Comments on: Scrap note (#10)

By: RiverC

RiverC — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 17:02:20 +0000

Oddly, West-Buddhism tends to be the opposite, trying to focus on ‘the now’, since the future and the past are illusions… as always, the maxim applies: “Water assumes the color of the container.”

By: fake_username

fake_username — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 04:55:04 +0000

All good points on China, but I think the fascination with China’s west is muted because the migration is all towards the cities; there’s no gold rush, unless we count some coaxed Han migration into places like Xinjiang, and everything is calm. As much admiration as we may all have for places like Shanghai, though, China’s interior does deserve more attention. The last time I found myself in those small, interior locales nestled between the mountains I was surprised by the standard of living of the agricultural half. The numbers reveal that these people have virtually no income, but they do well producing for themselves and reselling and they often live in houses that eclipse the size of urban apartments that very well may reach prices such as 200,000 USD. Mao perhaps inadvertently taught us a valuable lesson, one we learned in America’s ‘wild west': if you move quality people out into the wilderness, whether through incentives or force, they will simply improve it. The converse then is also true: give the dregs a city or a civilization and it will collapse. China really can’t be compared to the rest of developing world based on things such as GDP per capita.

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By: neovictorian23

neovictorian23 — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 20:49:44 +0000

I don’t know if that is cute or creepy

Both beautifully juxtaposed! In amongst the cookie-cutters and gourmet chocolate-covered coffee beans,we have Fanged Noumena for the grandson…if it wasn’t for all of the other reviews I would consider the possibility that this was a very elaborate gag…wait, maybe the other 28 reviews are just there to support the Land book?

Best not think about that too much. That way, madness lies.

By: Artemisia

Artemisia — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 20:34:24 +0000

Look at all her reviews. I don’t know if that is cute or creepy (then again, I think due to some defect in my constitution I seem to have trouble distinguishing the two most of the time).

By: Mark Warburton

Mark Warburton — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 18:10:37 +0000

I couldn’t help but chip it on that review when I saw it. Haha.

By: neovictorian23

neovictorian23 — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 17:56:08 +0000

There’s also this from the main Amazon.com – Ms. Carolyn Fine, Shalimar, FL, USA – “Bought this for my grandson who is on a debate team and needed it for research. He is very happy!!”

Indeed.