Iris Chang

So China is going to build two statues for Iris Chang. It is probably a good idea, but China needs to get to work on "dig(ing) up the historical truth" on itself first.

I just noticed this sentence: Wang Hongzhi, president of the Nanjing Oil Painting and Sculpture Institute and undertaker of the project, said he wishes to present the demure beauty of oriental women in the statues.

Ok, this is a statue dedicated to Iris Chang, right? Who had to fight governments and censorship? Who worked like a madwoman for the rights of her people? Who had to fight people who were the equivalent of Holocaust deniers? Where the hell does "demure" enter into any of this? Yuck, and ew.

We will be eating at Cajun Pacific for dinner this Friday. Anyone wanna join us? They mostly cater, but open the restaurant on random evenings. I was supposed to go last time, but I was sick.