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The amount of hyperbole in this thread (and in the protest) is unbelievable. Protesters are quick to talk this up as the next Tiananmen Square when in fact loo
by Shad0w59 12y ago
The amount of hyperbole in this thread (and in the protest) is unbelievable.
Protesters are quick to talk this up as the next Tiananmen Square when in fact looking at the ground it's nothing like it.
You just need to look at Hong Kong culture to see that this is being overblown. It's the HK style, there's no middle ground, it's either the end of the world or nothing worth mentioning.
Of course the people have a right to protest but people should really think about what they are doing instead of getting delusional in the name of "freedom".
Show some class for once, have a measured response not this circus that is clearly going to end in a terrible car crash. It's already being hijacked by troublemakers.
- lotsofmangos 12y agoThose delusional freedom lovers with their low-class demands for better representation. Next thing you know, they might start looting tea and throwing it in the harbour.
- Shad0w59 12y agoI for one am waiting for the looting of LV and Gucci bags. It's going to be epic.
- lotsofmangos 12y agoI should probably have laid the sarcasm on a bit thicker.
- wyuenho 12y agohttps://twitter.com/HemanChong/status/516383686355202048?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=fb&utm_campaign=HemanChong&utm_content=516383686355202048 https://twitter.com/HemanChong/status/516383686355202048?utm...
- Shad0w59 12y agoNow you jinxed it.
- guard-of-terra 12y agoMoscow 2011/2012 winter protests were like this too. I guess we barely hit 50k/event. Unfortunately results are really discouraging.
- lotsofmangos 12y agoSorry if you missed the sarcasm. The looting comment was making a comparison with the Boston Tea Party to point out that many countries are founded in protest and that to belittle the effect it can have makes a mockery of history.
- xux 12y agoI was wondering why they're using the Occupy brand. Is it now just used for everything remotely related to protests?
- JDShu 12y agoWell they're literally occupying Central, the financial district, aka Hong Kong's Wall Street.
- cluthe 12y agoThat's not HK style, that's the corporate media's style, and you see it everywhere. The protesters have actually shown a lot of class - it's the police and government who need to show some class and have a more measured response to peaceful protests.
- Mikeb85 12y agoNo worse than what US authorities did in 'Occupy' protests...
- cluthe 12y agoI don't understand this (American?) tendency to insist on comparing everything that happens in the world to what happens in the USA. It's almost as if you are expected to first check what USA has done, and then apply equal amounts of criticism to the USA for that, before you are then allowed to say anything on any topic. Hongkongers and other people around the world, don't care about the USA. We don't feel the need to use USA as a benchmark when discussing issues in our own countries.
- crazychrome 12y agoThere is a single rule to see tell the true motivation of a protest: is the biggest protest sign written in English (if the general public in the area/country not native English speakers)? If yes, it's probably a show to leverage CNN/BBC. Otherwise, why would protestors use a language unable to deliver messages to their own people? According to this pic: http://www.popo8.com/host/data/201409/28/3/f864d6c.jpg http://www.popo8.com/host/data/201409/28/3/f864d6c.jpg, this Occupy Central is a show.
- Zarel 12y agoCantonese (written in Traditional Chinese) and English are the de facto official languages of Hong Kong. I'm not sure how well your rule applies.
- lotsofmangos 12y agoJudging from your analysis, you couldn't tell the true motivation of a protest if it bit you on the arse. Protests are shows. That's why they call them demonstrations. And given signs are for informing people outside the protest, it is no surprise that folk will write an English one if they know there will be an English speaking news crew around.
- crazychrome 12y agoso according to your opinion, a protester bits your arse and it's a show? I'm a programmer and I have proposed a straight forward rule to help me understand the situation. If you have a better way, show me. If what you are saying is any protest should be supported unconditionally, and any means to attract media attention is legit, then go to Iraq and join ISIS' protest.
- lotsofmangos 12y agoAre you sure you don't work in politics?
- crazychrome 12y ago
- rdlecler1 12y agoWhether or not this is the next Tianmen Square will depend on Beijing's reaction.