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(a)redbird.org>
Reply-To: wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 19:31:58 -0400
To: wikien-l(a)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
> 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).
--
Vicki Rosenzweig
vr(a)redbird.org
http://www.redbird.org
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