Because what Beijing is doing (or refraining from doing) may actually solve the problem in the long run?
But that's not what it feels like to a patriot living in Hong Kong who has to risk his health to speak up for his country. And it's also not what you're talking about, which is water deprivation and secession. I understand that Beijing has its own plan and I can only support that, but I'm saying that your water deprivation plan in the face of a non-existent declaration of secession is just nonsense. 1. There
is not and things
are not moving in such a direction. 2. If such a declaration is made, the response would not be slow deprivation but immediate military action. 3. Your plan is cruel to those who live in Hong Kong and are in support of China. Your plan is not grounded in a realistic situation and it also doesn't make any sense as to how it would achieve a positive effect and thus, it is not worth talking about.
Where are the massive rallies showing their support for the central government? If they can't be bothered to exert so little effort, why should Beijing take any risks for them?
Because it's not a citizen's job to rally; it's the government's job to keep them safe. They're doing their jobs by living their lives and contribution to society and the economy; the government isn't doing it's job of keeping them safe.
Reread
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/hong-kong-protests.t8580/page-222#post-574892
I'm not asking for an intra-Hong-Kong civil war. I'm asking the China patriots to show that they exist in overwhelming numbers, by holding a massive, peaceful demonstration. Then perhaps the rioters will start to think twice before rioting.
Once again, it's not anybody's job to stop a riot other than the government's. Right now, the government is doing so poorly that it's dangerous in Hong Kong to show support for the Chinese flag, so the patriots are staying safe. Nothing is their fault.
If the China patriots don't prove that they're the overwhelming majority, perhaps Hong Kong is already lost -- or at least this generation. A few years of water deprivation may be needed to wake them to reality. If most of them really think they are superior to mainlanders, and this attitude is rigid, let them stink.
Yeah, how about you figure this out by yourself. You live in Hong Kong; you love China, you speak up and end up in the hospital. Your free speech wasn't protected by the government you loved. Then you get out of the hospital, go home, and you've got no water cus Beijing cut you off. How do you feel? You're talking about depriving water to school children who salute the Chinese flag every morning. Meanwhile, every Western government will jump on this, telling the people of Hong Kong that they wish to deliver them and their children drinking water but the CCP is blocking them. You've got to be mental to think that that would make people love China. Water deprivation is regarded as one of the cruelest methods in humanity. You can intervene with the military using deadly force against every violent thug with a black mask and yellow hat without crossing nearly as many lines as water deprivation to a whole city. The latter will actually result in international condemnation and sanctions that the former will not because China has a very good case for military intervention with the level of violence in Hong Kong. But water deprivation? It is indefensible; it is a crime against humanity.
