What the Heck?! Thread (Closed)

[AssassinsMace]

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The person you mentioned has a very narrow mind. He is essentially claiming aspects of human civilization which began in the west to be western exclusively. He rejects the idea that all human west or east will be openly and willingly learn from each other. He is claiming absolute ownership of part of human civilization.

I have a thought from another perspective though. Many part of that "western" civilization will live on as part of "eastern" civilization even after western countries dominance disappear. A few example, Communism, Socialism, Market Economy (with some change), the essence of democracy (not the exact copy of western model), Modern Scientific methodology etc. "Das Kapital" is surely an western "invention" and China will be the last and firmest upholder along with Socialism all being from the west.

And in the past, western civilization also imported a lot from the east or south, Christianity was surely a foreign one from Asia, but now it is widely a western thing.

My point is, things start from a specific place, but they never stay at the same place, once they spread they belong to all human being and the human creation, the civilization. And civilizations don't die, they merge with each other and live under a different name.

Yes that's why I scoffed at first at the claiming it was the end of Western civilization. But now you have the intellectual elite trying to blame the US ever engaging in trade with China as the only factor why Hillary lost...? They can't see the many other direct factors to why voters were turned off from Hillary? They bothered to conduct an exercise on this and no other factors were included. You can spin anything to be anything and this is a prime example. I mention this before where the Washington Post's Robert Samuelson wrote an article blaming China for the 2008 Western financial collapse. He charged that if China didn't buy US Treasuries keeping interests rates low, people would've never have thought to get a loan to buy a home they couldn't afford that the greedy banks didn't scrutinize preventing default. There is a whole line of entities more directly responsible that were in position to prevent the 2008 collapse than concluding it was China's fault. You have the most important people in positions of power going way way out of their way not to blame it on themselves.

It may not be the end of Western civilization but it certainly the ingredients to how the Roman Empire fell.

 

[taxiya]

Yes that's why I scoffed at first at the claiming it was the end of Western civilization. But now you have the intellectual elite trying to blame the US ever engaging in trade with China as the only factor why Hillary lost...? They can't see the many other direct factors to why voters were turned off from Hillary? They bothered to conduct an exercise on this and no other factors were included. You can spin anything to be anything and this is a prime example. I mention this before where the Washington Post's Robert Samuelson wrote an article blaming China for the 2008 Western financial collapse. He charged that if China didn't buy US Treasuries keeping interests rates low, people would've never have thought to get a loan to buy a home they couldn't afford that the greedy banks didn't scrutinize preventing default. There's are whole line of entities more directly responsible that were in position to prevent the 2008 collapse than concluding it was China's fault. You have he most important people in positions of power going way way out of their way not to blame it on themselves.

It may not be the end of Western civilization but it certainly the ingredients to how the Roman Empire fell.

Similar to an alcoholic blaming the bar for letting them drink to bankrupt, but you can not stop that because he is drunk. As usual, blaming others for their own fault is the easiest escape of doing anything real to help themselves.

 

[taxiya]

It may not seem readily apparent right now, but I'm confident that in the next 100 years, we will see a unification or amalgamation of human cultures. Doesn't matter if it's western, eastern, islamic, or even African, in 100 years, barring any cataclysm that sets us back technologically, we will see a melting-pot global culture.

I am basing this prediction on our ability to communicate globally. Trade and communication is the driving factor of cultural exchanges throughout history. The only cultures that don't change are those cultures that remain isolated. Cultures that engage in frequent exchanges take on each other's characteristics until they become largely homogenous. Take, for example, the disparate European cultures in the 19th century, and the various Chinese cultures during the Warring States era.

History is always our best source of looking to the future. All rivers will eventually meat the ocean.

 

[AssassinsMace]

Since the breaking news thread is closed...

Trump made a call to the President of Taiwan. Apparently some of his defenders are saying Trump wasn't involved in the makings of the one China policy over 40 years ago, so it doesn't apply to him.

 

[broadsword]

Making America great again still entails hegemony. Ergo, I will be focusing on Invanka.

 

[Franklin]

Ignorance or policy change ? The Taiwan and Breaking News threads where closed so I post this here.

Donald Trump risks China rift with Taiwan call

First contact from a US president-elect since diplomatic relations were cut in 1979

Donald Trump risks opening up a major diplomatic dispute with China before he has even been inaugurated after speaking on the phone on Friday with Tsai Ying-wen, the president of Taiwan.

The telephone call, confirmed by three people, is believed to be the first between a US president-elect and a leader of Taiwan since diplomatic relations between the two were cut in 1979.

Although it is not clear if the Trump transition team intended the conversation to signal a broader change in US policy towards Taiwan, the call is likely to infuriate Beijing which regards the island as a renegade province.

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[taxiya]

Making America great again still entails hegemony. Ergo, I will be focusing on Invanka.

, I may let go whatever Trump Senior does or going to do for Trump Junior.

 

[taxiya]

Ignorance or policy change ? The Taiwan and Breaking News threads where closed so I post this here.

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too early to tell. Think about it, doing this when Trump is still officially a "nobody" is the best time for him to do it without actually cost anything. Not saying he won't do something while in Whitehouse, just it is cost free now than later.

From a higher vantage point, Taiwan card is less and less a useful card, China can not stop someone to use it to annoying her, but it is just an annoyance after all.

 

[DigoSSA]

Woman opens emergency exit and jumps out of plane

(CNN)A woman opened the emergency exit door and jumped out of a plane as it was taxiing down a runway in Houston, startling passengers on board.

The United Airlines flight had just landed in Houston from New Orleans and was headed toward its gate at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport when the incident happened Monday afternoon, said airline spokeswoman Maddie King.

"I realized when the door popped open and a woman stepped out of it," passenger Hampton Friedman told CNN. He was sitting across the aisle and posted a short video of the open door.

The woman, who was not identified, was treated for non-life threatening injuries. She was not charged.

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Woman opens emergency exit and jumps out of plane

(CNN)A woman opened the emergency exit door and jumped out of a plane as it was taxiing down a runway in Houston, startling passengers on board.

The United Airlines flight had just landed in Houston from New Orleans and was headed toward its gate at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport when the incident happened Monday afternoon, said airline spokeswoman Maddie King.

"I realized when the door popped open and a woman stepped out of it," passenger Hampton Friedman told CNN. He was sitting across the aisle and posted a short video of the open door.

The woman, who was not identified, was treated for non-life threatening injuries. She was not charged.

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According to local news from what I've read the woman apparently has some medical mental issues before.