Che was against the US too.
Another inconvenient truth "long-hair" choose to ignor!
Che was against the US too.
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Apparently this is not a real gun. Perhaps our residence gun expert can confirm this is so.
In any case, where in the world can one carry out a large imitation firearm in public? I would imagine he would have been shot in London, or anywhere in the west by now! So much for "lack of freedom" they keep harping on about! With stupidity like this, maybe they should have their freedom curtailed!
Anyway rant over. Merry Christmas everyone!
Sorry guys. Meant to stay away from SDF to be with family over Christmas. But just received this, and felt I had to share in case the thugs manipulate the video to make it look like the police pushed him over on to the floor below!
Sorry guys. It keeps saying the file is too large?!
Ok, doing it through facebook, hope you don't need to register to see it.
And photo after he jumped!
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Recent discussion on Hong Kong has been particularly upsetting. Being from Hong Kong myself who is dismayed by the ongoing protests and growing violence on part of the protesters, it has been surprising how members of this forum treat Hong Kong as simply a battleground for foreign interests and suggesting that Hong Kong should just be left to crash and burn. Hong Kong is not just a city, it is my home and I do not appreciate the ease with which the distanced, armchair analysts who we believe ourselves to be, throw words around without thinking.
I made none of the claims you are replying to. My post has been taken completely out of context since being quoted to this thread.Hong Kong is under One Country, Two Systems. So the island is completely free to ruin itself if that is what its people want. You think 1C2S is all upside for the island? Welcome to one of the downsides. If you are pro-Beijing, then it is up to YOU to stop the violence and convince the other Hong Kongers to want Beijing.
Another downside is the rewarding of Macau. That city has wanted a financial industry for a long time; the casinos make a lot of money, so a financial center is a logical next step. Beijing has prevented this, as it would compete with Hong Kong. Similarly with Shenzhen. The central government has been doing HK quite a lot of favors over the decades. However, with the recent riots -- and especially with the recent election -- some citizens have been saying loudly "we don't want the locusts or their favors". The permission for Macau to establish a financial center competing with Hong Kong was Beijing's way of saying to the protesters, "Okay, have it your way". If you don't want this, fix it yourself. In 1C2S, you have some responsibilities too.
Don't get me wrong, as a resident of Hong Kong I am fiercely proud to be Chinese. The exploits, lies, back stabbing and frankly traitorous actions that protesters are undertaking are harmful to China and frankly naive and selfish; completely disregarding the reality of Hong Kong's colonial past and China's humiliation by Western powers in the past 200-300 years and the progress which China has made to better the life of hundreds of millions through sacrifice and determination.
However the point of my post was not directed at the protestors or these real-world affairs. My post was directed at members of this forum when tackling and discussing such affairs. Ensuring that we maintain a certain objective and professional standard without succumbing too much our emotions (some emotion is important). Protestors and protest sympathisers may be bandying empty and foolish words, but we should as an established forum be better than them.
Hong Kong is under One Country, Two Systems. So the island is completely free to ruin itself if that is what its people want. You think 1C2S is all upside for the island? Welcome to one of the downsides. If you are pro-Beijing, then it is up to YOU to stop the violence and convince the other Hong Kongers to want Beijing.
Another downside is the rewarding of Macau. That city has wanted a financial industry for a long time; the casinos make a lot of money, so a financial center is a logical next step. Beijing has prevented this, as it would compete with Hong Kong. Similarly with Shenzhen. The central government has been doing HK quite a lot of favors over the decades. However, with the recent riots -- and especially with the recent election -- some citizens have been saying loudly "we don't want the locusts or their favors". The permission for Macau to establish a financial center competing with Hong Kong was Beijing's way of saying to the protesters, "Okay, have it your way". If you don't want this, fix it yourself. In 1C2S, you have some responsibilities too.