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