What happens when you take a Chinese friend to an anti-war protest to show her the strengths of your country’s democracy?
If you’re me, one of the keynote speakers turns out to be a mohawked high school ruffian wearing an Imperial Military flag of Japan shirt who punctuates his speech with a half-dozen f-words blasted over a public address system.
Then you write an overly-brief blog entry because you’re too ashamed to even know where to begin.
What happens when you take a Chinese friend to an anti-war protest to show her the strengths of your country’s democracy?
If you’re me, one of the keynote speakers turns out to be a mohawked high school ruffian wearing an Imperial Military flag of Japan shirt who punctuates his speech with a half-dozen f-words blasted over a public address system.
Then you write an overly-brief blog entry because you’re too ashamed to even know where to begin.
Bush = Hitler, Tojo = Who?…
Dave’s Wagon takes a Chinese friend to an anti-war protest that reveals itself to be blissfully ignorant of a certain “war of resistance”….
↓ Quote | Posted March 27, 2007, 11:12 amAt the end of the protest, the speech by a girl was pretty decent.
Talking about that guy, I could only find an excuse for him: Tooooo Young! He is forgivable because of “young”. However, I still want to say to him “Be careful next time when you wear a T-shirt with other countries’ flags on it.”
True, the kid was young, but the people who approved him to speak in public weren’t.
↓ Quote | Posted March 28, 2007, 12:58 pmI’m not sure what the problem with the young guy is.
The mohawk? Surely the way a person wears their hair doesn’t add to or diminish the content of their speech.
The f-words? Nearly every anti-war demonstation is peppered with profanity. “1 2 3 4 we don’t need no fucking war.”
The Japanese shirt? Would a shirt with Stalin have been better? Worse? What about Che? Mao?
I think at the end of the day a valuable lesson was presented. In the U.S., you can be a young mohawk wearing guy with an Imperial Japanese t-shirt and still be allowed to stand in public and swear at the current adminstation.
Try that in Tiananmen Square 
4th floor, I disagree!
The mohawk? Certainly, you can try whatever hairstyle you like, but under some circumstances, we have to understand what is proper and what is improper. Will you wear this hairstyle to apply for a teacher position?
The f-words? A real excellent speech doesn’t depend on how many f-words you use. Speech is an art, and dirty word is definitely not a helper. If you have to use a dirty word to try to win others, you are actually alreay a loser.
The Japanese shirt? It is an anti-war protest, isn’t it? You think it is proper to wear an imperial Japanese flag t-shirt??? If so, why do people need to wear peace in their t-shirt? It is a contradiction.
My suggestion to this young guy:
1. Spend less time on hair and more on revising his speech.
2. Spend less time on picking “impressive” t-shirt and more on reading history books.
Yes, in the U.S., you can wear and say whatever you want in a protest, but don’t let improper behavior ruin the meaning of the protest!
↓ Quote | Posted April 11, 2007, 9:50 amYou said exactly what I wanted to say, Jing.
↓ Quote | Posted April 11, 2007, 10:18 amOMG Look at that kids hairstyle!
↓ Quote | Posted May 20, 2007, 10:17 pmPEOPLE SHOULD INFORM THEM SELF ABOUT HISTORY, BEFORE THEY TALK ABOUT IT!!!
↓ Quote | Posted September 7, 2007, 10:01 amI couldn’t understand some parts of this article Bush = Hitler, Tojo = Who?, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.
↓ Quote | Posted December 27, 2007, 9:31 am
Bush = Hitler, Tojo = Who?…
Dave’s Wagon takes a Chinese friend to an anti-war protest that reveals itself to be blissfully ignorant of a certain “war of resistance”….
↓ Quote | Posted March 27, 2007, 11:12 amAt the end of the protest, the speech by a girl was pretty decent.
↓ Quote | Posted March 28, 2007, 10:15 amTalking about that guy, I could only find an excuse for him: Tooooo Young! He is forgivable because of “young”. However, I still want to say to him “Be careful next time when you wear a T-shirt with other countries’ flags on it.”
True, the kid was young, but the people who approved him to speak in public weren’t.
↓ Quote | Posted March 28, 2007, 12:58 pmI’m not sure what the problem with the young guy is.
The mohawk? Surely the way a person wears their hair doesn’t add to or diminish the content of their speech.
The f-words? Nearly every anti-war demonstation is peppered with profanity. “1 2 3 4 we don’t need no fucking war.”
The Japanese shirt? Would a shirt with Stalin have been better? Worse? What about Che? Mao?
I think at the end of the day a valuable lesson was presented. In the U.S., you can be a young mohawk wearing guy with an Imperial Japanese t-shirt and still be allowed to stand in public and swear at the current adminstation.
Try that in Tiananmen Square
↓ Quote | Posted April 11, 2007, 3:57 am4th floor, I disagree!
The mohawk? Certainly, you can try whatever hairstyle you like, but under some circumstances, we have to understand what is proper and what is improper. Will you wear this hairstyle to apply for a teacher position?
The f-words? A real excellent speech doesn’t depend on how many f-words you use. Speech is an art, and dirty word is definitely not a helper. If you have to use a dirty word to try to win others, you are actually alreay a loser.
The Japanese shirt? It is an anti-war protest, isn’t it? You think it is proper to wear an imperial Japanese flag t-shirt??? If so, why do people need to wear peace in their t-shirt? It is a contradiction.
My suggestion to this young guy:
1. Spend less time on hair and more on revising his speech.
2. Spend less time on picking “impressive” t-shirt and more on reading history books.
Yes, in the U.S., you can wear and say whatever you want in a protest, but don’t let improper behavior ruin the meaning of the protest!
↓ Quote | Posted April 11, 2007, 9:50 amYou said exactly what I wanted to say, Jing.
↓ Quote | Posted April 11, 2007, 10:18 amOMG Look at that kids hairstyle!
↓ Quote | Posted May 20, 2007, 10:17 pmPEOPLE SHOULD INFORM THEM SELF ABOUT HISTORY, BEFORE THEY TALK ABOUT IT!!!
↓ Quote | Posted September 7, 2007, 10:01 amI couldn’t understand some parts of this article Bush = Hitler, Tojo = Who?, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.
↓ Quote | Posted December 27, 2007, 9:31 am