10/04/2008 - The Silence
Posted in Uncategorized by: Warlach
We’ll call this a sequel to The Scream from last Wednesday - while that consisted of me static in a spinning world, here we see the opposite.
It feels like it’s been a much longer week than it actually has, and I’ve been running just from appointment to appointment to appointment.
Maybe I’m channeling our fearless leader K. Rudd on his world wide tour?
As someone who reads three papers, at least, per day, and spends the rest of the time on the net and Twitter, it’s clear the story of the minute is Kevin’s Chinese speech.
All in all I think that it’s pretty mild, compared to what could be said, but it does seem that we are one story away from reviving the ‘yellow peril’ mantra.
I’m not saying I see war with China as unlikely, just that the rhetoric, through this story and the ongoing Olympic torch relay protest saga, seems intent on framing China as the other, blurring the line between people and their government.
Besides, as a comedian once said, "There’s 2 billion Chinese. They could kayak over and put a good fight."
But for now I, and the world, just keep spinning…