tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221684858728352705.post6433699654947041918..comments2024-01-27T03:41:31.906-08:00Comments on Kai Chen Blog: "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!" 陈凯博客:“唤醒你沉睡的良知!不自由,毋宁死!”: Chinese-American Protesters Seeing Red at Nixon Library 警惕亲共倾向在美国(翻译)Kai Chen 陈凯http://www.blogger.com/profile/12640485447029092425noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3221684858728352705.post-27136665643731273422009-10-21T08:33:02.262-07:002009-10-21T08:33:02.262-07:00Arguing with history?
Re “Nixon’s legacy haunts h...Arguing with history?<br /><br />Re “Nixon’s legacy haunts his library,” Oct. 1<br /><br />Statues of world leaders in the Nixon library do not glorify them. They are simply a small part of U.S. history during the Nixon administration.<br /><br />Why now, after 20 years and thousands of visitors, because of one person's complaint, will the library be "haunted"?<br /><br />What about the rest of us who enjoy history? The issue is being blown way out of proportion.<br /><br />Nis Helmer <br />Brea<br /><br />Denying the impact that President Nixon had on U.S.-Chinese diplomatic relations is denying history.<br /><br />The statues of Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai at the Richard Nixon Library and Museum are symbolic of Nixon's accomplishment in opening the cultural and political discourse between these two powerful countries.<br /><br />The location is, after all, a museum -- a place to learn about and honor history. Leave the statues where they are.<br /><br />Karen Beckman <br />Santa Ana<br /><br />I am not Chinese, but I understand Kai Chen's outrage.<br /><br />Statues of Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot or any mass murderer should not be in a U.S. museum. Communist governments can blind their own people but not Americans.<br /><br />Son Tran <br />Diamond Bar<br /><br />Nixon's legacy tarnished by including murderous Mao's statue in his presidential library?<br /><br />Mao and Nixon deserve each other -- two tyrants who undermined democracy and used state power to disguise their treachery whenever it suited them.<br /><br />Al Senia <br />Aliso ViejoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com