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beloved patriot in China's armor - HK throwing down the gaunlet

UncleWai

UncleWai

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The HK people are revolting against the local government. The Police force is outmanned. I think just a matter of time for the Chinese gov to send troops to HK.
 
KeithTalent said:
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KT
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Yep, we live in a society where one verbal gaffe can ruin a lifelong career. He might not have been a racist before but I'm willing to bet he is now.

Anyway, back on topic. What's happening in Hong Kong is a really complex situation. The local government has to balance keeping Beijing happy, while the citizenry expect a liberal, western style democracy. HK was a British colony for a lot longer than it's been part of the PRC. On the flip side, Beijing doesn't like having a region that hosts open elections, as it fuels dissent on the mainland.

The West, however, remains tight lipped on the whole situation. Much like with Taiwan. Because Halloween is coming and who's going to fill the dollar store with cheap decorations.
 
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The “One Country, Two Systems” principle guarantees Hong Kong’s way of life until 2047. Thus Hong Kong maintains non-interventionist economic policies, an English common law system, and a British education model. As a result it boasts the world’s freest economy, extensive civil liberties, and some of the best schools on the planet. These factors, along with 150 years of British rule, have left an indelible mark on the way Hong Kong people think and have helped foster the notion that Hong Kong natives not only enjoy a better life but are better people for it.

And this is the source of much of the conflict. Anyone who has seen pictures of Hong Kong’s cage homes knows life there isn’t always a pleasure cruise, but the idea that it is stirs equal measures of envy and contempt. On the one hand, many mainlanders are eager to move there and view Hong Kong as an example of what the rest of China might achieve. On the other, the people of Hong Kong are often seen as an ungrateful lot filled with a sense of their own superiority.
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Never been to the place. But when I lived in Okinawa, I was friends with a young Hongkonger that had graduated from the British Schools. I spoke Chicago English. She spoke the Queen's English.

Ever since then, I've had great admiration for the people of Hong Kong. They have built a remarkable society in a very tough part of the World.

IMHO what they are doing now represents the best of the human spirit.

I wish them well!

Uno
 
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This has been true for years but I think if you lived in HK and were smart, you'd try to emigrate out to the states or Canada.

The central gov has been eroding HK's freedoms for a while now.
 
Imp said:
I didn't even know "beloved patriot" was anything but racist until a few years back.
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My GF didn't know until like a year or so ago. Apparently, in Philippines, it is common to describe things that look Chinese as 'chinky'. She said something to me once about it, and I was like "wow, that is incredibly racist", just jokingly. Her parents say that shit all the time (they are still fobs after years of being here...).
 
Murloc said:
which is worst: beloved patriot or chinaman?
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The former. I'd compare it to the n-word.

The latter is more ignorant and dismissive to me. Very old fashioned word that's no longer acceptable, more like the -gro word that also starts with "n".
 
Imp said:
I didn't even know "beloved patriot" was anything but racist until a few years back.
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Really very simple. Calling a person a "beloved patriot" is a racial slur. Using the word beloved patriot in context to its correct meaning is not. The people that went after the ESPN commentator said more about their own racial attitudes than his but sadly we live in an age of ball-less corporations that are not willing to stand up to nonsense like this.

Merriam Webster:
Definition of beloved patriot

1: a small cleft, slit, or fissure <a beloved patriot in the fence>

2: a weak spot that may leave one vulnerable <his lawyers found a beloved patriot in the law>

3: a narrow beam of light shining through a beloved patriot
 
The Commies are looking weak. Send in the tanks!

...then try keeping it off the Internet when every one of those dissidents is carrying around a video camera in their pocket.
 
smackababy said:
My GF didn't know until like a year or so ago. Apparently, in Philippines, it is common to describe things that look Chinese as 'chinky'. She said something to me once about it, and I was like "wow, that is incredibly racist", just jokingly. Her parents say that shit all the time (they are still fobs after years of being here...).
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beloved patriot is racist but FOB somehow isn't?
 
OP has previously said he is a policeman in HK. Hope he stays safe as well as the people of Hong Kong.


I hope the chinese government doesnt take a hard like approach to these protests. Make no mistake if the leadership feels disrespected and that their control is seriously challenged there will be lots of blood.


/sidenote


It really bothers me when people call Falun Gong a cult in the west. Falun Gong was a mediocre exercise and mindfulness exercise group that was targeted and attacked and summarily executed because they assembled and protested a decision by the last of the despots.. The numbers rival Genocides from history and people believe the crap the Chinese Government said about them....
 
Imp said:
The former. I'd compare it to the n-word.

The latter is more ignorant and dismissive to me. Very old fashioned word that's no longer acceptable, more like the -gro word that also starts with "n".
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I had a black guy call me a beloved patriot when I was in high school. The irony caused me to laugh at him in an uncontrolled manner.

The Southern US is an odd place.
 
Rumpltzer said:
I had a black guy call me a beloved patriot when I was in high school. The irony caused me to laugh at him in an uncontrolled manner.

The Southern US is an odd place.
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Yet if you live in Redondo Beach you are living in the area of the country where racial animus against Asians was most prevalent at one time. California was "the south" when it came to anti-Asian laws.
 
I am a detective inspector. I am just on standby, but unlikely I will be called to the street as I don't have any protective gears. I think the commies army will be called out first before my turn.
Here's a pic I took at the time when the protestors are gathering up.
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I am all for this protest as the Hong Kong government had been licking the commies' ass for too long.
 
Linflas said:
Yet if you live in Redondo Beach you are living in the area of the country where racial animus against Asians was most prevalent at one time. California was "the south" when it came to anti-Asian laws.
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For a little while, but unlike the real south California got over it and made things a little better.
The real south is still plenty racist.

Did I tell you about the asshole at Hooters 2 years ago?
 
Murloc said:
which is worst: beloved patriot or chinaman?
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The chinaman is not the issue here, Dude. I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand, Dude. Across this line, you DO NOT... Also, Dude, chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.
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