Comments on: Stealing steel http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/08/stealing-steel/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:37:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: captbbq http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/08/stealing-steel/#comment-189333 captbbq Sat, 09 Dec 2006 23:38:16 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/08/stealing-steel/#comment-189333 "Chinese companies have learned how to convert waste alloys into stainless steel" I that case I would have to conclude one of two things: A) The Chinese have stumbled onto the Holy Grail of Alchemy B) The Chinese are building a lot of new structures out of "zinc girders" but seriously, the author at the Economist should have phrased that part better... “Chinese companies have learned how to convert waste alloys into stainless steel”

I that case I would have to conclude one of two things:

A) The Chinese have stumbled onto the Holy Grail of Alchemy
B) The Chinese are building a lot of new structures out of “zinc girders”

but seriously, the author at the Economist should have phrased that part better…

]]> By: moorethanthis http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/08/stealing-steel/#comment-189211 moorethanthis Sat, 09 Dec 2006 20:55:19 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/08/stealing-steel/#comment-189211 Sadly, some of Ishihara's more barking <a href="http://www.sensenfukoku.net/mailmagazine/no14.html" rel="nofollow">statements</a> on the criminal Chinese will probably gain credence within Japan. Sadly, some of Ishihara’s more barking statements on the criminal Chinese will probably gain credence within Japan.

]]> By: Lexington Green http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/08/stealing-steel/#comment-188834 Lexington Green Sat, 09 Dec 2006 15:41:24 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/08/stealing-steel/#comment-188834 "How will Japan stop the scrap metal thieves?" Law enforcement? Caning? This is a relatively minor, but still interesting example of "black globalization". A high-radius-of-trust community (Japan) that functions well is beset by criminality that it cannot cope with by means of its existing institutions. A resource hungry China will eat its neighbors. Not a pretty picture. “How will Japan stop the scrap metal thieves?”

Law enforcement? Caning?

This is a relatively minor, but still interesting example of “black globalization”. A high-radius-of-trust community (Japan) that functions well is beset by criminality that it cannot cope with by means of its existing institutions. A resource hungry China will eat its neighbors. Not a pretty picture.

]]> By: subadei http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/08/stealing-steel/#comment-188085 subadei Sat, 09 Dec 2006 06:18:37 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/08/stealing-steel/#comment-188085 _How will Japan stop the scrap metal thieves?_ Plastic. How will Japan stop the scrap metal thieves?

Plastic.

]]> By: Joe http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/08/stealing-steel/#comment-188014 Joe Sat, 09 Dec 2006 04:05:29 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2006/12/08/stealing-steel/#comment-188014 Never mind that--how will they ever stop the scourge of white people on bicycles?! Never mind that—how will they ever stop the scourge of white people on bicycles?!

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