Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > >