@halfgweilo wrote:
I have been thinking lately that how one country like Mainland China caused the shut down of another country namely Italy, just like that, and countless deaths all over the globe and some countries are on the verge of having a recession placed upon them.
China has millions of it's own people living around the world but they are not armed, so we like to think, they do not represent any threats to peace anywhere. All it took was one or two wet-markets to unleash this cataclysm upon us all. It is stuffing up our daily life, family and freedom to commute to work to earn a living.
Not one angry shot was fired so it cannot be interpreted as a declaration of war. But, many has died. So, what can/should we call this? What is consider as the appropiate retribution by our leaders world-wide, towards China? Any comments?
I don't think we should be seeking any retribution.
It wasn't done on purpose.
Our authorities have been waiting for a decade or more for something exactly like this to occur.
With the way travel is now, it was inevitable.
It was always likely that it would start in China or Asia because of the close association of animals/people, markets etc
All we can do is deal with it as best we can. Close borders, take care etc
I think one of our main problems is that we have cut out so many of our own industries and have let China take over. So now, if China slows down or suffers problems with production, we're going to feel it. But that is partly our fault, isn't it.
