Comments on: A Literary Lunch with Gavin Menzies

By: Stranded Mariner

Stranded Mariner — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:56:34 +0000

@7: Dicks in Spaaaaace! :)

By: Slap2tickle

Slap2tickle — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:59:24 +0000

Quality piece of video there, but you can’t beat a dish of chainsaw chicken with every thing included such and the head, beak and claws. It’s enough to make anybody like “Chinese”.

By: Neddy

Neddy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:00:22 +0000

Offhand,I’d say good riddance! But if you believe that every self-respecting blog should have one (or more, in case of a prize-winning, first-class blog like this one), then I suggest you trade them in for a more upmarket model.

But how do you attract a quality troll? Dunno, all I can offer is a little bait for the snappers. It’s called “I like Chinese”, by Monty Python no less.

By: MyLaowai

MyLaowai — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:40:47 +0000

I reckon the truth is somewhere in the middle. Lost in the depths of mysteriousness. A bit like the place my odd sock always hides. Or is it the Sock Pixie?

Anyway… Come back fenqing, we miss you.

By: justrecently

justrecently — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:21:31 +0000

I tend to agree with Slap2tickle’s theory. If Myfenwai/Stoogie doesn’t/don’t re-epiphanate soon, we’ll need to re-invent them.

By: Slap2tickle

Slap2tickle — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:09:41 +0000

Well judging by the lack of response recently I would assume that F and S are users of one of the many proxies that have been blocked, the mere fact that they are using proxies would in itself indicate a certain level of competence and knowledge of computers though I’m not sure if that constitutes intelligence (providing they live in China). As for “hurling” words around S and F do plenty of that which would also point to somebody who is Asian in origin though the limited range in vocabulary used in direct insults (“Hurl words against the other”. There is no constructive discussion.”) would suggest somebody with more time on their hands to play on the internet. Personally I think S and F are the World of Warcraft type who sit in a small dark room wasting their lives away with no hope or scoring with a hot chick, but that’s just my opinion.

By: Ked

Ked — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:51:06 +0000

Personally, I miss Mr. Myfenwai a little bit. I don’t know Mr. Stoogie, but Myfenwai’s thinking is very interesting to me. As somebady pointed before, I think that Myfenwai is not a native Chinese but an overseas Chinese who has been educated under heavy Western influence. Probably Chinese-American or Australian. He would be a fake Chinese with a white face. Anyway, his way of thiking, it seems to me, is very Western. Usually, fenqings are very emotional. I’m not saying that Myfenwai isn’t emotional at all, but his thinking and discussion is not the way how ordinary Chinese (or more generally Asians) do in the talk. It looks like he is used to getting involved in harsh discussion, keeping his pace perseverantly, searching for evidence on the net, attacking each comment based on the evidence he found, and all of them with perfect English. Westerners might think that searching for evidence and talking based on it is very natural in discussion, but it’s really difficult in some culture. You have to think logically and inductively. Of course, how logical and how based on the evidence is another matter, but it’s very Western, I think. At least, you have to live in a free society, where you know you can find what you want on the net. It’s impossible in a place where the information flow is severely restricted.

I don’t see Chinese blogs or discussion boards so much, but the comments reveal how they think. That is, “Hurl words against the other”. There is no constructive discussion. I don’t think that the act of “Hurl words against the other” is completly absent from Western thinking, but most fenqings’ way of discussion is not matured as Myfenwai’s. Of course, it would not be enough if I don’t mention that reinforcing the discussion by bringing up the Japanese (and Koreans) is very unusual among native Chinese.

Thank you for reading.

By: justrecently

justrecently — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:41:35 +0000

The crackdown spells trouble for capable people, and for China's development, but might be a blessing for folks like Stoogie/Myfenwai (provided that they live in China). Now they can attend their overdue anger management course and resume their studies where they left them in April 2007.

By: Slap2tickle

Slap2tickle — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:56:01 +0000

It’s so quiet here, I wonder if S and F have fallen victim to the latest effort of the CCP to crack down on all proxy services. Now that would be a pity if their own government has prevented them from earning their 10c a post and the ability to vent their frustrations from being social outcasts and rejects.

By: LoveChinaLongTime

LoveChinaLongTime — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:48:49 +0000

They can’t comment because all their Taiwanese-American dual passport holders, flaunting their non-mainland-ness, staff have cocks in their mouth at this moment…(and it ain’t the chickies – who have butch minge on their lips)