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In response to ""Houston Rockets fan arrested in China after threatening to burn national flag"" by David

... that's a really stupid thing to do in China, with the US government being the way it is right now. No one's gonna go to bat for you, son. -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Oct 8 '19, 22:30

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(In hindsight, I took "Houston rockets fan" to mean "American citizen and Houston rockets fan", just in case that needed clarifying) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 22:32 3
- (Because who else would be a rockets fan) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 22:32 2
  - That's the rub in all of this. Because of Yao Ming, the Houston Rockets are China's favorite non-Chinese sports team. - David Oct 8, 22:43 1
    - Oh, darnit. I thought I could throw out meaningless sports snark for fun, and it turns out I can't. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 8, 23:25

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