Old Weird Ward
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Saturday, June 05, 2004
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Fifteen years ago today, in Peking, at Tiananmen Square, the People's Liberation Army slaughtered un-armed people to make a point: that the State is Judge, Jury, and Executioner.
This should be a reminder to any thinking person that the PRC is the next big Bad Guy.
The reflections published in the Wall Street Journal [on June 3] by Wang Dan, one of the leaders of the 1989 Chinese democracy movement, were poignant. He said, "It is clear to me as never before that the Tiananmen massacre was an unavoidable step in the long path to a free China and that true political reform can never come from within the Communist Party.''
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See the article HERE.
- - - - - Memorial Day - - - - -
I note that I didn't publish anything on Memorial Day.
I could plead the rigors of a full day followed by a 3 1/2 hour drive to get home. But I wasn't that tired.
I just couldn't think of anything to say that would adequately express my feelings on this most solemn of days. I think Lincoln said it best, in the Gettysburg Address.
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