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yh_abc: You seem like a reasonable person, so I'm going to respond to your comment. 
I'm not debating on the type of the war, whether it is offensive or defensive, but rather the nature of war, or the war itself. Does what your said contradicts what I said - "there is no winner in a war"? Everyone loses no matter what, and I don't even need to list the examples to demonstrate this point, do I?
There are true heros who sacrifice their lives to save others', they overcome personal benefits and rise to the occasion. And there are man-made heros whose actions are exaggerated or even falsified by the media (in China, the state) in order to hypnotize the public. Now I really like to get inside the minds of those making man-made heros and ask "why"? Systematic brain-washing is a powerful method, so powerful that even American prisonners of war agreed after a few years of "education" that "communism may not work in America, but it sure does work for China".
Even better, let me ask you this: are you ready to sacrifice your life for your country? If your answer is yes, I applaud your courage and you have my respect. However if the answer is no, then how could you demande other people to sacrifice their lives to save your country (or yours for that matter)?
Lastly, I'll say this for the record: true heros are borderless, that is whether they are Chinese or Canadian is not the issue, they are respected and will be remembered always.
I'm not debating on the type of the war, whether it is offensive or defensive, but rather the nature of war, or the war itself. Does what your said contradicts what I said - "there is no winner in a war"? Everyone loses no matter what, and I don't even need to list the examples to demonstrate this point, do I?
There are true heros who sacrifice their lives to save others', they overcome personal benefits and rise to the occasion. And there are man-made heros whose actions are exaggerated or even falsified by the media (in China, the state) in order to hypnotize the public. Now I really like to get inside the minds of those making man-made heros and ask "why"? Systematic brain-washing is a powerful method, so powerful that even American prisonners of war agreed after a few years of "education" that "communism may not work in America, but it sure does work for China".
Even better, let me ask you this: are you ready to sacrifice your life for your country? If your answer is yes, I applaud your courage and you have my respect. However if the answer is no, then how could you demande other people to sacrifice their lives to save your country (or yours for that matter)?
Lastly, I'll say this for the record: true heros are borderless, that is whether they are Chinese or Canadian is not the issue, they are respected and will be remembered always.
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911后小布什参加众议院会议, 众人起立鼓掌几十次. 这种情景只有在当年的苏共中央党代会上才看得到.
美国为了国家安全已经侵犯了太多个人利益, 包括他们的宪法: 1st amendment - freedom of expression, 2nd amendment - right to own firearms, 4th amendment - unreasonable searches and seisures, 6th amendment - right to a speedy and public trial, etc. 李文和事件更是各种侵犯的极端.
美国为了国家安全已经侵犯了太多个人利益, 包括他们的宪法: 1st amendment - freedom of expression, 2nd amendment - right to own firearms, 4th amendment - unreasonable searches and seisures, 6th amendment - right to a speedy and public trial, etc. 李文和事件更是各种侵犯的极端.
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And they are the true heros! Not only those who died in the war, but those who endured the loss of their beloved ones and continue to sacrifice their personal gains for their country in whichever way possible. They are the true heros!
While the death of Mao Anying was tragic to his father, he was a soldier and his life was no more precious than anybody else. I highly sympathize with Chairman Mao for the loss of his son, as a father, and for that reason, I stop myself from questionning the purpose of Mao Anying being in the Korean War in the first place. People who fought the war with Mao Anying recalled his short duration in Korea as "living like a regular soldier". He too, is a true hero!
While the death of Mao Anying was tragic to his father, he was a soldier and his life was no more precious than anybody else. I highly sympathize with Chairman Mao for the loss of his son, as a father, and for that reason, I stop myself from questionning the purpose of Mao Anying being in the Korean War in the first place. People who fought the war with Mao Anying recalled his short duration in Korea as "living like a regular soldier". He too, is a true hero!
Sage, to your question, there is only one word out of my answer, "YES", even if I will get Canadidan citizenship soon. (because I still have all my dearest there, including my treasured memories and experience which will be left there forever.)最初由 sage 发布
yh_abc: You seem like a reasonable person, so I'm going to respond to your comment.
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Even better, let me ask you this: are you ready to sacrifice your life for your country? If your answer is yes, I applaud your courage and you have my respect. However if the answer is no, then how could you demande other people to sacrifice their lives to save your country (or yours for that matter)?
It seems you always want to distinguish "You" and "Other people", but pls be advised that as a nation, all the decedants of the nation will treat themselves as one person, for better explaination, think of your family, if your family is under the invasion of some outsiders, whatever the purpose, will you still distinguish yourself from other members of the family in terms of responsibilties to avoid the invasion ? A nation and a family is the same in many respects except for the size.
I agree that war itself is not welcome everywhere, I also agree life is precious, but I still must argue that sense of esteem and respect is far more important in most of the time. Let's just use a simple example to demonstrate this: if your girlfriend / wife were bullied by some bastards, and you happend to have some kind of defensive weapons on hand, would you fight back or NOT ? (Assume the fight may result in serious body injuries or even death, also assume you do not have time to call for help). To me, I will not hesitate to fight back even at the risk of my life, at that time, the value of life to me is that I can overpower those bastards.
Of course, if we cannot agree upon the basic point, which is "Life can be sacrificed for something else", I will stop arguing with you any more because we are not in the same boat at all.
