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Homosexuality Can Be Deemed 'Mental Disorder' In China, Says New Court Ruling

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How our Government has any relation with this barbaric regime is beyond me. $$$$$$
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After the Chinese Communist government previously decriminalized homosexuality in 1997 and removed it from the country's official list of things deemed mental disorders in 2001, a major court decision in China this week has "shocked" various rights monitors by once again classifying homosexuality as among "common psychosexual disorders."

According to South China Morning Post, this latest ruling began with a legal dispute over a higher education textbook, namely the 2013 edition of Mental Health Education for College Students, published by Jinan University Press. A lawsuit filed by a student challenged the book given that it

...listed homosexuality under "common psychosexual disorders" – along with cross-dressing and fetishism. It stated that homosexuality "was believed to be a disruption of love and sex or perversion of the sex partner".

 
So China is a culturally-conservative hellhole.

Who knew?

Actually, it's a Communist Hell Hole that strives to centralize all power to the central politburo.

You know, as the Democrat-Socialists are trying to do here.
 
Actually, it's a Communist Hell Hole that strives to centralize all power to the central politburo.

You know, as the Democrat-Socialists are trying to do here.
The Democrats are not the ones trying to ban homosexuality in the US. Try again.
 
How our Government has any relation with this barbaric regime is beyond me. $$$$$$
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This is a feature of the American mentality.
You only consider your position correct and are unable to understand other opinions.
As a good friend of mine said:
"Here (in the US) there is a brutal dictatorship of opinions and harassment of dissenters, and the mainstream is dictated by the left and their sympathizers. Others, even the largest media and media personalities, are simply afraid to openly argue on such topics..."
I had a conversation with him about feminism, homosexuality and others.
 
The Democrats are not the ones trying to ban homosexuality in the US. Try again.

NOBODY is trying to ban homosexuality in the US.
 
How our Government has any relation with this barbaric regime is beyond me. $$$$$$
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After the Chinese Communist government previously decriminalized homosexuality in 1997 and removed it from the country's official list of things deemed mental disorders in 2001, a major court decision in China this week has "shocked" various rights monitors by once again classifying homosexuality as among "common psychosexual disorders."

According to South China Morning Post, this latest ruling began with a legal dispute over a higher education textbook, namely the 2013 edition of Mental Health Education for College Students, published by Jinan University Press. A lawsuit filed by a student challenged the book given that it




Conservatives = CCP.
 
This is a feature of the American mentality.
You only consider your position correct and are unable to understand other opinions.
As a good friend of mine said:
"Here (in the US) there is a brutal dictatorship of opinions and harassment of dissenters, and the mainstream is dictated by the left and their sympathizers. Others, even the largest media and media personalities, are simply afraid to openly argue on such topics..."
I had a conversation with him about feminism, homosexuality and others.

Why do we care about your friend’s uninformed opinion?
 
How our Government has any relation with this barbaric regime is beyond me. $$$$$$ etc
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Many on the left wing believe Conservatives , and in particular certain sub groups , suffer from some mental health disorder .
And I gather that an even greater number of people think that extremist left wing attitudes highlight a breed of hysterical and misguided people who suffer a concerning Derangement Syndrome .
And worse , these extremist left wing groups actually have huge armies of supporters who roam around being destructive and violent .

China may be badly out of line in the subject under discussion , but what a mess the US is in comparison , and particularly on the left . Likely involving greater numbers and affecting many times more people .
 
Actually, it's a Communist Hell Hole that strives to centralize all power to the central politburo.

You know, as the Democrat-Socialists are trying to do here.
China isn't Communist any more; they're simply a single-party state that fervently embraces capitalism. As for power it is quite decentralized in China, a situation that leads to enormous opportunity for corruption.
 
China isn't Communist any more; they're simply a single-party state that fervently embraces capitalism. As for power it is quite decentralized in China, a situation that leads to enormous opportunity for corruption.
It was decentralized for some time, as in the local CPC branches usually held alot of autonomous power, but recently under Winnie the Pooh, the PRC is heavily centralizing.
 
China continues to be a backwards country.
 
So? When US removed it, it was by a vote. Not everyone voted for its removal. Rather, a significant number of specialists vote against removing it. The fact remains, there are still a lot of people, despite the effort from the media, who recognize that homosexual behaviour is unnatural and harmful to the society.
 
China continues to be a backwards country.
They're trying to toe the line between allowing unbridled capitalism and liberalism they see as a threat to the status quo of the one-party state. Concepts like homosexuality and religion threaten the guys in charge. The genie is out of the bottle though, thanks mostly to the internet, and they're not going to be able to put it back.
 
China isn't Communist any more; they're simply a single-party state that fervently embraces capitalism. As for power it is quite decentralized in China, a situation that leads to enormous opportunity for corruption.

Upon further review, you may have something there.

China seems to be moving to a point that is somewhere between Communism and Naziism.

I wonder if the Uighurs hold a preference between being exterminated by genocidal policies as executed by Communists or by Nazis.

Both groups have a rich tradition of genocide. I suppose it's just personal preference. But, whether the vase hits the rock or the rock hits the vase, it's going to be bad for the vase.

I'm not sure that a state controlled economy CAN be Capitalist. As soon as the control of the economy is stripped away from the Capitalists and reserved to the State, the ISM in question becomes something other than Capital-ISM.

Perhaps China is pioneering a new ISM.
 
Upon further review, you may have something there.

China seems to be moving to a point that is somewhere between Communism and Naziism.
Between Communism and Capitalism is where I'd place them. Capitalist economy, Communist single party rule.

I wonder if the Uighurs hold a preference between being exterminated by genocidal policies as executed by Communists or by Nazis.
The Uighurs are probably the second most serious threat the regime faces, but it's localized. The most serious threat they face by far is growing independence of their population and a increasing number of protests (both online and on the street) and outright riots. Both are quite often triggered by the large percentage of the population who feel left out of the increasing wealth they see around them.

I was in Wuhan in 2008 when rioters burned down 4 blocks of the downtown main street. They were protesting farmers getting screwed out of their land by developers in bed with local politicians. Protests are a daily occurrence throughout China but the authorities keep the lid on in the larger cities like Beijing and Shanghai.
 
How our Government has any relation with this barbaric regime is beyond me. $$$$$$
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After the Chinese Communist government previously decriminalized homosexuality in 1997 and removed it from the country's official list of things deemed mental disorders in 2001, a major court decision in China this week has "shocked" various rights monitors by once again classifying homosexuality as among "common psychosexual disorders."

According to South China Morning Post, this latest ruling began with a legal dispute over a higher education textbook, namely the 2013 edition of Mental Health Education for College Students, published by Jinan University Press. A lawsuit filed by a student challenged the book given that it



Stop buying goods made in China, if you really care.
 
Between Communism and Capitalism is where I'd place them. Capitalist economy, Communist single party rule.


The Uighurs are probably the second most serious threat the regime faces, but it's localized. The most serious threat they face by far is growing independence of their population and a increasing number of protests (both online and on the street) and outright riots. Both are quite often triggered by the large percentage of the population who feel left out of the increasing wealth they see around them.

I was in Wuhan in 2008 when rioters burned down 4 blocks of the downtown main street. They were protesting farmers getting screwed out of their land by developers in bed with local politicians. Protests are a daily occurrence throughout China but the authorities keep the lid on in the larger cities like Beijing and Shanghai.
The Chinese government is extremely aggressive in quelling unrest, using AI and cctv to stop things before they even begin.
 
This is a feature of the American mentality.
You only consider your position correct and are unable to understand other opinions.
As a good friend of mine said:
"Here (in the US) there is a brutal dictatorship of opinions and harassment of dissenters, and the mainstream is dictated by the left and their sympathizers. Others, even the largest media and media personalities, are simply afraid to openly argue on such topics..."
I had a conversation with him about feminism, homosexuality and others.
Gee, you'd think we'd be the ones poisoning our political opponents if that were the case.
 
Stop buying goods made in China, if you really care.
I prefer our corrupted government take their hands out if the CCP cookie jar $$$$
 
I prefer our corrupted government take their hands out if the CCP cookie jar $$$$
To do that, we'd have to actually fund the government with taxes. Not possible with Republicans. They insist on funding through debt.
 
To do that, we'd have to actually fund the government with taxes. Not possible with Republicans. They insist on funding through debt.
Cut spending. Issue fixed re: higher taxes.
 
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