Hundreds Protest Dalai Lama in Seattle

[Mr. Clandestine]

There is also education, health services, and other benefits befitting the 21st century. They never had those things with the priests, and would still be living in a Feudal society.

Feudal, tribal, and urban societies flourished throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Asia for many years without the need of a repressive form of central government. I understand that this is the 21st century, but many countries throughout the planet still operate under similar conditions, rebuking advances in this modernized world. These countries may be deemed 'poor' by people like us, but many of them prefer these living conditions, and are perfectly content living without the need for modern technology. They're happy enough with simple non-materialistic lives. These people are, in my opinion, richer than kings.

A fetus is not a human being, therefore cannot be "murdered". A fetus is a parasite, and the host has the right to shed it whenever it so desires.

This, as you know, is open to interpretation. This is just your interpretation. Mine is completely different, as I believe that life begins at conception. And just as you have many people who'd agree with your viewpoint, so do I.

You are talking about a few isolated cases of dangerous stuff. The U.S. has recalls, and similar problems with merchandise as well. It's our own fault for killing off manufacturing in America, not the fault of China. We kill more people with cigarettes in one day than all of the bad merchandise out of China has in it's entirety.

You're right that we're killing ourselves with cigarettes. As a long time smoker, I would know first-hand. But I buy my cigarettes with the knowledge that I'm doing harm to my body (stupid, I know), but I am not unknowingly ingesting a poison that could potentially be fatal. I do these stupid things on my own accord. There are more than a few random cases of toxic exports originating from China. Forgive me for not posting ample evidence of this, but I've yet to have my morning coffee, and have little desire to scour the internet looking for what you'd probably just consider a strawman argument. Here's one report that names just a few in 2007: Dangerous Made-In-China Products: 2007 Timeline

The future, and very existence, of our planet and species are threatened more by the three big monotheistic faiths: Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. Abramic belief systems are extremely perilous, and have no place in the modern world.

Abrahamic religions have flourished for thousands of years, and continue to flourish to this day with massive amounts of followers. To that effect, I'd have to say that billions of people around the world would disagree with this statement... not just me.

Abortion isn't the first choice for population control by a long-shot, but it must be kept legal. With modern medicine, more women are now capable of having multiple births, and it's always the poorest ones who do this. They are only bringing more misery into the world, and we already have far too much of that. It is very non-compassionate to force people to have children that they cannot support, or do not want. It's also unfair to the children being born into a life of abject poverty, ill health, or other undesirable circumstances.

You're a intelligent guy, I'm not going to try and dispute that. You're entitled to your opinions, as I've stated before, but I believe everyone else is entitled to theirs. I'm not advocating that abortions should be made illegal in China, I'm just saying that they should have a right to decide whether or not to get an abortion. It shouldn't be mandated by a government who's worried about exponential growth in population. That (in my opinion, mind you) is on par with cultural genocide. What's worse, it's the Chinese government who's trying to perpetuate this form of mass-murder on their own citizens. Coerced abortions, as nasty as it sounds, isn't the least of the atrocities being committed by the Chinese against their people. There are far worse conditions being recorded, just not reported by the mainstream media.