To the editor:

I’d like to refute Scott Borre’s letter ” Chinese rights limited” on April 24.

As a political science major, you may like to tune in to any station to hear what Chinese are saying about “unlimited human rights in the United States.” Not to mention what happened yesterday. See what is happening today. See what the United States is doing to Elian in the name of international custody.

Animals in the zoo may not always like the visitors around watching and teasing. If you put a huge gun before them, they bite! So how does little Elian like all this?

Where is his right of not being persecuted by political affairs in the human rights “unlimited” United States? Where is the right of having a life for the 6-year-old girl shot by her classmate? Well, you may say nobody can help. But for what reason? For money?

The government cannot help stop innocent people from being shot for the reason of money from the gun industry.

Is life or money more important? Who needs that money? Shame on who?

What is on your mind when you put money in your pocket? Being shot by somebody for the money! Where is the freedom from worry of losing life suddenly to money?

As far as innocent common people are highly concerned, they can be deprived of their lives so easily. No barking at others before you mind your own business!

As for the killing of female babies you mentioned, that is a tale used by my old grandma to scare me 20 years ago. I did not laugh at her because she was too old to think of anything right. So what is wrong with you?

At least I do not assume that you are that old and still a junior in college.

As for the freedom of religion, we not only have the freedom of having a religion but also the freedom of not having a religion; no one can be forced on any religion.

Back to your rationale. The United States has not been pushing China for violating civil rights because the U.S. economy benefits greatly from trading with China.

So if the U.S. economy benefits not greatly but GREATER from trading with China, the United States would not have been pushing China for violations of human rights, either.

The United States saying or not saying that China is violating human rights depends on getting or not getting money by trading with China.

If China gets money by trading with the United States, China would not say that the United States is violating human rights.

If China is the No. 1 country in the world and does not need money from the United States or any other nation, then China can point to the face of the United States or any other nation and say, “You! You are violating human rights!”

So, sir, do not get slapped by yourself. If you insist on doing it, do it in a dark corner in case those who like to amuse people by slapping themselves may see and follow.

Caiping Su

Graduate student

Food science