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Started by Jacob, September 22, 2014, 10:05:27 AM

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Jacob

Quote from: derspiess on October 01, 2014, 10:11:33 AM
Ignoring it also works :P

Very true, and usually my default approach.

Lettow77

I don't typically tire myself espousing pro-Southern rhetoric on languish, being rather more content to enjoy my idyllic lifestyle and limit any political activity to informing my wife what her political opinions are. I merely saw parallels in Mono's reactionary provincialism.
It can't be helped...We'll have to use 'that'

derspiess

"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Jacob

#453
Short video segment (on FB, so you may need to be signed in): https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=896656430359490&fref=nf

Edit: here's a non FB (and stabilized) version: http://imgur.com/wBTmWii

Jacob


Eddie Teach

Quote from: Jacob on October 01, 2014, 11:05:44 AM
Edit: here's a non FB (and stabilized) version: http://imgur.com/wBTmWii

The commentors can't agree on whether this is HK or Venezuela.
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Jacob

Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 01, 2014, 01:01:25 PM
Quote from: Jacob on October 01, 2014, 11:05:44 AM
Edit: here's a non FB (and stabilized) version: http://imgur.com/wBTmWii

The commentors can't agree on whether this is HK or Venezuela.
Hahaha!

Jacob

Meanwhile, news are filtering into China: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/02/world/asia/hong-kong-protest.html?_r=1

I think what's going on in HK is a pretty significant indicator - and test - for China's leadership.

We have it from Mono - and others - that the economic prospects for many if not most Hong Kong residents are less bright than they were in the past. This is being channelled into political protests, and while not universally supported, there's enough support that it's a big deal.

China itself, on the mainland, may well face similar forces if its economy slows down. If large parts of the Chinese population feels it doesn't have a future to work towards, how will they react? Calling for political reforms is not unlikely, and it will likely be less orderly than what's going on in HK right now.

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Tonitrus

I, for one, support welcoming into the U.S. any HK residents who are dissatisfied with their future prospects.

Especially if they are female and cute.  :P

derspiess

Quote from: celedhring on October 01, 2014, 10:28:10 AM
A Japanese friend of mine has posted a photo of a demonstration in Tokyo in support of the Honk Kong protesters.

I get the feeling that's not gonna help...

They do sympathy demonstrations in New York like every day.  I guess it makes people feel like they're doing something.
"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

celedhring

Quote from: derspiess on October 01, 2014, 04:06:38 PM
Quote from: celedhring on October 01, 2014, 10:28:10 AM
A Japanese friend of mine has posted a photo of a demonstration in Tokyo in support of the Honk Kong protesters.

I get the feeling that's not gonna help...

They do sympathy demonstrations in New York like every day.  I guess it makes people feel like they're doing something.

It was more in the sense of enabling the HK protesters to be painted as Japanese/US puppets.

derspiess

"If you can play a guitar and harmonica at the same time, like Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you're a genius. But make that extra bit of effort and strap some cymbals to your knees, suddenly people want to get the hell away from you."  --Rich Hall

Ed Anger

Quote from: DontSayBanana on October 01, 2014, 04:15:52 AM
Quote from: Monoriu on September 30, 2014, 05:24:45 PM
I am afraid that you'll have to stop reading them instead :contract:

Ugh.  Can't one of the mods give this guy a "break" until the protesters break up or are broken up?

Mono, you do realize you've successfully pissed off a significant portion of the forum, right?  We joke a lot, but at some level, we at least respect that people can have problems with the government and have the right to "shake things up" to get those problems redressed.  Your inability to think past your own wallet is pretty disgusting.  Hell, you even talk about the protests ending in terms of wage shortfalls.

I know this is going to shock you, but there are people to whom having a working government means more than having a steady paycheck.  Crowing that eventually the army's going to crack down on these people for (mostly) peacefully insisting that their problems are addressed?  Stay classy, Mono.

Lighten up Francis.

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