> It would not be an exaggeration to hypothesize that the introduction of
> linguistic sex equality would demolish the fundamental structure of
> Chinese language, rendering it incapable of expressing abstract thought,
> particularly those dealing with concepts of evil.
So much the worse for the concept of evil, that essential scapegoat without which no repressive ideology could possibly exist. Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal (and France's social structure circa 1859 has quite a few similarities with China 1998) put it best: in the poison lies the salvation.
-- Dennis