pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
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Re: interesting
said by rit56  :a communist government initiative, built out and funded by the government. sure makes the Time Warners, Verizons etc look like pathetic Morse code supply side broadband providers.... "My concern is we will get behind" Who is he kidding? We already are..... Except that in China, you are guaranteed to disappear in a very efficient manner should you look at the "wrong" websites, or if you want to find out more about the 4 June 1989 Tienanmen Square Massacre than just tourist information.
As for China being "communist," it is now "communist" in name only. With the rise of somewhat private enterprise in that country, it is more of fascist dictatorship now than a communist regime. Not that it makes much of a difference when the government wants to kill you.
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N3OGH
Bear patrol must be working like a charm
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join:2003-11-11
Philly burbs
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 ·Verizon Online DSL
| Be careful what you look at on that fancy new Internet in China, you might end up in one of these...
»www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006···an_x.htm
Quoted from the linked article...
"The country that executed more than four times as many convicts as the rest of the world combined last year.."
"Sixty-eight different crimes — more than half non-violent offenses such as tax evasion and drug smuggling — are punishable by death in China. That means the death vans are likely to keep rolling."
Ya know what, for all the bitching and moaning we do about such things as the Patriot act, electronic monitoring, and the like. I'll take my 3 MB DSL connection knowing I'm probably not going to take a ride in one of these puppies next time I screw up my taxes....
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odreian615
join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL | the US should get them it would scare the shyt out of criminals |
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jinjimbob
Troy Mcclure
join:2001-11-13
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"Sixty-eight different crimes — more than half non-violent offenses such as tax evasion and drug smuggling — are punishable by death in China. That means the death vans are likely to keep rolling."
Sounds like a great idea, should do that here. |
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Majestik
World Traveler
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join:2001-05-11
Tulsa, OK
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I am on the internet all the time when I am there. You will not end up executed but I would not mess with child porn because you will not be released and put back in neighborhoods like they do here in the U.S. to rape and murder again.
Very low crime rate there.
You will not take a ride in that vehicle if you screw up your taxes.
A lot of U.S. citizens retired there.
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The adventure continues......2006 so far- Switzerland,Oahu,Macau,Hong Kong,Rome,Maui.........Dec 06- Delhi,India...Dubai....Rio de Janeiro.... |
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jstme
| Is this really news? Except for leading in new Walmart openings (so as to bring in more imports from China) do we really "LEAD" at anything any more? Well anything "positive" and emerging? |
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to N3OGH
Just to keep things in perspective. China executes about 1 out of every 382,000 of it's citizens. Texas( home of GW Bush ) executes 1 out of every 500,000. Not too much difference if you ask me. |
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looser
join:2001-02-04
La Mesa, CA
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Mobile execution van, between 15,000 and 18,000 a year are either lethally injected in the van, or bullet to the head in a park, where the person is put in a circle and executed. Then afterwards if the family wants to claim the body they have to pay the Chinese Govt. for the injection or the price of the bullet.
But man do they sure do have sum fast internet and all, see ya'll later got sum shopping to do, got to get to my Walmart store before it dun closes, wait whats the hurry they be open 24hrs now. |
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vrp
vrp
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terra
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| said by looser :Mobile execution van, between 15,000 and 18,000 a year are either lethally injected in the van, or bullet to the head in a park, where the person is put in a circle and executed. Then afterwards if the family wants to claim the body they have to pay the Chinese Govt. for the injection or the price of the bullet.But man do they sure do have sum fast internet and all, see ya'll later got sum shopping to do, got to get to my Walmart store before it dun closes, wait whats the hurry they be open 24hrs now. ... you have some fries supporting links to go along with that hamburger news piece ...
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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said by looser :Mobile execution van, between 15,000 and 18,000 a year are either lethally injected in the van, or bullet to the head in a park, where the person is put in a circle and executed. Then afterwards if the family wants to claim the body they have to pay the Chinese Govt. for the injection or the price of the bullet. But man do they sure do have sum fast internet and all, see ya'll later got sum shopping to do, got to get to my Walmart store before it dun closes, wait whats the hurry they be open 24hrs now. Sorry the number of executions in China is 3400 a year. |
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