Yayz! I've submitted an entry to the Writing contest! biggrin I'm not sure if I'll win or now; slim chance, of course, what with so many amazing writers.
I've already posted the same story on my DeviantArt and Fictionpress accounts, and I've made that clear so I won't be accused of plagiarism.
I hope I win -hopes- but, again, slim chance. I basically wrote the story in hopes of bringing attention to the Sichuan earthquake, based off fact: I don't hate the Japanese, but I know the anti-Japanese feeling in Chinese people; I live in Flushing, where the Chinese population is huge. My own family was from China; I'm in the first generation in my family to be born outside of China, my cousin being the first person in it, and I the second. Of course we still have roots in China. Falun Gong, well...after the earthquake they came over to Flushing, and badmouthed China in the town center, using the Sichuan earthquake as an example. It was weird the day it happened -- I was walking home from downtown, the Flushing everyone knows of, from summer school and a mob of angry, cursing people were gathered at Main Street, yelling across the street at an official bunch by the library. The official guys were announcing something, under police protection, in Chinese; they spoke Mandarin, so when I hear clearly when I was behind them, entering the library, I knew they were talking about the earthquake. I went back across the street, having only to go through the mob again when I met up with my mom and brother. We all gathered at the front of the ground, and my mom yelled an insult. I asked what was going on, and she said that Falun Gong was persecuted and banished from China. This is the Loyalist-to-China feeling: Falun Gong members are traitors, and they came to a Chinese town specifically, using the Sichuan earthquake for example, to turn us against China, so they can get Green Cards and go back. They were talking about how God sent the earthquake to punish China (here, I must add my own exasperated cry, "Bullshit!" wink and such. There were even photos of what happened in persecution.
I understand the persecution part, but I'm basically pissed at their use of the Sichuan earthquake for their advantage. Of course, I need to get the Falun Gong version personally since I only have the mainland China view, but there were so many CHILDREN that died. Of course I must be pissed to the max.
So, that's basically it. Sorry for ranting so much.
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