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<blockquote data-quote="Oh my" data-source="post: 1987343161" data-attributes="member: 28158">I think it is relevant because you mentioned Venezuela... Venezuela is closer to us when closer means kilometres. If you mean diplomatic relations and trade, China is by far closer to probably everyone here than Venezuela. I.e, China is the biggest trading partner of Argentina. China is the biggest trading partner of Brazil. China is the biggest trading partner of Germany. China is one of the biggest trading partners of the UK... And the list goes on.It's interesting because these relationship seems to bypass the political orientation of the governments (i.e, &quot;right&quot;, &quot;center&quot; or &quot;left&quot;)... Bolsonaro wants to keep his relationship with China in the best terms possible, Macri did the same, the Kirchners did the same, Merkel did the same. It's the attitude of &quot;as long as there's money there, we can pretend that a genocide is not a big deal&quot;.That's the world in which we live... So I find it strange to demonize Maradona.As for my girlfriend... She is simply an attractive woman, but when you work at a club and your boss gives your phone number to a client that obviously gives some prestige to the club (maybe that's not the right word, I simply mean that he obviously attracts clients, he may attract the press, etc)... It is not easy to say &quot;no&quot; without being afraid of getting fired from a job that you need. It's not a random guy with a fancy pick up line... There was an asymmetric power. So she was grateful when he returned as to give an apology and make it explicit that there would be no undesirable consequences (i.e, getting fired).As for Maradona being some sort of living dead before he died. Well, yes... He spent his last years being drunk most of the time. It's a shame, but that's how it is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oh my, post: 1987343161, member: 28158"] I think it is relevant because you mentioned Venezuela... Venezuela is closer to us when closer means kilometres. If you mean diplomatic relations and trade, China is by far closer to probably everyone here than Venezuela. I.e, China is the biggest trading partner of Argentina. China is the biggest trading partner of Brazil. China is the biggest trading partner of Germany. China is one of the biggest trading partners of the UK... And the list goes on. It's interesting because these relationship seems to bypass the political orientation of the governments (i.e, "right", "center" or "left")... Bolsonaro wants to keep his relationship with China in the best terms possible, Macri did the same, the Kirchners did the same, Merkel did the same. It's the attitude of "as long as there's money there, we can pretend that a genocide is not a big deal". That's the world in which we live... So I find it strange to demonize Maradona. As for my girlfriend... She is simply an attractive woman, but when you work at a club and your boss gives your phone number to a client that obviously gives some prestige to the club (maybe that's not the right word, I simply mean that he obviously attracts clients, he may attract the press, etc)... It is not easy to say "no" without being afraid of getting fired from a job that you need. It's not a random guy with a fancy pick up line... There was an asymmetric power. So she was grateful when he returned as to give an apology and make it explicit that there would be no undesirable consequences (i.e, getting fired). As for Maradona being some sort of living dead before he died. Well, yes... He spent his last years being drunk most of the time. It's a shame, but that's how it is. [/QUOTE]

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