<p>Fair enough :)</p>
<p>Though I thought that my first post after being a member for a couple years would be something different than this, this question is fun enough to loose my posting virginity to. The time of pride and prejudice would be nice in theory but not so much in practice since i'm black, so i'll have to go with the meeting jesus/plato/socrates idea. Might clear up a great deal of things :). Thanx for coaxing me out of silence.</p>
<p>I'd live in China. Preferably Beijing, Chengdu, or Nanjing.</p>
<p>Yeah, Communist countries are so over-rated.</p>
<p>I'd live in a democratic Hong Kong in the 90s.</p>
<p>...what's so wrong about living in China? At least I'm not submitting myself to NKorea.</p>
<p>Well, East Germany wasn't the Sovet Union either, but they'd still shoot you.</p>
<p>Well. All my relatives are really content living there. Most of the foreign exchange scholars I meet from China encourage us to move back because they feel that China is superior in terms of possibilities. I would move back if I knew the language well enough and my desired profession wasn't in the medical field. Unless you really **** off the gov't, nobody really gives a damn.</p>
<p>i wish i lived in the futura.</p>
<p>Yeah, like religion. That would really **** them off. Or the whole Tinenamen square thing.</p>
<p>I think you should consider becoming a pioneer in the fictional time traveling field by becoming the first black character in Pride and Prejudice!!Hehehe.I wonder how the different characters would react to you....What do u say Claytonc...wanna become a revolutionary pioneer in Jane Austen's head??</p>
<p>That would be interesting...always wanted to shake the foundation of wideheld literary/cultural perceptions....i'm game.</p>
<p>"I think you should consider becoming a pioneer in the fictional time traveling field by becoming the first black character in Pride and Prejudice!!Hehehe.I wonder how the different characters would react to you....What do u say Claytonc...wanna become a revolutionary pioneer in Jane Austen's head??"</p>
<p>Martin Lawrence should star in the movie. By the end, he'll have all them uptight white b*tches saying "word up" and other urban ghetto-isms. It'll be frazy, yo!</p>
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Um, I'm Christian, and I would have no problem going back there to live for good for fear of not being able to practice my religion.</p>
<p>My neighbor recently moved back and found a church in a "small" (by China's standards) town by Shanghai where he lives. He says it's pretty decent. Nothing like church here, but still church.</p>
<p>"Um, I'm Christian, and I would have no problem going back there to live for good for fear of not being able to practice my religion."</p>
<p>Neither would I -- although I don't share your optimism about the state of things there. The situation for religious people in China is a horrific unjustice, as it is in all Communist states. However, I would gladly endure whatever persecution I would have to face for openly practicing my faith. I would not hide; I would not compromise one inch. If that means prison or execution, I would accept my fate heartily, with joy. </p>
<p>True martyrdom is a rare gift in this day and age (no, blowing oneself up or otherwise committing murder in the process doesn't count).</p>
<p>I might be going to do some missions work there if I ever get the chance.</p>
<p>Still, when I lived there, I never felt opressed. When I visited, I never felt different than I do in the States. My parents moved here for a better chance at education, not escape the communist regime. They both still agree that both democracy and communism have their good and bad points. They're considering moving back there once I go to college.</p>
<p>I think Martin Lawrence would be perfect for the part!!We should all consider producing a movie!!Hehehe.By the way, i didn't know that folks in China had such a hard time practicing their beliefs!!
I knew there used to be such issues in the past but is it still just as bad???</p>
<p>Wow. I could never imagine living in a place where opression is rampant, and you are in fear of being what you are because it's a matter of life and death.
But hey, I guess opression can be a relative thing. Habituation, I suppose? Heh. Once you think about it, we're all opressed in a certain sense, although I still can't imagine living in fear of my life because I choose to practice my religion and nobody else's.</p>
<p>Ummm i actually agree...i don't see what's so nice about living in a place and time such as that previously discussed.Doesn't quite catch my eye :P</p>
<p>In theory, if you're religious, you can't be a part of the communist party. If you're not a part of the communist party, you basically have no rights. (And don't tell me people in China have no rights anyway. They get a lot of benefits. A few years ago, my aunt got month supplies of fruit, rice, and other random stuff from her company. Then she got another job...)</p>
<p>But it doesn't always apply.</p>