Kevin,

The best to you, always.

I agree with you completely. Duke is just another expat drunk enjoying rock star status in China by recruiting young Chinese woman and expat - some would say - teachers, I wouldn't, for the party crowd and to promote his website and add a bit of luster to his already tarnished, falling star.

The Unholy Trinity, as one poster used to call them, cannot be educated or overcome with reason, facts or intelligence - these attributes incense them by illuminating their shortcomings. In fact, knowledge only serves to infuriate them and strengthen their resolve to destroy anyone who openly defends China or her people and schools. This is the way of dunderheads. This is their folly. Others - the wise - understand, learn, accept, internalize, promote, build, move on and have a legacy.

When I was a young man, I admired loyalty, bonhomie, camaraderie, Esprit de corps, and the like as I somewhat naively and intuitively attached these words to good causes. Each admirable when conceptualized and contextualized within a 'just' cause. However, they become quite evil when there is no cause other than deception and the 'cover up' of truth solely for revengeful purposes - 'I was wronged by a CHINA Training Center and now I will make them pay.'

The Three. Their continual, blatant defense of each others bad manners, cultural insensitivity, crudeness, lack of sophistication, lack of education, denial of rights to those that disagree with them serves only to point up their very limited experience, lack of empirical education as well as formal education and an overall attitude that is cancerous and anachronistic. But, this is good enough for internet discussion boards that cater to the ignorant.

Veni Vidi Vici

Carl Sandburg
FOG

THE fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.