Mao disapproves of the Monkey Greets Cat Under the Cherry Blossom Tree position

November 26, 2004

I’ve been seeing a great many Falun Gong demonstrators in New York. Seeing six to eight elderly Chinese people sitting yoga-style in their socks on a street corner in Soho does generate enough notice that I will tend to take whatever literature they’re handing out, and consequently, I feel relatively persuaded that Falun Gong is a harmless, tai-chi like practice with innocuous spiritual beliefs like “moderation in all things,” and that the Chinese government shouldn’t capture and torture its practitioners.

That being said, what, exactly, do the Falun Gong demonstrators want Manhattanites to do about this? I don’t go standing on the streets in Shanghai telling people about the P*TRIOT Act.

Also, the other day in Grand Central I saw a woman who appeared to be a (Chinese) hunchbacked dwarf handing out Falun Gong literature. While one could admire the dedication of anyone who volunteers their time for a cause, I think this was just sending mixed marketing messages.

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One Response to “Mao disapproves of the Monkey Greets Cat Under the Cherry Blossom Tree position”

  1. Anonymous on November 30th, 2004 5:24 pm

    >> That being said, what, exactly, do the Falun Gong demonstrators want Manhattanites to do about this?

    From what I know, those protests are happening all over the world. The more people will know about the persecution, the more pressure it creates to chinese government. You may think that they do not care about what people in other countries say about them, but it is not true - they are doing what they can to block the truth-spreading.

    >> I don’t go standing on the streets in Shanghai telling people about the P*TRIOT Act.

    Yes, I understand your point, but the difference is in the fact, that if you will fight for or against the P* Act in your country, nobody is going to arrest, torture or even kill you. Anyway, there is a large revolt against persecution inside China as well.

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