Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Mike Tyson: just another commie-loving moron
Mike Tyson is, among other things, a Maoist.
I myself stood in line to observe the preserved body of the Chairman Mao back in 1984, an appropriate year to pay homage to totalitarians. I was traveling in China on the cheap -- as in $10 per day cheap -- with a couple of college friends. It was the first year or so that individuals were allowed to go to China without benefit of a guided tour. You could actually go almost anywhere you wanted without supervision. Back then, the commies really didn't know how to deal with Westerners who got a little out of line, and above all wanted to avoid any confrontation that might create a diplomatic incident, as it were.
Anyway, we joined the line into's Mao's tomb, the three of us wags behind a couple of long-hairs from California who were quite obviously reveling in the unreconstructed Communism of that era like pigs in shit. My friends and I, however, were (and remain) firmly of the school that dictators should be mocked, especially when they have been preserved under glass for posterity. We were jabbering away in, candidly, less than respectful tones, and none of the many PLA guards around us seemed to care in the least. The American woman in front of us, however, spun around and hissed "Show some respect!". My friend's swift reply, for which I am eternally envious, is recorded below:"I should respect him because he killed 50 million people?"
Mike Tyson said he felt insignificant standing near the preserved body of Mao Zedong during a visit to the deceased leader's mausoleum.
Tyson, 39, is a longtime admirer of Mao, who founded China's communist government in 1949. The former world heavyweight boxing champion has Mao's likeness tattooed on his right arm.
"Standing in front of Chairman Mao's remains, I felt really insignificant," Tyson told reporters Saturday during a 15-minute visit, the Beijing Times reported.
I myself stood in line to observe the preserved body of the Chairman Mao back in 1984, an appropriate year to pay homage to totalitarians. I was traveling in China on the cheap -- as in $10 per day cheap -- with a couple of college friends. It was the first year or so that individuals were allowed to go to China without benefit of a guided tour. You could actually go almost anywhere you wanted without supervision. Back then, the commies really didn't know how to deal with Westerners who got a little out of line, and above all wanted to avoid any confrontation that might create a diplomatic incident, as it were.
Anyway, we joined the line into's Mao's tomb, the three of us wags behind a couple of long-hairs from California who were quite obviously reveling in the unreconstructed Communism of that era like pigs in shit. My friends and I, however, were (and remain) firmly of the school that dictators should be mocked, especially when they have been preserved under glass for posterity. We were jabbering away in, candidly, less than respectful tones, and none of the many PLA guards around us seemed to care in the least. The American woman in front of us, however, spun around and hissed "Show some respect!". My friend's swift reply, for which I am eternally envious, is recorded below:
Sheesh.
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