Comments on: No commie homo-lovers, please

By: Si-Si

Si-Si — Sun, 31 May 2009 13:37:01 +0000

回Little Alex; agreed (on Paul).

By: little Alex

little Alex — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:48:48 +0000

Well, at least CCTV is beginning to show some skill in deceiving the public, as the translated sentence actually fit within context, with Penn admitting how difficult it could be to appreciate him. Sean’s speech actually reminded me of Stephen Colbert’s spoof about godless sodomites at the 2006 Emmy’s.

@Mark Anthony Jones
Communism has long been linked to homosexuality by gay Chinese in Hong Kong (and Taiwan) when they co-opted the word “comrades” to mean “gays” around 1990 (which gives a whole new meaning to Sun Yat-sen’s famous last words, “The revolution has yet to succeed; comrades must carry on.”)

@Paul
As a fellow HKer, I just want to give you a heads-up that, well, your *ss is showing. Please stop demonstrating your own ignorance through your prejudice.

@W. D. Box
I think we both know that this post isn’t truly about Sean Penn, but about CCTV’s ill attempts at censorship. :)

By: W.D. Box

W.D. Box — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:16:51 +0000

For the life of me, I am having a hard time believing that anyone truly cares what Sean Penn says.

By: mx

mx — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 05:03:56 +0000

some chinese people know better than CCTV. you know most people here are glad that their shiny new building (the nickname is little dick… beside the giant undie) got burnt down.
agreed with Mark Anthony Jones. chinese leaders are wise in many ways. i’m sure most of them know gays are not evil or sick. they try not to intensify conflict. there are hidden power among the masses (which are always very ignorant, it’s the same everywhere.) that may hate gays. the change should go from the bottom to the top, it won’t work the other way. they can do better with the censership though. thank god we have youtube and torrent.

By: Beholder

Beholder — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:17:11 +0000

@ Mark Anthony Jones

I see. Thanks.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:34:14 +0000

Once again, I say Chinese people are ignorant.

They are not allowed to hear what is really happening, and make up their own minds.

I live in Hong Kong, and we have thousands of these people coming here every day.

Everyone looks down on them, because, the government forces them to remain ignorant of the real world.

By: Mark Anthony Jones

Mark Anthony Jones — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:46:47 +0000

Beholder - yes, I’m the same Mark Anthony Jones.

By: Beholder

Beholder — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:37:54 +0000

Mark Anthony Jones, are you the same Mark Anthony Jones that was ran off the Peking Duck blog, by any chance?

By: Mark Anthony Jones

Mark Anthony Jones — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:53:05 +0000

This is amusing, and no doubt many Chinese citizens, especially senior politicians, wouldn’t appreciate having communism in any way linked with homosexuality. That said, a thriving underground gay scene now exists in many Chinese cities - even in Lhasa, as I mentioned in my book.

Attitudes towards homosexuality are changing in China, and as James West recently remarked in his book, ‘Beijing Blur’, the Chinese may very well end up legalising homosexual marriage before all American states and Australia.

By: kailing

kailing — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:29:37 +0000

Well, translation should be easy, isn’t it?
同志 means both homosexual (especially in taiwan and HK) or “commie” (China)