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Come on, where were you "professionals" when you were needed?




	Five month has passed, and only to this point when CBS offered full
apology then some one cries for professionalism, gentle manners! It is, very 
professional and mature to downplay "immature" students' role, since in 
this way, it is perfect to show how good they are! If it was not for those
"immature" students, played in a non-professional nor gentlman's way, CBS
would never apologize, that is certainly for sure.

	The only thing I can say about this kind of mentality is, they
are "infight specialist", or "nei4 zang4 nei4 hong2, wai4 zang4 wai4 hong2".

	The cries to perfect the operations done by "immature" students
in protest CBS's mub-slinging on all Chinese in this country seem no less 
admirable than the courage of the students, but don't you think it comes a
bit too late?

	It's been five months since the CBS Incident Committee has been 
calling around for help, ESPECIALLY professional help.  Where were these
perfectionists then?

	It is perfectly commendable to strive for perfection, who would not?
However, when I hear these lecturing words like "why can't do it in a more
gentlemen way -- it make you look more professional?" at the moment when
almost all work has been accomplished. I can't help but to recall the
doubters' cries at the beginning of this campaign (five months ago!) such as 
"who are WE?  We can't fight CBS!"  Perfectionism has been used many times
before by Chinese as an excuse for inaction when facing with discrimination,
for fearing of losing.  Fortunately, the members of the CBS-IC didn't take
this kind of "wiseman's lessons", and THAT started off the course on a new
direction and eventually won.

	In fact, what CBS-IC has done are not only doing research
on data related to the issue (we Chinese have been recognized by the world
as excellent in research study) and sending protesting letters around (which
we have learned in recent years), but also daring to confront the corporate
leaders of CBS News face-to-face and to argue with them.  It was the sharp
challenges of Xiao Dong that put the CBS News' president off the balance.
Moreover, it was this kind of straightforward communication which made CBS
News to truly understand our jenuine feelings.  One of the weakness of 
Chinese in communicating with other people in this country is unwillingness
to share our true feelings with them.  We have been used to play smart,
stay quiet, and behave polite.  How much was the success these our "old traits"
in fighting against discriminations?  Very little.  To reach to other people's
heart, we have to speak from our heart.  We feel that the slanderous CBS 
program has defamed everyone of us and we are very angry about this, why 
hide it?!

	Another "old" habit of our Chinese, which has defeated ourselves
many times before, is to fight among ourselves with more zeal than we
do in protecting our community.  One factor for the success of this time
in protest against CBS News is that many Chinese organizations work together
and speak as one voice.  I had wished that those "internal-fighters"
would learn something from it.  It's sad that some still haven't.


Mi Mi Sr.

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