So Pogi and Killarney

Are you two Australians who will celebrate Mao's death?

Let's see what all the Taiwanese do... to celebrate Mao's anniversary
Apparently theres a Taiwanese Festival today.
Interesting timing!

It seems that the 'celebrations' have been cancelled, mainly because of protests from Chinese Australians who know the truth about Mao the Muderer.

Nice post, Pogi.

Brutal wars of liberation from imperialism and/or revolutions against ancient tyrannies (almost always followed by equally brutal civil wars) are par for the course as countries develop and change within changing global patterns. It's always terrible for the ordinary people caught up in those changes.

Mao banned foot-binding in 1949 (even though the practice was largely gone by then), but he also ruthlessly destroyed Tibet. The Long March is also one of the great military successes of modern times.

He was both a hero and a bastard. It's unhelpful to purely focus on the bastard and ignore everything else about his life and achievements.

Should we allow various high-placed Australian spokes-people to spruik America's own ideas about its place in the world?

Sometimes The Truth Hurts. Get over it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhMQRFyBp0Y

"We need the US for defence, but we only need defence because of the US"
https://www.mup.com.au/items/136891

Buy it, Read it. It's True. Think clearly because he's right!
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I don't like the Americans especially. But I don't want to abandon Australia to the Chinese. You can se just how much freedom they have over there. They stand in front of tanks and get mown down.