Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, just for the record (again), that all LUG photos were transferred to Leo. This is what I call a low blow, and this was the type of behaviors that made me dropped out for ~a year. Shame on you. On Sat, Aug 17, 2019 at 4:34 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Good thoughts and prayers, Richard? I tried that while I waited for the > last Lug yearbook, but..... > > Unfortunately, for the one country, two systems future of HK, some of > the protestors have wandered away from the happy medium and are > inflaming opinion in mainland China and elsewhere. With Trump > effectively sidelined by the competing needs of a US/China trade deal, > Xi will probably crack down on the next major violent protest and send > in the Red Army who are parked on the border ten kilometres away. Hope > you have shorted all your shares. > > Douglas > > On 17/08/2019 07:30, Richard Man wrote: > > You may very well be right. However, that's what good thoughts and > prayers > > are for... perhaps, just perhaps... > > > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 11:17 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > > wrote: > > > >> I am sorry to say that I am quite pessimistic. I was a child in Poland > >> when the Prague Spring was crushed by the Soviet Union and four other > >> Warsaw Pact countries in 1968, and I believe the same thing will end up > >> happening in Hong Kong. And just as the world did nothing then, it will > do > >> nothing now. China is too powerful, it is an ?internal matter? etc. > >> > >> Sorry? > >> > >> Nathan > >> > >> Nathan Wajsman > >> > >> Alicante, Spain > >> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > >> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > >> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > < > >> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > >> > >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > >> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > >> > >> YNWA > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> On 17 Aug 2019, at 08:00, Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> A number of LUGgers have lived in Hong Kong, some like Howard, for many > >>> years. Some like Greg, occasional visitors. Many have visited. > >>> > >>> I was born in Hong Kong, and the current events fill me with > >> trepidation. I > >>> talked to my Tai Chi teacher, and he said wisely, "Water always find > its > >>> level". A very Daoist thing, be like water. > >>> > >>> If I have the resource, I will go there now, to document the events. > >> There > >>> are lots of propaganda flowing around, including hilariously that US is > >>> paying the protesters. > >>> > >>> Anyway, please keep up with the news. I don't know what will happen. I > >> hope > >>> the Tiananman scenario does not happen. If you are on Facebook, you can > >>> follow sites like Hong Kong Free Press (which is definitely very much > pro > >>> democracy and independence), or SCMP which was a very well respected > news > >>> source, but less so in recent years as it was bought by Jack Ma, the > >>> Alibaba founder, but it still does provide news reports without too > much > >>> bias. > >>> > >>> Without getting into politics, the current administration does not care > >>> about democracy in Hong Kong other than whatever fits its selfish > agenda. > >>> However, we can still call our Congress representatives. Anyway, please > >>> send good thoughts and hope for bloodless resolution. > >>> > >>> Thank you. > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> // richard http://imagecraft.com > >>> Beyond Arduino - When you're ready to get serious... > >>> JumpStart C Tools for Atmel AVR and Cortex-M, The Better Alternative > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- // richard http://imagecraft.com Beyond Arduino - When you're ready to get serious... JumpStart C Tools for Atmel AVR and Cortex-M, The Better Alternative