Clicking on the title of this post will take you to the website of the Falun Gong movement. I'm sure some of you are at least dimly aware of what FG is, and that the Chinese governement is 'being mean to them'.
I warn you, what you will see on this website is not for the faint of heart. When China (the Chinese government, not the people as a whole) thinks no one is looking, China is a pitiless and merciless bully and tormentor.
I have no money, and little if any charisma, so I cannot help them with funding or fundraising. But I can point them out to you, and you can point them out to others, and since we're all six degrees from Kevin Bacon anyway, he should get the message soon, and he can help them out. (You know what I mean. I realize I'm being somewhat flippant, but believe me I am serious.)
Now, I know you're thinking to yourselves: "But, Tinfoil Hatter, you're, you're a vociferous and dogged Christian, aren't you worried about setting other gods before Jehovah?" Well, frankly, no. If you can tell me what 'god' practitioners of FG are worshipping, I'll consider worrying about that question, until then, people that are involved in mild exercise and a focussing meditation (that would serve admirably for prayer time if one was so inclined) aren't doing anything wrong in my or any other sane persons' books.
China is violating so many basic human rights it exhausts me to think about them, let alone attempt to enumerate them. So, in addition to merely spreading the word in this feeble way, I urge everyone worldwide to refuse to buy anything China exports until they address their human rights violations in a real way. Not just form a panel and yap about it, either; I'm talking various criminal thugs tried and arrested in accessible courtrooms, and sentenced and imprisoned, starting with that rotten bastard in charge, Jiang Zemin. Until he is deposed, buy nothing from China. And even afterward, wait to make sure they're not just pretending.
Saturday, June 02, 2007
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And they're now poisoning our toothpaste, for God's sake.
Just kidding.
Thank you for adding this blog to the universal conversation. It's beyond hideous what is happening there, yet American manufacturers blithely do business with China because they can save a buck on parts.
No...not just beyond hideous. Beyond shameful. It's sick. For them...and for those who know about it and turn a blind (but more profitable) eye.
i have no love for the PRC govt. but the founder of fulan gong claims to be "god" if that answers your question. which is why the PRC constantly is on their ass.
the qigong they practice is more basic than anything i could teach you yet they claim all sorts of wild things, and the founder claims he can heal people a la jesus, while several of his top lieutenants have come down with cancer. and they have duped people out of a lot of money evangelical style.
no, be concerned about the people, but don't be concerned about fulan gong.
Ah, well, that is news, and concerning news too.
Still, this country isn't raiding Scientology places of business (I REFUSE to call them churches or places of worship, not gonna do it, no way no say no sir no how!!), nor beating or torturing practicioners.
So, FG may well be a bullshit cult for the most part, but that does not excuse the sort of treatment the PRC is engaged in. I wouldn't tolerate that being done to Scientologists, it would be hypocritical of me to tolerate it happening to FG.
And honestly, in China, you don't really need to do anything much to get a tank run over you. If ever a country was ripe for regime change, there it is.
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