medabong Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 On Jan 8, 2005, the Chinese coast guards have fired on two Vietnamese fishing boats in the Gulf of Tonkin. They killed 9 Vietnamese fishermen and wounded 8 other people. They also captured 8 other Vietnamese fishermen and 1 fishing boat. The Vietnamese fishermen are not robbers and did not attack any Chinese fishing boats like what the Chinese accused them. Please sign this petition to oppose the Chinese coast guards' actions. http://www.petitiononline.com/hauloc/petition.html http://img85.exs.cx/img85/3066/ghethuyena29yv.jpg A fisherman showing bullet marks on the boat http://img124.exs.cx/img124/6931/images446...6423anh91je.jpg http://img36.exs.cx/img36/3387/nannhan4zt.jpg A victim's family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tawasakm Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 Heres a link to a site providing a quick explanation about why email petitions and online petitions are USELESS and fall under the umbrella of junk mail. Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
August1991 Posted January 18, 2005 Report Share Posted January 18, 2005 There are two points I find interesting here: First, to possibly sway an opinion, a protest letter requires some threshold of effort on the part of the protester. If it's easy to do, then anyone can do it and the point is meaningless. I wish voting in elections somehow had a similar threshold. Second, I don't know how we should engage dictators such as the Chinese government. Should we ignore them while maintaining ties with ordinary Chinese? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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