Quote Originally Posted by Fencergrl
Don't have to look far... how about Canada? To my knowledge, our military has not shot at protesting students.
See, I knew you were going to say that, and I asked anyway...because you didn't say "a country", you said "lots of countries". Implying that it was the norm, or at least that it was not a tiny deviation from the norm.

One country does not "lots" make. ( And I still suspect that if one went back far enough one could find some minor and ultimately meaningless incident. )

I made the comment because when I think of countries that had their military shoot at protesting students. 2 countries come to mind.
Many more than that come to MY mind. Nepal has been in the news just this week for the practice, for example. France. Mexico. Argentina.


If you are correct that "all the countries are shooting their students" then we agree that Slim's reason for not trusting China isn't a valid one.
Again you substitute phrasing for the original used, though in this case it's one that suggests a greater magnitude than I claimed, rather than one which inplies a lessening of the magnitude of your claim.

My phrase was not "all countries", but "just about every country"; and it was not present tense, but "somewhere in its past"....quite a different claim, I think you can see.