> US/CIA does "extraordinary rendition" all the time Then it's okay then! > Law is irrelevant. Commerce is extremely sensitive to rule-of-law. Instability v

> US/CIA does "extraordinary rendition" all the time Then it's okay then! > Law is irrelevant. Commerce is extremely sensitive to rule-of-law. Instability vastly reduces investment. > China will eventually subsume all of Hong Kong as they see fit. That's pretty fatalistic; why get out of bed in the morning if you're just going to die someday?