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(China Daily)
Updated: 2010-06-24 09:34

On Chinese gays are chasing the elusive rainbow

Small minds mean slow progress

Constrained thinking brings pain and suffering to people, not only in China, but the whole world. China was once fraught with this rigid and irrational thought process and look what happened? Does no one remember the Great Leap Forward? We easily condemn the Western way of thinking but our own history is filled with unsightly blemishes. What have homosexuals done to us? Are we so uneducated and immoral that we wish harm to those whose only crime is being different?

Tong Bao

On Meeting a master beggar

Those who can give, should give

I really do not know how to comment on your article. Indeed, on the fringes of society there are always groups who can't be accepted by modern people, but we are all human beings. Though we differ in language and culture, it has nothing to do with benevolence. What is the problem with giving a beggar some money? If we can give, we should.

Emma

On Ban would be breath of fresh air

Tiny fines have no affect

Make the fine 1,000 yuan and put dentures in the dogs.

Few people consider a 100-yuan fine any more seriously than a 10-yuan fine. Laws like this are like dogs with no teeth - the government just wants to appear as if they are enforcing a rule. In practice, there are many rules and regulation that are not enforced seriously. Same old same old, nothing ever changes.

Jerry

On Rule breakers snap society

Solve minor offences by raising police fines

If there is a problem with the parks, have the rangers start enforcing minor tickets for trashing and flower stomping. If there is a problem with small businesses paying taxes, give them tax breaks.

Traffic violations, just like park violations, can be solved when police officers hand out tickets. It generates more money for the government and reduces the number of traffic crimes.

Unity

An idealistic approach but not applicable

These are wise words but not realistic. Police officers and park rangers are not really trying to do their job. In the Shenzhen subway, security guards and police always look the other way when they are needed. I imagine they do this because of fear of retaliation. I have been in China for a while and during that time was assaulted by a salesman in Shenzhen, carjacked, bashed, robbed, and even hit by a policeman on his motorbike at a pedestrian crossing.

Tonny