uses it most. Blah blah blah!
The fact some of the "facts" are either "masssged" at best to plain wrong at worse is irrelevant!
What the report completly missed is the INTENT! The intent of the original post was to stir racial dishamony and to provoke a reaction.
I remembered at work when someone called another person that "Chinaman, or that Pakki" and then tried to hide behind the fact he was being descriptively correct, and he was not being racists. BUT as we all pointed out to him, it was never about the discription per se! It was the way that it was said and delivered that made it racists.
So It was never an innocent post as suggested by the SCMP. The actions of WSJ was all calculated to provoke to get the maximum response from their intend readers and beyond!
The fact they got more than they bargin for and is now trying to hide behind the "freedom of speech" banner is objectionable. And all the apologies that comes out to defend this showed they are no better than WSJ, and how insensitive they are to China's current situation!
China enraged by ‘Sick Man of Asia’ headline, but its origin may surprise many
- The term was coined in 1895 to describe Qing officials by Chinese scholar Yan Fu after China lost a war against the Japanese
- The term is usually used to refer to bad governance – and is more often used by Chinese people than Westerners
For those who wish to read further on this.
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