Do You Also Think that America Is Actually Very “Friendly”?
Published in Lianhe Zaobao
(Singapore) on 4 March 2011
by Anonymous from Shandong Province, China (link to original)
After reading an article called “We Should See from Two Sides America’s Interference into Other Countries’ Affairs,” I do not want to discuss it by referring to any grand theories. I’m a common citizen, so I don’t know much about state affairs or politics. What I’m going to talk about are merely common thoughts of common people.
The author of the article mentioned above referred to America as a “she.” So here I will borrow that “she” and replace some words from that article with my own, of course, without changing too much the original idea. I hope that readers would read these two articles together. It would be fun.
“Just as what I always believe, she is a person, a member of the society… so if she doesn’t meddle with other people’s affairs, it would be abnormal.”
It doesn’t mean that all interference is wrong. Sometimes, involvement in other people’s business is conducive to promoting communications between people. If she can poke her nose around you, you can go and have a bit of interference into her business as well. Don’t wait for her to come and annoy you and then speak badly of her afterward because of that.
“In fact, compared to other powers in the world which are in the habit of stepping into other countries’ business, her interference is pretty friendly. We should even thank her!" Why is that? Please see the following reasons:
“1. Compared to other powers’ interference, she is simply so gentle.” There have been a lot of memorable incidences happening around the world, bringing many awful consequences along, and people would still shudder at the thought of them. She would interfere with your affairs, for example, by breaking into your house and having a robbing spree. And in the end, the bad guys were bound to be condemned by the law. The author said, “Even if her interference had failed, she failed with honor.” But if she got out of it with roses at that time, could you have been better off now?
“2. The author should have a retrospection of his own problem. As the saying goes: flies won’t hang around eggs without cracks. If there’s nothing wrong with you, how could she ever get the chance to meddle with your affairs?” But please imagine this: If someone goes to your house and robs everything you have with the pretext that it’s your own fault, would you agree with such an excuse?
“3. She is an ordinary person. She doesn’t have three heads or six arms.” This is a very interesting opinion. If she’s so normal, why would we be afraid of her? (I’m not sure whether the author would be afraid of such an ordinary person if he were to rob your house.)
4. The author said, “it’s normal for those less witted to be destroyed by the wise.” But let me ask you, will you be so calm when she is actually pointing a gun at you and is about to kill you?
The author of the article mentioned above referred to America as a “she.” So here I will borrow that “she” and replace some words from that article with my own, of course, without changing too much the original idea. I hope that readers would read these two articles together. It would be fun.
“Just as what I always believe, she is a person, a member of the society… so if she doesn’t meddle with other people’s affairs, it would be abnormal.”
It doesn’t mean that all interference is wrong. Sometimes, involvement in other people’s business is conducive to promoting communications between people. If she can poke her nose around you, you can go and have a bit of interference into her business as well. Don’t wait for her to come and annoy you and then speak badly of her afterward because of that.
“In fact, compared to other powers in the world which are in the habit of stepping into other countries’ business, her interference is pretty friendly. We should even thank her!" Why is that? Please see the following reasons:
“1. Compared to other powers’ interference, she is simply so gentle.” There have been a lot of memorable incidences happening around the world, bringing many awful consequences along, and people would still shudder at the thought of them. She would interfere with your affairs, for example, by breaking into your house and having a robbing spree. And in the end, the bad guys were bound to be condemned by the law. The author said, “Even if her interference had failed, she failed with honor.” But if she got out of it with roses at that time, could you have been better off now?
“2. The author should have a retrospection of his own problem. As the saying goes: flies won’t hang around eggs without cracks. If there’s nothing wrong with you, how could she ever get the chance to meddle with your affairs?” But please imagine this: If someone goes to your house and robs everything you have with the pretext that it’s your own fault, would you agree with such an excuse?
“3. She is an ordinary person. She doesn’t have three heads or six arms.” This is a very interesting opinion. If she’s so normal, why would we be afraid of her? (I’m not sure whether the author would be afraid of such an ordinary person if he were to rob your house.)
4. The author said, “it’s normal for those less witted to be destroyed by the wise.” But let me ask you, will you be so calm when she is actually pointing a gun at you and is about to kill you?
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