Re: Heavens Gate (to Dave Court)
Ian Dorion (dorioni@intellinet.com)
Tue, 01 Apr 1997 14:50:23 -0600
Ralph Nielsen wrote:
>
> >yoel haalmoni wrote:
> >>
> >> >(Christ-Ian 4/1) I'll bow to Steven Carr on this. I never really studied
> >> >Stalin that much and I've never heard of Tung.
> >>
> >> yoel-
> >> Isn't he referring to Mao Tse Tung? I was confused at first, but I figured
> >> this was what he was referring to.
> >>
>
> >(Christ-Ian)
> Ooooh! Mao Tse-Tung! Well Dave you have to be a little more specific.
> >The name is Tse-Tung, not Tung. Well, I'll have to check this out. He came
> >into power
> >about the time I got out of High School. Dates me, doesn't it.
>
> RALPH NIELSEN
> The Chinese put the surname first, then the personal name - usually a
> hyphenated double name. The Tse-tung or Tse-Tung we're referring to is the
> late Chairman Mao who inspired the Little Red Book (remember it, Ian?).
(Christ-Ian 4/1) Yeah, I remember it. You are correct, Tung would have
been Chairman Mao's first name. Funny, but I don't know any free
thinkers who are on a first name basis with Chairman Mao. Seems there
was another Christian who was on a first name basis with Chairman Mao.
What was his name? Dick something or other. It's coming to me. Slippery
Dick? Yeah, that's it! Slippery Dick Nixon our former president.