[Leica] Pray for Hong Kong

[Richard Man]

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On Sat, Aug 17, 2019 at 17:08 Richard Man <richard at imagecraft.com> wrote:

> I can’t speak for Leo. As I have explained: my life blew up and continued
> to be so. Indeed I am now looking for a full time job after 20 years. Life
> intrudes
>
> The kicker is that assuming I get a job, which is a must-do, I was
> thinking perhaps to do another book as a give back. You have just ensured
> that it will never happen
>
> On Sat, Aug 17, 2019 at 16:06 Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>
>> Richard, is protest not allowed here as well as in Hong Kong? You passed
>> it on to Leo and it died a death with no explanation from either you or
>> Leo. Delegation? More like abdication, methinks. Not such a low blow
>> really.
>>
>> Douglas
>>
>>
>> On 17/08/2019 20:57, Richard Man wrote:
>> > 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
>> >>>>
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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.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> --
>> >>>>> // richard http://imagecraft.com
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