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by eledumb 2620 days ago
A good friend is a Chines ex-pat, and her sister is still in China, her sister is a gynecologist and during the one child policy days it wasn't uncommon to have the authorities bring in women who were full term and force the sister abort the baby.

As my friend would say, "My home country has absolutely no regard for human life."

The reason the twin's guy was punished is because he talked about what he was doing. I'm sure what China is doing to "undesirables" or "prisoners" is probably on par with what Mengle, and unit 731 was doing to people.

To think the Chinese are confining themselves to animal experiments would be foolish.

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china bad, us good

the white man's burden continues

also i love how you're using an anecdote from a friend of a friend to somehow build credibility

Where did I say we were good, please point it out, because I missed it.

When did I say I was white, again please point it out because I missed it.

We've proven that humans as both individuals, and as a species are capable of horrible atrocities. The behavior of humans, in groups, is dictated by the people in charge. The people in charge in China have proven themselves, repeatedly, to not value human life. I used one example in my post. Do I really need to list the systemic things the group of men running China have done to other citizens of China. I didn't think so.

As a group the men running China have a much different view on human life than the many of the governments around the world. What they support and encourage as a group I willing to bet, is probably beyond what most people in the world would consider acceptable. That's not to say the some parts of governments, and large companies aren't pushing the boundaries, not to mention well off individuals who are personally looking for an edge.