[Leica] Pray for Hong Kong

[Richard Man]

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.
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> Sorry…
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> > 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.
> >
> >
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