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Yesterday, I went to read all the comments over at ifeng.com, including the abusive ones.  Today, I was unable to do so because there were just far too many abusive comments.  However, I have found out that the abusive comments contain the following problems:

1. They are uncreative

The lack of creativity is manifested in the huge number of repetitions which recycle what others have already said.  But it is unfair for me to condemn the netizens and hold them responsible.  I regard this as an inevitable consequence of our educational system which suppresses creativity.  The lack of creativity makes the system more manageable.

There is nothing creative about the boycott.  Since the 1930's, boycotts have made no progress in the hearts and minds of the Chinese people no matter how time and space have changed.  By comparison, the Chinese in the 1939's were more outstanding.  When they began to boycott Japanese goods, they took all the Japanese products in their homes and incinerated them.  We don't see that kind of scene in the more recent boycotts of Japanese goods.  We don't see people smashing their Canon cameras, setting their Peugeots on fire, or shredding their LV handbags.  But it is not correct to say that there is no creativity whatsoever, because the boycotting netizens to today do not lack passion in destroying the possessions of others.  For example, during the anti-Japanese demonstrations of 2005, they smashed Japanese cars and restaurants -- the fact was that most of the restaurant owners were not Japanese.  On further thought, this is normal because it does not break your own heart to smash someone else's property.

2. They focus on my looks.

There are two main aspects.  First of all, they say that I look like a dog or a pig.  I have to speak up on behalf of the dogs and pigs:  "This is something among you humans, so do not get us animals involved.  Even though you humans are sometimes worse than dogs and pigs, we pigs have pigs' rights and we dogs have dogs' rights!"  That is to say, if you don't stand in someone else's place, you should not speak about how they feel.  Just because The Three Represents surrounds you all the time does not mean that you can represent others.  I was born in the Year of the Pig, and so I am happy that you say that I look like a pig.  What other animal is happier than the pig which can eat, sleep and oink all day?

On the other side, some people do not like my beard.  They even said that I have more pubic hair than facial hair.  Here, I have to clarify that this is mere subjective speculation.  A popular saying is that an abundance of hair means strong sexual desires.  For girl-chasing purposes, I have to admit that I have lots of hair.  Since I don't have good looks and I am not classy, so I cannot afford to destroy my only point of pride.  Like other netizens, I have no compunction about destroying what belongs to others but I feel pain about losing something of my own.  But no matter how much pubic hair I have, it is less than what I have on my face.  Ordinarily speaking, beards will grow without trimming but the pubic hair is unlikely to grow further below the knees on its own.  Therefore, I must express my contempt at those who are ignorant about general biological knowledge.  Whether you want to debate or abuse someone, a basic premise is that you must respect the facts.  Right or not?

3. They want to pay respect to my family or else they are concerned about my upbringing.

That is not cool.  I can deal with your being mad over what I say, but there is no need to curse out my family.  What did they ever do to you?  Right, just as you don't want people to say things about your family, you should not be saying things about other people's families.  I am supposedly a liberal (even though some people call me a faux liberal but that is unimportant).  The spirit of liberalism is individualism which implies a respect for self-determination by an individual.  Respect for self-determination by an individual conveys the basic values including diversity, tolerance, freedom, justice, equality and so on.  Damn, why am I reciting from the book?

As for my upbringing, I don't have to explain that I don't seem to look like a Frenchman.  I don't know if there was any misogyny among my ancestors.  I can check with my father.  If my father does not know, I can consult the family tree archives.  If the archives are inconclusive, I can do a DNA test.  I won't say anything that I am unsure about, especially during a quarrel.  I will not fabricate things, and I am sure that netizens won't do so either.

Please do not believe in sayings such as "a dragon gives birth to another dragon, a phoenix gives birth to another phoenix and a rat gives birth to a progeny who knows how to dig holes."  That is known as the "bloodline" theory.  Many years ago, Yu Luoke wrote the essay <About Background Origin> to refute this theory.  Unfortunately, he was sentenced to death on March 5, 1970 at the Beijing Workers Sports Stadium and the sentence was carried out immediately.  At the time, he was about the same age as you are (at 27 years old) and ten years younger than I am.  I truly believe that if this were to happened today, he would be sentenced to at most three years six months, just like the person who was sentenced to that prison term length and whose name is the same as a certain swim diver.  According to his lawyers, they were not allowed to meet with him and an appeal could not be filed.  So that was bad.  As the even more ancient Voltaire said: "I don't agree with what you say, I will defend your right to speak to death."