Empire State Building Goes Red for Communist China, Sparking Protest

[JS80]

Originally posted by: jonks

Originally posted by: spidey07
I'm going to have to go with WTF!!! as well. This is terrible, this idea.

what does this have to do with the Wisonsin Tourism Federation??

You have the wrong WTF.

 

[cubeless]

just gives u a sense of how far they have to go when it seems they have cleared out apts and such along their parade routes for the big day...

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: JKing106

And yet, you buy their shit, made by people making $50 or less a week, with no overtime limits. Free market FTW!

Originally posted by: jonks
I hope none of you buy any toys for anyone. At all. Ever.

Yes, and we buy oil from the Middle East, so let us celebrate women being 2nd class citizens, and the stoning of raped women and persecution of gays!

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: JKing106

Originally posted by: TruePaige

Originally posted by: eskimospy
Are you guys really that afraid of communism? Really? Who gives a shit what color the Empire State Building is.

Not afraid of communism, just think China doesn't deserve to be honored for the systematic destruction of human rights.

And yet, you buy their shit, made by people making $50 or less a week, with no overtime limits. Free market FTW!

Do most people have a choice you idiot? I try not to buy shit from that useless country if I don't have to but there are times you simply cannot avoid it.

I too do my best to avoid buying any goods marked "Made in China," but we all know that there are many categories of goods where we have no "non-Chinese" options.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Originally posted by: eskimospy
Are you guys really that afraid of communism? Really? Who gives a shit what color the Empire State Building is.

There is a huge fucking difference between fear of communism and celebrating a country that is KNOWN for it's crimes to humanity.

Seriously, the Navy fucked you up so bad your head doesn't work right anymore.

 

[Modelworks]

Someone want to bet they gave us 1% off the debt we owe if we would do it.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: JKing106

Originally posted by: TruePaige

Originally posted by: eskimospy
Are you guys really that afraid of communism? Really? Who gives a shit what color the Empire State Building is.

Not afraid of communism, just think China doesn't deserve to be honored for the systematic destruction of human rights.

And yet, you buy their shit, made by people making $50 or less a week, with no overtime limits. Free market FTW!

Do most people have a choice you idiot? I try not to buy shit from that useless country if I don't have to but there are times you simply cannot avoid it.

I too do my best to avoid buying any goods marked "Made in China," but we all know that there are many categories of goods where we have no "non-Chinese" options.

Yeah, as long as the assembly is done in the US, right? Because you are not going over each and every chinese part checking the serial number against a database.

Just understand that "made in the xxx" doesn't mean shit anymore.

We lost the industrial wars a long time ago and the only thing we can do about it is to get better at something else, that goes for both of our nations.

Although the Robin Reliant was the greatest car ever built!

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Originally posted by: Modelworks
Someone want to bet they gave us 1% off the debt we owe if we would do it.

Ahhhh, kissing arse for the almighty dollar.

 

[Red Dawn]

Cool something to get our panties in a bunch over:roll:

 

[Fear No Evil]

Maybe next week they could do something to honor the North Korean takeover.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Fear No Evil
Maybe next week they could do something to honor the North Korean takeover.

BBQ our pets?

 

[Moonbeam]

We need to get the fucking red out of out flag.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: spidey07
I'm going to have to go with WTF!!! as well. This is terrible, this idea.

Agreed, no one should celebrate Maoism dominating a country's politics.

 

[actuarial]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
I too do my best to avoid buying any goods marked "Made in China," but we all know that there are many categories of goods where we have no "non-Chinese" options.

Most people who say this I find actually mean that there are no ECONOMICAL "non-Chinese" options for some products, which just means the line is drawn a little above everyone else. Kind of like bitching about the environment and then driving in a mini suv instead of a full sized.

How expensive do you look in the product you're going for before you decide there are only Chinese options?

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: actuarial

Originally posted by: BoomerD
I too do my best to avoid buying any goods marked "Made in China," but we all know that there are many categories of goods where we have no "non-Chinese" options.

Most people who say this I find actually mean that there are no ECONOMICAL "non-Chinese" options for some products, which just means the line is drawn a little above everyone else. Kind of like bitching about the environment and then driving in a mini suv instead of a full sized.

How expensive do you look in the product you're going for before you decide there are only Chinese options?

Try as hard as I may, I can't find computer parts, electronics, televisions, etc. that aren't made in China...other than a few low-quality brands made in Korea.

For the most part, I'm willing to pay the premium for goods made in the USA, followed by goods made in Europe, Japan, or almost any other "free country," before I buy products made in China.

Also, as JoS pointed out, many goods "Made in the USA" contain components or materials made in China or other countries...the labels are often very mis-leading.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
I like that the NY consul said the celebration honors "the 1.3 billion Chinese people and the 60th anniversary of their country" when Chinese culture is one of the oldest on the planet, and the land itself, despite numerous redrawings of the boundaries, has been known as China for hundreds of years. 60th anniversary of a revolution maybe, but not their country.

You misunderstood. The "Their" in the quote refers to the communist party, not the people.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: spidey07
I'm going to have to go with WTF!!! as well. This is terrible, this idea.

Why you put us in this position and love it.

 

[jpeyton]

"I hate 'dem A-rabs and them red Chinese" said John Q. American as he drove down the interstate in his 15MPG Chevy Suburban talking on his Chinese-made cell-phone.

 

[IronWing]

I for one welcome our new WTF overlords!

 

[rchiu]

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy
I like that the NY consul said the celebration honors "the 1.3 billion Chinese people and the 60th anniversary of their country" when Chinese culture is one of the oldest on the planet, and the land itself, despite numerous redrawings of the boundaries, has been known as China for hundreds of years. 60th anniversary of a revolution maybe, but not their country.

You misunderstood. The "Their" in the quote refers to the communist party, not the people.

Yeah, that's an important distinction. This is to celebrate the 60 anniversary of communist chinese regime, run by bunch of dictators resulted in things like great leap forward and cultural revolution that killed millions of chinese and F'ed up chinese culture completely.

Until today, they are sorry bunch of gov who don't respect personal freedom and think everyone should operates for the interests of selected few in CCP.

So this is not to honor chinese people, this is to honor chinese communist party. If Chinese people know better without all the brain washing bullshit, they'd be saying honoring a sorry leadership like CCP is a slap in the face of chinese ppl.

 

[miketheidiot]

personally i'm going to think of it as a memorial to the tragedy of the maoist takeover

 

[dawp]

Originally posted by: actuarial

Originally posted by: BoomerD
I too do my best to avoid buying any goods marked "Made in China," but we all know that there are many categories of goods where we have no "non-Chinese" options.

Most people who say this I find actually mean that there are no ECONOMICAL "non-Chinese" options for some products, which just means the line is drawn a little above everyone else. Kind of like bitching about the environment and then driving in a mini suv instead of a full sized.

How expensive do you look in the product you're going for before you decide there are only Chinese options?

And just because it says 'Made in America' does not mean it actually is.

When I worked for AST Computers years ago, we'd take a fully assembled laptop, insert CPU and harddrive and call it made in america when it was actually made in tiawan and just had two or three parts installed that just required the removal of 1 or 2 screws to install.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: dawp

And just because it says 'Made in America' does not mean it actually is.

When I worked for AST Computers years ago, we'd take a fully assembled laptop, insert CPU and harddrive and call it made in america when it was actually made in tiawan and just had two or three parts installed that just required the removal of 1 or 2 screws to install.

This has already been addressed, and IMO, your company was committing fraud.
"ASSEMBLED in the USA from imported/foreign components" is different than "Made in the USA."

 

[Wheezer]

Originally posted by: eskimospy
Are you guys really that afraid of communism? Really? Who gives a shit what color the Empire State Building is.

so if they lit it up like a flaming cross to "honor" the KKK you would be ok with that?

After all who gives a shit what color the building is right?

 

[dawp]

Originally posted by: BoomerD


This has already been addressed, and IMO, your company was committing fraud.
"ASSEMBLED in the USA from imported/foreign components" is different than "Made in the USA."

well, they did go out of business so karma is a bitch.