However, illness for many (even within privileged societies) is an everyday reality, particularly if there is no cure, or the case that medicines can only ‘control’ the situation for a time. Even in China where Daoism is an ancient medicalised spirituality, people who are ill keep themselves as ‘free’ of angst as possible, and seek to detach a ‘clear’ mind from an ill body as much as possible.
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Japanese Buddhist Monk Apologises to a Grateful Chinese People
If Japan apologised to the Chinese people and strove to make amends for their war-crimes, the world would be a better place.
When Britain Ethnically Cleansed Its Chinese Populations
Polish people may well be from another country, but their European ethnicity runs the UK – albeit in its distinct British form. I condemn any and all crimes against Polish people, but do not believe that they are the victims of post-Brexit ‘racism’ in the manner that Black, Asian and Chinese people in the UK are (a subject the British media is quiet about). To the British media it seems that hate-filled prejudice is only reportable if white people are suffering it.
Wikipedia Suppression of Knowledge
As a consequence, wikipedia’s anti-progress, anti-leftist and anti-truth position is very clear. Its established historical narrative reflects exactly how white middle class America views itself and the world around it. I think the ancient Greeks would be astonished to see that in today’s America, stupidity is packaged as ‘true’ knowledge!
Post-Modern Hakka (Letter 21.6.2016)
I noticed then that even the traditional Hakka clothing was nolonger worn, and the language spoken was a mixture of Hakka and Cantonese (with the occasional English word). Those who have left this village have spread all-over the world and changed in the new environments they have encountered, and yet there is something distinctly ‘Hakka’ that holds it all together!
Racism in the Trade Union EU Referendum
Due to this Eurocentric and racist approach, many non-white British workers have opted to form unions of their own – where they can pursue better employment rights ‘free’ of the malignant racism found within many corners of the British trade union movement.
