tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post6350949897151578714..comments2024-03-04T18:22:21.971-05:00Comments on Human Without God: "A Thousand Years of Good Prayer"Yun Yihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-12988259143355118182011-11-16T19:59:12.028-05:002011-11-16T19:59:12.028-05:00CS, thanks for stopping by.
I fully understand thi...CS, thanks for stopping by.<br />I fully understand this is not a "Chinese only" problem, but the severity of this problem in China probably is not recognized by many people, include Chinese people themselves. "Mentally" China still stays in agricultural civilization which still "worship" patriarchal system. And I personally believe this mental situation strengthens Yun Yihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-69640917301554263682011-11-16T18:21:55.257-05:002011-11-16T18:21:55.257-05:00Custom, culture, ethnic conventions, family tradit...Custom, culture, ethnic conventions, family tradition, and the desire to build new ones , regrettably, can all break the bonds of love, or simply serve as an excuse not to form these links of love in a family. Time Thief is right, this is a global problem. It is as old as mankind. My best.COUNT SNEAKYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367090847525917503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-47336988000785543742011-02-25T15:36:23.587-05:002011-02-25T15:36:23.587-05:00I enjoyed reading your thought provoking review an...I enjoyed reading your thought provoking review and NP's comment too. I wish your father had been more communicative and loving ... SIGH. That problem also exists between generations in other cultures too.timethiefhttp://thistimethisspace.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-22948297630778551742011-02-25T12:07:07.827-05:002011-02-25T12:07:07.827-05:00np, thanks. what you said was right. i overlooked ...np, thanks. what you said was right. i overlooked this part. however, i still see this father is one of those who possess "natural" feeling toward their children. i have seen so many parents way worse than him (include my father). and simply "being silent" about one's heart not necessarily the most profound reason in chinese family gaps. the "lack" of love is theYun Yihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3343295804928403795.post-92061947719107601482011-02-25T11:22:24.393-05:002011-02-25T11:22:24.393-05:00Yuni, I'm glad you got to watch the film. I t...Yuni, I'm glad you got to watch the film. I thought the crux of the film was the internal rather than external struggle between the father's traditional Chinese upbringing and the daughter's new found freedom. The fact that in China one is expected to be silent about one's feelings, only to talk of superficial things rather than things of the heart. A huge gulf of silence nothingprofoundhttp://wwwaphorismscom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com