[WikiEN-l] Classification of China?

Sat Apr 26 21:36:10 UTC 2003

Who decided that? Did you just make it up? 

--- Fred Bauder <fredbaud at ctelco.net> wrote:
> The criteria are control of the press, repression of
> political speech,
> imprisonment of those who atempt to organize an
> opposing political party or
> a union, etc.
> 
> Fred
> 
> > From: Vicki Rosenzweig <vr at redbird.org>
> > Reply-To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
> > Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 19:31:58 -0400
> > To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
> > Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Classification of China?
> > 
> > At 05:16 PM 4/25/03 -0600, Fred Bauder wrote:
> >> I intend to speak truth. China (and the Catholic
> church, for another
> >> example) are authoritarian. \ It is not merely a
> matter of the opinion of
> >> vague critics. There are objective criteria which
> if met constitute an
> >> authoritarian government.
> > 
> > This concerns me, not because I disagree, but
> because I don't know
> > what objective criteria Fred is using, and because
> almost anyone who
> > promotes a point of view sincerely believes that
> he or she is speaking
> > truth.
> > 
> > The determination to speak truth, while admirable,
> is not the same as
> > NPOV, which is our policy.
> > 
> > 
> >> Fred

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