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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2017 6:39:07 GMT -5
What is currently happening in the Far East?
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Post by ahinton on Sept 6, 2017 6:47:37 GMT -5
What is currently happening in the Far East? See my answer to you question as to what is happening in the Middle East...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2017 1:33:23 GMT -5
North Korea is threatening to attack the United States of America (USA) with nuclear missiles, which is destabilising the whole region. What is to be done, ahinton?
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Post by ahinton on Sept 10, 2017 6:14:09 GMT -5
North Korea is threatening to attack the United States of America (USA) with nuclear missiles, which is destabilising the whole region. What is to be done, ahinton? I have no idea. Additional sanctions are unlikely to have much effect as the country seems prepared to go on a suicide mission and sacrifice almost everything to fall behind what its leader desires. There are suspicions that Iran and Ukraine might be making NK's nuclear weapons development easier but I don't know how credible they might be. Military action can only damage NK, SK and parts of NE China and is also likely to sully relations between USA and China.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2017 9:38:14 GMT -5
Nothing can be done, apart from containment?
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Post by Uncle Henry on Sept 11, 2017 6:39:33 GMT -5
The problems there are all with the interfering trans-Atlantics. They do not have the sense to see that, and why, other peoples find them so very objectionable, and they do not have the sense to "go away" when told to do so.
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Post by ahinton on Sept 11, 2017 6:54:56 GMT -5
The problems there are all with the interfering trans-Atlantics. They do not have the sense to see that, and why, other peoples find them so very objectionable, and they do not have the sense to "go away" when told to do so. Why do you persist in using the term "trans-Atlantics" when it is clear that you mean "Americans"? - you of all people given, to whom Americans are "trans-Pacifics" if indeed you must insist on calling them something other than "Americans"! Plenty of people do not find Americans "objectionable" and very few would admit to finding all of them "objectionable". Moreover, why should anyone tell Americans to "go away" from wherever they might have relocated; other than the occasional illegal immigrant from USA, they all have a legal right to be wherever they are, just as those in such places have no legal right to tell them to leave.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2017 6:56:45 GMT -5
We have historically interfered in the Far East, Uncle Henry. What about the tragic demise of Tasmanian aboriginals, for example?
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Post by ahinton on Sept 11, 2017 6:57:59 GMT -5
Nothing can be done, apart from containment? Containment is pretty much par for the course in NK already; its citizens cannot leave NK on account of its government's containment policy towards them. Bombing NK will only kill its citizens and cause damage; it might well affect citizens of NK's neighbouring nations adversely as well. Unless and until those NK citizens rise up against the régime that's now been in place for decades, it's not obvious that anything constructive can be done.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2017 8:36:46 GMT -5
It is a shame. Korea has such a rich culture, which is well worth celebrating here in ' The Third', ahinton. The Korean peninsula is about as large as the United Kingdom. Since 1948 it has been divided into the Republic of Korea in the south and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in the north. Korea has a rich material and visual culture and a long and enduring history. White, round, plain: perhaps the first words that come to mind when seeing this porcelain jar. Elegant simplicity made this type of jar popular in Korea during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. White, minimalist forms were desired and praised during the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). It symbolised the Neo-Confucian ideals of purity and integrity. When the Joseon royal house established Neo-Confucianism (a moral and ethical philosophy based on the teachings of Chinese philosopher Confucius (551–479 BC) as the ruling ideology, white porcelain was adopted as imperial ware in the fifteenth century. The jar is more than simply white, round and plain. The glaze on the white clay body gives it a faint and uneven blue tone. It is neither perfectly spherical nor symmetrical. The flatter mid-section shows the production method. After two semi-spheres are made, one is turned upside down and joined to the other. The horizontal seam in the middle is then smoothed over. There are small divots, bumps and cracks on the surface that have formed in the kiln during the firing. The objects were referred to as moon jars (dalhang’ari) from the mid twentieth century because of their form, and because their shape and colour also changes when observed from different angles. Today, the moon jar has become an icon of Joseon art. Modern and contemporary artists have been inspired by the moon jars’ tranquil artlessness and have imitated its shape and used it as a motif. Bernard Leach (1887–1979), known as the father of British studio pottery, purchased this moon jar in Seoul in 1935. He said owning it was like ‘carrying a piece of happiness’. In 1943 Leach asked Lucie Rie (1902–95), an eminent studio potter, to care for the moon jar for the rest of the Second World War. Leach then decided it belonged in her studio. It remained there until Rie’s death, after which it was bequeathed to Janet Leach. The Museum acquired it from Leach’s estate in 1999. Details Title: White porcelain moon jar Date created: 1600/1800 Physical Dimensions: Height: 47.00cm; Diameter: 44.50cm (Widest Point); Diameter: 15.50cm (Base) External Link: British Museum collection online Technique: glazed Registration number: 1999,0302.1 Production place: Made in Korea Period/culture: Joseon Dynasty Material: porcelain
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Post by Uncle Henry on Sept 12, 2017 1:19:45 GMT -5
until NK citizens rise up against the régime that's now been in place for decades, it's not obvious that anything constructive can be done. A truly wild idea from one of our members. Why should they exactly? Is it Britain's fortune to have a "régime" too? Should Britons "rise up"? Let us make a little list of the "countries" that have "régimes" and those that do not. And why is that?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 1:44:33 GMT -5
Stalinist North Korea (NK) has one of the most repressive "régimes" in the world, Uncle Henry! Movement is restricted, and how would you like it if you could not even get access to the internet, for example? How would you know what was going on, not only in Australasia and the Far East, but in the West? What about defending our hard won freedoms instead, Uncle Henry? If I may nevertheless address all your questions directly, even if they are addressed to Alistair Hinton: a. A truly wild idea from one of our members. Why should they exactly? To rid themselves of a brutal dictatorship, Uncle Henry! b. Is it Britain's fortune to have a "régime" too? The United Kingdom (UK) has a democratically elected government, answerable to Parliament, as does Australia. Neither can be considered to be "régimes" in a particularly authoritarian sense, Uncle Henry. See the online definition below. c. Should Britons "rise up"? Only Alistair and kleines c, Uncle Henry, although I am not sure Alistair would show! d. Let us make a little list of the "countries" that have "régimes" and those that do not. And why is that? A "régime" is defined online as a government, especially an authoritarian one. Some examples of authoritarian governments include the "régimes" in China, Cuba and Iran. In an authoritarian political system, control is held by a single ruler or small group. Authoritarian governments do not permit freedom of speech and look to control every aspect of the daily lives of their citizens. North Korea (NK) is arguably the most authoritarian government in the world, Uncle Henry! Is that the kind of government you really prefer?
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Post by ahinton on Sept 12, 2017 3:16:42 GMT -5
A truly wild idea from one of our members. Why should they exactly? Is it Britain's fortune to have a "régime" too? Should Britons "rise up"? Let us make a little list of the "countries" that have "régimes" and those that do not. And why is that? I didn't say that they should or should not do that; I merely observed that no solution to the problem looks likely to manifest itself if no such uprising occurs and is successful. Of course Britain - or rather UK - has a régime, as does any nation with its own government. UK citizens "rise up" to make their views known each time a General Election is held in UK. There is therefore no need for such a list, as it would comprise all the world's nations.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 5:15:37 GMT -5
If I may address your point directly, Alistair: A truly wild idea from one of our members. Why should they exactly? Is it Britain's fortune to have a "régime" too? Should Britons "rise up"? Let us make a little list of the "countries" that have "régimes" and those that do not. And why is that? I didn't say that they should or should not do that; I merely observed that no solution to the problem looks likely to manifest itself if no such uprising occurs and is successful. Of course Britain - or rather UK - has a régime, as does any nation with its own government. UK citizens "rise up" to make their views known each time a General Election is held in UK. There is therefore no need for such a list, as it would comprise all the world's nations. So you have no desire to "rise up" against the present British "régime", Alistair? You further have no desire for North Koreans to "rise up" against the present North Korean "régime"?
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Post by ahinton on Sept 12, 2017 5:33:02 GMT -5
I didn't say that they should or should not do that; I merely observed that no solution to the problem looks likely to manifest itself if no such uprising occurs and is successful. Of course Britain - or rather UK - has a régime, as does any nation with its own government. UK citizens "rise up" to make their views known each time a General Election is held in UK. There is therefore no need for such a list, as it would comprise all the world's nations. So you have no desire to "rise up" against the present British "régime", Alistair? You further have no desire for North Koreans to "rise up" against the present North Korean "régime"? Where did I write that - or indeed the opposite? I did not declare what desires I have in respect of either, so you ought not to make assumptions in the absence of such declarations. For the record, The current UK régime is to all intents and purposes a democratic, so the way to "rise up" against it is not to vote for its continuation in the next General Election (although the way in which it continues to mishandle Brexit might suggest that it will bring about itgs own demise); NK, on the other hand, is a dictatorship, so the only way to topple its régime is for its citizens to overthrow it by whatever means they can and, if they don't they will continue to suffer as a consequence both of the maintenance of the régime and any adverse consequences visited upon it by other nations - and let's remember that it has one of the world's worst reputations for human rights abuses of its own citizens.
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