i just wonder how Isaac could reconcile the discrepancies between his anti-msn campaign and his blog "service items".
bear in mind that Isaac's integrity is not my concern here. a lot of people including myself face similar dilemma almost everyday and often choose to compromise. the question i want to ask is that is morality a proper angle to observe and analyze many issues in today's china?
to continue the previous post
take the coal mine disasters for example. at the beginning, the public blamed the owners of coal mines for those disasters, later found that officials of the local government should take more responsibilities for these malpractice because they took bribes from mine owners and collaborated with them to overlook the safety measures, so the original "evil mine owners" now have an equially "evil" collaborator - the local officials. with more information have been revealed, the public learned that the "evil officials" needed to take care of the pensions of the retired officials and that was why they invested in coal mining business, and why the coal mining business was so profitable, because china needs energy and oil import is not enough, so maybe the public should blame the "evil" american congressman who stopped a chinese firm from purchasing an oil company in the US. there are even more "evil" guys involved, coal mine business owners have to squezze the profits as soon as possible due to the policy opacity in this indsutry, so the related ministries are also "evil", actually the central government can not avoid being blamed, performance of the local government is evaluated by GDP growth, that contribute to the proliferations of small coal mines that lack necessary safety measures. to be honest, i am "evil" too. i consume a lot of energy at my home, car, office buildings and i travel a lot by airplane.
almost everybody is responsible for the coal mine disasters and, most of them can not *choose* given all the "options" they have.
TBC.