Saturday, April 19, 2008

c'mon little butterfly / try and fly

One last word on China....from The Bulletin:

The Australian may be immoral, and very often is, but the Chinaman must be....
He has no alternative, for the utter lack of ennobling purpose and elevating ideal confines his every thought to the pleasures of his body. ...

from September 1, 1886.

Looking at this page and the comments below the main piece, in 130 years not much has changed.....

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