Okay, I did some digging. The quote currently in
question became public when China's Minister of
Propaganda gave a speech (1956) in which he
proclaimed that as China rose as a great and
powerful society, arts, culture and science would
become liberated to achieve yet to be known great
results. So - they had 'spin' then too. The roots of
the quote go back to a poem by Tennyson -
Victorian era. If you want the specific poem - go
nuts, he wrote volumes, and let me know the one
when you find it. In one shape, form or another,
that line has been used endlessly by Politicians,
Academics, etc. A few I found - Churchill, Kennedy
and in a kind of lost in translation way - Gandhi.
Were they all commies too? Let's turn this around
for a second. Suppose I asked Harper "What in the
hell are we doing in Afghanistan?" and he
responded - "Let some Flowers bloom - let
Democracy flourish", would that make Harper a
Maoist, or perhaps a true Statesman? Folks, this is a
non issue - concentrate on what is important,
delete what is not.
question became public when China's Minister of
Propaganda gave a speech (1956) in which he
proclaimed that as China rose as a great and
powerful society, arts, culture and science would
become liberated to achieve yet to be known great
results. So - they had 'spin' then too. The roots of
the quote go back to a poem by Tennyson -
Victorian era. If you want the specific poem - go
nuts, he wrote volumes, and let me know the one
when you find it. In one shape, form or another,
that line has been used endlessly by Politicians,
Academics, etc. A few I found - Churchill, Kennedy
and in a kind of lost in translation way - Gandhi.
Were they all commies too? Let's turn this around
for a second. Suppose I asked Harper "What in the
hell are we doing in Afghanistan?" and he
responded - "Let some Flowers bloom - let
Democracy flourish", would that make Harper a
Maoist, or perhaps a true Statesman? Folks, this is a
non issue - concentrate on what is important,
delete what is not.
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