Comments on: Seriously, Phelps Did Not Harm China

By: Jakob

Jakob — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:34:36 +0000

Hey man, I’m in Shanghai and I’ve been reading your blog for a long time… It’s very sad that you blog so little now – your posts were always super funny and made my day more than once. Keep it up!

By: Ella

Ella — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:09:24 +0000

I also think it is unnecessary as a Chinese. However, I can at least give some reasonings. I would say, this is due to culture difference. I guess some of his Chinese fans think him is a God and will do whatever he does (this’s not his problem but the chinese fans themselves). Also, due to the Opium war ( I would like to think it is the reason, otherwise I can’t think of another reason), Chinese government treats drugs no matter what drugs like a biggest enemy and there’s not objective reviews about drugs in the society. Every drugs are evil and much much worse than alcohol, so this can explain why some people think pots are more dangerous than alcohol. The relationship between alcohol and drinking is not well emphasized in China (pls think how Chinese people drive). Still, I am very surprised that he did an apology to his Chinese fans, as I don’t record any of my friends think he is very bad and wants him to apology. I don’t know how do they get the majority opinions as China is big and many people don’t do surveys or they lie in surveys.

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