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In reply to the discussion: Tibetans Explain What 'Suck My Tongue' Means. It's Not What You Think. [View all]icymist
(15,888 posts)122. U.S. arrests 2 for allegedly operating secret Chinese police outpost in New York
Washington The FBI arrested two defendants on charges that they set up and operated an illegal Chinese police station in the middle of New York City in order to influence and intimidate dissidents critical of the Chinese government in the U.S., the Justice Department announced Monday.
...In a separate complaint, nearly three dozen MPS officers were charged with using fake social media accounts to intimidate Chinese dissents in the U.S. and disseminate "official PRC government propaganda and narratives to counter the pro-democracy speech of the Chinese dissidents," the Justice Department said, referring to the People's Republic of China.
...The group allegedly operated a troll farm of thousands of fake social media profiles on sites like Twitter to disseminate Chinese government propaganda and recruit agents inside the U.S. to do the same. In one instance, members of the 912 Group allegedly targeted an anti-communism virtual conference convened by a Chinese dissident with loud music, threats and vulgarities.
..."As alleged, the PRC government deploys its national police and the 912 Special Project Working Group not as an instrument to uphold the law and protect public safety, but rather as a troll farm that attacks persons in our country for exercising free speech in a manner that the PRC government finds disagreeable, and also spreads propaganda whose sole purpose is to sow divisions within the United States," Breon Peace, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said in a release.
...In a separate complaint, nearly three dozen MPS officers were charged with using fake social media accounts to intimidate Chinese dissents in the U.S. and disseminate "official PRC government propaganda and narratives to counter the pro-democracy speech of the Chinese dissidents," the Justice Department said, referring to the People's Republic of China.
...The group allegedly operated a troll farm of thousands of fake social media profiles on sites like Twitter to disseminate Chinese government propaganda and recruit agents inside the U.S. to do the same. In one instance, members of the 912 Group allegedly targeted an anti-communism virtual conference convened by a Chinese dissident with loud music, threats and vulgarities.
..."As alleged, the PRC government deploys its national police and the 912 Special Project Working Group not as an instrument to uphold the law and protect public safety, but rather as a troll farm that attacks persons in our country for exercising free speech in a manner that the PRC government finds disagreeable, and also spreads propaganda whose sole purpose is to sow divisions within the United States," Breon Peace, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, said in a release.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-china-police-station-new-york-2-arrested-harry-lu-jianwang-chen-jinping/
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Tibetans Explain What 'Suck My Tongue' Means. It's Not What You Think. [View all]
icymist
Apr 2023
OP
Did you see how close their faces came? Their tongues could have touched at that distance
pnwmom
Apr 2023
#8
Adults shouldn't be forcing kisses on children, period. And especially kids not in their family
pnwmom
Apr 2023
#23
Every cultural practice isn't equally valid. Our own cultural practices aren't equally valid.
pnwmom
Apr 2023
#85
If Pope Francis was demanding kids kiss him on the lips, while grasping their hand,
pnwmom
Apr 2023
#101
He wasn't tickling him in the clip I saw -- not that that would be okay, either.
pnwmom
Apr 2023
#97
A shame, anyone that has any inkling of the Tibetan culture would have already known this.
SWBTATTReg
Apr 2023
#3
"I am sorry you misunderstood my fractured English. Pardon while my translator shows up so you
Hekate
Apr 2023
#48
The reason it is India and not Tibet is the Chinese ran all the Tibetans out of Tibet during the
Maraya1969
Apr 2023
#102
I know the history and what the Chinese did to Tibet is indeed terrible
LymphocyteLover
Apr 2023
#119
I take offense at the words, "Did this to" As has been discussed through this thread what happened
Maraya1969
Apr 2023
#120
I saw the kissing that preceded it. The boy was being pushed by adults to do things
pnwmom
Apr 2023
#21
Well I admit I've not seen the video ... and that does sound a bit untoward
Hugh_Lebowski
Apr 2023
#32
You should watch the whole thing from the source where a cultural defense was mounted
Just A Box Of Rain
Apr 2023
#65
This is the entire video of the incident unedited, that I mentioned above.
Just A Box Of Rain
Apr 2023
#67
Media in this country is so triggered by the rightwing nuts that they couldn't stop for a moment...
Hekate
Apr 2023
#6
I'm one of them. If he had been a Catholic priest, first asking for a kiss on the cheek,
pnwmom
Apr 2023
#14
Adult relationships are a completely separate issue. Children shouldn't be forced
pnwmom
Apr 2023
#26
I like Pope Francis as well, but I wouldn't be defending him if a child came to him
pnwmom
Apr 2023
#34
First & foremost, Roman Catholic priests come from our own culture, so we'd look askance with good
Hekate
Apr 2023
#36
Here's a perspective from another culture that's not our own, and I found it compelling.
pnwmom
Apr 2023
#39
Human beings are human beings. Many in our own western culture think it's perfectly fine
pnwmom
Apr 2023
#107
Children shouldn't be made to kiss strange adults on the lips -- and even with a family member
pnwmom
Apr 2023
#22
Speaking of translations, I watched the movie Woodstock when I was in Japan.
AnotherDreamWeaver
Apr 2023
#38
Yeah, I saw a Twitter reply that basically explained the misinterpretation soon after it happened...
demmiblue
Apr 2023
#25
Well, I'm sure that his culture would be equally understanding of a similar faux pas
Orrex
Apr 2023
#47
No one is saying he's a pedophile. My concern was that the boy was pushed into the interaction.
pnwmom
Apr 2023
#64
yes, and also this was in India. Not clear how many Indians know this expression.
LymphocyteLover
Apr 2023
#77
I wouldn't like to swing the pendulum too far the other way and pretend that hugs are sexual
reqd
Apr 2023
#74
The hug looked voluntary to me, so it was fine. But after that the man kept gripping the boy's
pnwmom
Apr 2023
#109
does the saying require stickin the tongue out 1 inch away from the kid after kissing him on the lip
reqd
Apr 2023
#72
It may well be a Tibetan thing, but should the Dalai Lama expected that everyone knows this?
LymphocyteLover
Apr 2023
#80
U.S. arrests 2 for allegedly operating secret Chinese police outpost in New York
icymist
Apr 2023
#122