The China Syndrome
04/08/2008 07:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
izmeinaDue to a certain sporting event, mainland China is the flavour of the month these days. But evil Izzie - ever the iconoclast - loves to rain on the parade. Well - on second thoughts - rain is not such a good idea. It apparently helps clear up the smog and other pollution and lots of pollution and big time embarrassment for the Capitalist Party of the People's Republic of China is Izzie's dearest wish for these games
Been an ever so interesting documentary on the radio this week about among other things - The Great Firewall of China - 300,000 people policing the internet - it makes the Stasi look like a bunch of beginners
Several of the folks interviewed claimed that the Chinese much prefer money to sex.
Not sure about the people on the street but it's certainly true of the Big Bad Government. Not only the one child policy and the use of very large fines and forced abortions to enforce it but also a seriously scary refinement on the art of Just in Time Delivery
As tempting as it would be to spend the evening watching the Opening Ceremony in a Taiwanese restaurant - hopefully with the sort of snarkilicious commentary that Severus Snape would be proud of, the Izzie will be instead slinking in Cyberia and catching snippets here and there on youtube or dusting off the old television that the ma left here and hoping that its limited channel selection includes the games
Been an ever so interesting documentary on the radio this week about among other things - The Great Firewall of China - 300,000 people policing the internet - it makes the Stasi look like a bunch of beginners
Several of the folks interviewed claimed that the Chinese much prefer money to sex.
Not sure about the people on the street but it's certainly true of the Big Bad Government. Not only the one child policy and the use of very large fines and forced abortions to enforce it but also a seriously scary refinement on the art of Just in Time Delivery
As tempting as it would be to spend the evening watching the Opening Ceremony in a Taiwanese restaurant - hopefully with the sort of snarkilicious commentary that Severus Snape would be proud of, the Izzie will be instead slinking in Cyberia and catching snippets here and there on youtube or dusting off the old television that the ma left here and hoping that its limited channel selection includes the games
