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.
Fred
From: Daniel Ehrenberg littledanehren@yahoo.com Reply-To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 09:32:01 -0700 (PDT) To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Classification of China?
You can't just say "China is an evil totalitarian country" (I know that's not what you said) or even "China is a controlling country" because that's an opinion, not a fact. The communist party in China might think "We're not controlling or authoritarian, we just want the best for our citizens", which makes the comment POV. You could say (in a later paragraph), "China is critisized for being [[authoritarianism and totalitarianism|authoritarianist]].
--- Fred Bauder fredbaud@ctelco.net wrote:
I stirred up this hornet's nest by inserting a link to [[authoritarianism and totalitarianism|authoritarian]] into the first paragraph of the article. I think this is a fair characterization of the regime (regardless of what ever other adjective might describe it).
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