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Old February 22nd, 2006, 07:49 AM   #1
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I started reading 'The Art of War' last night.

I swear the Chinese verbatim are doing exactly what 'The Art of War' teaches. The book talks about the best warriors are those who fight the war before it even starts. China I believe is doing this by becoming an economic power house and our politics/US business men are to stupid to see it. (Yes I am the smartest person on the planet! HA)

If anyone is interested I will post later this evening some of the proverbs (or whatever they are called) in regards to this.

Has anyone else read tAoW?
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Old February 22nd, 2006, 08:16 AM   #2
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Yes, great read. Along with the Prince, essential reading for understanding warfare.
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Old February 22nd, 2006, 08:25 AM   #3
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I started reading 'The Art of War' last night.

I swear the Chinese verbatim are doing exactly what 'The Art of War' teaches. The book talks about the best warriors are those who fight the war before it even starts. China I believe is doing this by becoming an economic power house and our politics/US business men are to stupid to see it. (Yes I am the smartest person on the planet! HA)

If anyone is interested I will post later this evening some of the proverbs (or whatever they are called) in regards to this.

Has anyone else read tAoW?
It's at the top of my list. I hadn't thought about a connection with the current China, though. Interesting thought.

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I'm going to expose my ignorance on this topic: Is Sun Stzu Chinese, or Japansese? I would have guessed Japanese.

...not that it really matters for this discussion, I suppose.
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Old February 22nd, 2006, 08:38 AM   #5
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I'm going to expose my ignorance on this topic: Is Sun Stzu Chinese, or Japansese? I would have guessed Japanese.

...not that it really matters for this discussion, I suppose.
Chinese....
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It's at the top of my list. I hadn't thought about a connection with the current China, though. Interesting thought.

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Well, since Oprah's credibility is next to nothing right now, maybe I could take her place.
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Well, since Oprah's credibility is next to nothing right now, maybe I could take her place.
Maybe I can be the new Tom Cruise??
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Sounds good to me.

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Sweet!! I propose a name: Sleeping on the Couch!! Kind of catchy??
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Don't be stealing my thread!
I was thinking we could make your book the first Book of the Month/AgreedUponTimeFrameForDiscussingACertainBook.
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I was thinking we could make your book the first Book of the Month/AgreedUponTimeFrameForDiscussingACertainBook.
The only other 2 people in this club, have read the book already.
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Old February 22nd, 2006, 09:47 AM   #15
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Well, we can consider this a trial run for a future book club thread.

Proceed.

What do you think of the book? Do the teachings still apply?
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