I know, that's why I said "country". Was hoping to avoid the technically correct annotation and it would simply lengthen my comment, but then I should have reme

I know, that's why I said "country". Was hoping to avoid the technically correct annotation and it would simply lengthen my comment, but then I should have remembered this is HN. :) I'll put it this way; can we all admit that the fact that Hong Kong must defer to the Communist government in Beijing was not accidental on Snowden's part?