tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686500107282182587.post1715668019458632418..comments2023-10-29T02:43:58.464-07:00Comments on 22C+: Killing Bliss in ChinaMarcus T. Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15015648874488332379noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686500107282182587.post-40185467451016699452010-05-16T05:18:33.219-07:002010-05-16T05:18:33.219-07:00The other difference is that in China, Simon, the ...The other difference is that in China, Simon, the victims are small children, which certainly makes it unusual. Children receive so much attention in China - and I suspect this causes some dep, pathological resentment in people who feel they have been abandoned by socity and left behind.<br /><br />The Harmonious Socity is nice in theory. But the government keep shooting themselves in the foot. as soon as there is some downward movement in the economy, they go into oveerdrive to say the ship has to keep steaming ahead. For example, they chopped 40% off the green budget at the start of the global economic crisis. Harmony with nature and a spiritual ethos is supposed to be a central part of the Harmonious Socity. And they actually barely mentioned the term at the last congress - it has been replaced with "scientific development". I wrote an article about this here: www.jfs.tku.edu.tw/14-2/A02.pdfMarcus T. Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15015648874488332379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686500107282182587.post-67665259573222238002010-05-16T03:47:11.386-07:002010-05-16T03:47:11.386-07:00Very penetrating analysis, Marcus. Of course, some...Very penetrating analysis, Marcus. Of course, some people might point out that such incidents have happened in the US, UK and other Western countries, but never so many copycat horrors in such a short space of time. <br /><br />It's deeply sad - as I mentioned in my own blog - that the inner tranquility and presence which traditional Taoist and Buddhist culture cherish are so little regarded in modern China, or even seen as a threat (viz. Falun Gong). The "harmonious society" is really just a kind of "keep in your place" and spiritually gutted Confucianism.Simonbuchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11156813556822714480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686500107282182587.post-6738010974955575602010-05-13T21:26:30.750-07:002010-05-13T21:26:30.750-07:00I'm not saying going within is all the answer,...I'm not saying going within is all the answer, Nancy, but it gives people a chance to be more responsible for the world they create with their mind. Government policy is also important. We need leaders who value wisdom and spiritual development, not just to use education to crank out cogs for the consumer machine. China's current leaders are almost all graduates of Qinghua University, a science and technology university. They are technocrats, and probably out of their depth when it comes to understanding what really makes people tick at a deep level. I'm sure that sounds familiar to people in many countries!Marcus T. Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15015648874488332379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5686500107282182587.post-32608891022236624792010-05-13T10:34:33.858-07:002010-05-13T10:34:33.858-07:00Well said. What a horrible practice - murdering sc...Well said. What a horrible practice - murdering school children by hacking them to death. If this is not getting the attention of those in power, I'm not sure what will. We are a world in extreme chaos. The only place we can go is within to facilitate real change. Which is exactly what you are saying here.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178290697351352495noreply@blogger.com