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(a)yahoo.com>
Reply-To: wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 09:32:01 -0700 (PDT)
To: wikien-l(a)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(a)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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