User talk:HappyInGeneral

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One day, a wise man listened impassively as his critics berated and insulted him during a discussion. After the end of the discussion, an observer asked him how it made him feel to be treated so. The elder smiled for a moment, then said "It makes me very happy." A student, who had been upset already, demanded "How can it make you happy to be treated so!?!?" His teacher explained, still smiling, "Because, my impetuous young friend, I am not them."

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Human Rights Torch

I recently went through the material in databanks available to me and found what I think were about 100 articles specifically dealing with the Human Rights Torch. While I could not use them to determine each and every city that the Torch was run in, I do not doubt that they are more than sufficient to serve as the sources for a serious, substantive, article. If you cannot access such subscription databanks, please drop me an e-mail (even from a new account specifically created for the purpose, if you have doubts about whether I am an "agent" or not), and I can have the databanks send the articles to you directly.

I do however have one concern, which I've raised on the comparatively inactive talk page of the FG work group. Several of these articles also include information on the related Tibetan Freedom Torch, which was run in only 20 or 30 cities, as opposed to the few hundred the Human Rights Torch was run in, but did have Desmond Tutu, Richard Gere, Joanna Lumley, and a few other A-list celebrities involved. So far as I can tell, the HRT had a few earlier Olympic medal winners involved, and in Australia a few Christian bishops (!), but not a lot of real big name celebrities. In the West, FG seems to often be discussed in the same articles, and, in some cases, the same breaths, as Tibetan Buddhism, the oppressed Christian churches, and other groups, that it would seem to me to make sense to have one group covering all those subjects. Doing so would help ensure that all the content which can be developed from those sources gets developed.

And, yes, in the event that you have any questions in the matter, I am not a Chinese agent. I did see an article about how a defector who had worked for the 6-10 office said there were hundreds of Chinese agents checking on Falun Gong in Australia. I, however, am in the United States, not Australia. Also, I have already been accused by other editors here of being a Russian agent on wikipedia, by individuals associated with the Eastern European mailing list matter the ArbCom dealt with, and I don't think China and Russia get along real good any more. (God help me, that really is true, you could verify it yourself in reviewing the relevant content.) I am thinking of trying to add an image of Boris Badenov to my user page though. ;) John Carter (talk) 21:44, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi John, is really nice to hear from you. I've been rather inactive lately on wikipedia, but thank you for reminding me about the HRT article. There is really no need for you to go to great lenghts about stating who you are not, because from my understanding that is rather irrelevant. Still, thank you for trying to make me feel good. If you have the possibility you may send me your articles at szabitm@gmail.com and I'll try to find the time to work on it. Thank you! --HappyInGeneral (talk) 09:03, 24 October 2011 (UTC)