| Editor, The preaching and deeds of the Falun
Gong cult, which is harmful to the people, the society and the
nation, have proved it is an evil force with an anti-society,
anti-mankind and anti-civilization nature.
In order to protect everyone's life and liberties, the government
banned the Falun Gong cult in 1999. There have been criticisms
from the West of our government's righteous and legal action
using the excuse of safeguarding human rights.
Western conceptions of human rights is quite different from
that of developing countries.
Generally speaking, the philosophical foundation of Western
perceptions of human rights is individual liberalism while
China, along with other developing countries, stresses that
the right goes hand in hand with obligation and the right
of a country to develop.
But looking into the words and deeds of Falun Gong practitioners
and their supporters, we can find that their actions violate
the spirit of human rights promoted both in the Western world
and in developing countries.
Li Hongzhi, the head of the Falun Gong cult, preached that
modern mankind had no value, and even regarded them as waste.
Influenced by such ridiculous heretical ideas, some Falun
Gong practitioners have shown little respect to human life
with some of them killing themselves or murdering other innocent
people.
Li Hongzhi also alleged that all civilizations were a mistake
while Falun Gong was the single correct religion and that
can solve all the problems today. He attacked Christianity
and Buddhism and said science is a "cult."
After Falun Gong was banned, Li's diehard followers continued
to deceive people who didn't know the truth and tried to gain
sympathy. They isolated the practitioners from their families
and forced them to give up all other worldly concerns. It
was habitual for them to threaten practitioners who wanted
to separate from them.
It goes without saying that Li Hongzhi actually deprived
his believers of all liberties by controlling their minds.
Li Hongzhi also illegally collected money from his believers.
The preaching and deeds of Li and the Falun Gong cult show
that they are aimed at destroying all the necessary conditions
for people to enjoy their human rights.
Song Xiuju
Wuhan, Hubei Province (via e-mail)
(China Daily December 16, 2002)
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