[SpamCop-List] Re: The chinese own spam

[Marjolein Katsma]

Miss Betsy (nobody at spamcop.net) wrote in news:c6umfj$s5n$1
@news.spamcop.net:

> I know that the 'communist' government in China has loosened up a
> lot of rules and perhaps is even actively encouraging capitalistic
> practices. 

No "perhaps" about it. Private business has been encouraged for many 
years. In economic "hubs" like Shanghai there are a lot of very rich 
people.

> However, communism, in its basic form, is not supportive of individual 
property rights (though probably respective of copyrights). 

And where does communism "in its basic form" still *exist*? 

> If the philosophy behind the government in China has changed, perhaps
> it is not 'communistic' any more. 

It changed long, long ago. And it's still "communist". Just not the kind 
of theoretical communism you assume still exists there.

> since the OP, even as revealed in following posts, has no idea of what
> makes cultures tick. 

There we agree. He also obviously has no idea that in China there are a 
multitude of cultures.


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