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Sometimes you can't anticipate what you'll wish you'd stockpiled...
http://online.wsj.com/articles/over...s-label-of-deadly-attack-as-terror-1406715490
(If you search the story through Google you'll get past the paywall.)
It might sound pretty funny from where you sit with your 1911 on your hip and your AR propped behind the door, but to these people ordinary matches are a big deal. Imagine trying to strip the citizens of any conceivable source of their power, down to a matchbox - how desperate is that government - how helpless are those people?
(FWIW, I'm not supporting or defending anybody in the Uighur conflict - sometimes in war they're all bad guys.)
China's government has responded by launching an anti-terror campaign and tightening security measures. An already-heavily armed police presence has been stepped up inside Xinjiang. Earlier this month, authorities confiscated matchboxes from stores and hotels in multiple townships, including Yarkand, to "eliminate potential security threats."
http://online.wsj.com/articles/over...s-label-of-deadly-attack-as-terror-1406715490
(If you search the story through Google you'll get past the paywall.)
It might sound pretty funny from where you sit with your 1911 on your hip and your AR propped behind the door, but to these people ordinary matches are a big deal. Imagine trying to strip the citizens of any conceivable source of their power, down to a matchbox - how desperate is that government - how helpless are those people?
(FWIW, I'm not supporting or defending anybody in the Uighur conflict - sometimes in war they're all bad guys.)