Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 -- // 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