why hasn't there been looting and rioting in the HK protests?

[SlickSnake]

You mean the same grandparents who thought rampant racism and sexism were okay? I can see how people who weren't white middle class men were real respected during that time.

If your grandparents were that bad, then please don't breed and let your genes die a quiet death.

 

[OverVolt]

..

 

[Fayd]

This is Hong Kong, a bastian of freedom, until (Jimmy Carter?) gave it back to the Chinese.

I would be very upset too!

-John

wtf?

 

[Eug]

I think if somebody mixed in a bunch of soccer balls with the crowd, then there would be chaos and violence. At least that's the theory.

 

[amdhunter]

Because the Police and Military would murder the shit out of them. Literally.
Over here, our Police Departments know better.

 

[waggy]

Because the Police and Military would murder the shit out of them. Literally.
Over here, our Police Departments know better.

after fergeson? i really don't know about that..

“To be honest, if they don’t come and restore these neighborhoods for these people, like when you gotta go travel miles to Walmart and to get gas and stuff like that, it should be right here. If they don’t restore this community for people who stay here it’s gonna be hell to pay.”

yeah. that would really get me to rebuild a store in that area. fuck that. i would take my money and go.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-29423147

garbage collecting, recycling, keeping off the lawn in the memorial, and picking up eggs that were pelted at them?
what madness is this????

while our version of civil disobedience during Occupy Wall Street "protesters" was public urination and raping women.

just read this article. obeying signs to stay off the grass? if it was here in the states there would tents all over it. saying "sorry" for inconvenience? wow.

 

[Craig234]

This is ignorant racist trolling by someone who has no understanding of the factors that lead people to riot or not riot when they are protesting. Hint: it's not a racial cause.

 

[Svnla]

You guys better watch out or certain posters will be butt hurt about this and go to the mods and cry...."rrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaacccccccccciiiiiiiissssssssstttt" and you guys could be in trouble. Just a head up.

 

[maddogchen]

Cuz they know China is waiting for any excuse to send in the military and have another tianamen square massacre. And that means Hong Kong becomes a militarized state. And don't go telling me China won't do that because of trade or their hurt image, they will because they believe they are powerful once again

 

[SMOGZINN]

So you mean that a country that tells it's citizens that our main cultural value is getting more stuff at any cost, that outright tells it's citizens that it is only a crime if you get caught, that shows them every day that if you have enough money you are above the law, has a problem with people looting when law and order breaks down?
You don't say.

 

[piasabird]

Death Camps.

 

[Craig234]

You guys better watch out or certain posters will be butt hurt about this and go to the mods and cry...."rrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaacccccccccciiiiiiiissssssssstttt" and you guys could be in trouble. Just a head up.

Hm, a supporter of racism, an apologist for it.

Location: Southerner 4ever!!!

Shocking.

 

[andylawcc]

If your grandparents were that bad, then please don't breed and let your genes die a quiet death.

zing!

 

[Rage187]

came here to see if someone posted it, stayed here for the popcorn.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

If your grandparents were that bad, then please don't breed and let your genes die a quiet death.

My grandparents weren't in the country that condoned Tuskegee, and McCarthyism, and "separate but equal". Don't pretend for one second that 20th Century America was some sort of bastion of virtue and equality, because it wasn't.

 

[Svnla]

Hm, a supporter of racism, an apologist for it.



Shocking.

When have nothing to hang your hat on, nothing, nada, zip. Pull out the "R" card.

Shocking, eh? :biggrin:


Ladies and Gentlemen, as I said in my previous post, Exhibit A ^^^^^^.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Cuz they know China is waiting for any excuse to send in the military and have another tianamen square massacre. And that means Hong Kong becomes a militarized state. And don't go telling me China won't do that because of trade or their hurt image, they will because they believe they are powerful once again

Agreed. As long as people are the "polite protesters" then Beijing can't use force.

The good news for China is that the election isn't until 2017, so unless these people are going to protest for three years all they have to do is wait until the protests stop and then quietly do what they were going to do anyway. The news cycle will focus on something new before any world pressure falls on them.

And honestly- does China have a choice? If they allow real Democracy in Hong Kong what is to prevent that want from spilling into mainland China? This is a real threat to the entire power structure.

China always thinks long-term. In the hundred year plan I bet they want Hong Kong to fold right back into the rest of China. That won't happen as long as the people there think they deserve rights far above and beyond what the average Chinese person gets. They have to stay they course, and this will be all for show.

 

[SP33Demon]

Because they learned from Ferguson and L.A.

 

[BoberFett]

This is ignorant racist trolling by someone who has no understanding of the factors that lead people to riot or not riot when they are protesting. Hint: it's not a racial cause.

So you're saying these protestors in Hong Kong are racists because they're not burning their city down? That seems harsh.

 

[Hacp]

Why weren't there riots in Occupy Wall Street? Same reason. They're all rich people protesting. NYC Rich Kids and Hong Kong Millionaires on the streets. Of course they don't want to die.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

This is ignorant racist trolling by someone who has no understanding of the factors that lead people to riot or not riot when they are protesting. Hint: it's not a racial cause.

hope you're not talking about me because the only race I've mentioned are asians but in a positive light. so yeah, i guess it's racist trolling.

enlighten us all. what are the factors that lead to rioting?

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Why weren't there riots in Occupy Wall Street? Same reason. They're all rich people protesting. NYC Rich Kids and Hong Kong Millionaires on the streets. Of course they don't want to die.

no riots, just destroying property, raping women, defecating and urinating on the streets, rampant drug use, is all.
but i don't have to tell you this. you live in NYC, after all.

 

[Craig234]

hope you're not talking about me because the only race I've mentioned are asians but in a positive light. so yeah, i guess it's racist trolling.

enlighten us all. what are the factors that lead to rioting?

I am. I think your post was clearly making insinuations about black people who riot, and that you are being sneaky about the insinuations you were making.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

I am. I think your post was clearly making insinuations about black people who riot, and that you are being sneaky about the insinuations you were making.

yeah, show me where i said black. post # and quote please.

and tell me what are the factors that lead to rioting. stop dodging.

 

[cliftonite]

the crowd is mostly young adults/students with a grim future. you would think that given a large gathering of the demographic that is most likely to commit crime (18-24 yr olds), combined with a huge distrust of the govt, the conditions are ripe for mass rioting and looting... but the top google search results for "hong kong protest riots looting" make references to the looting in Ferguson MO instead.

looking back at the earthquake in japan a few years ago, amid utter chaos, there was no looting.
contrast that to hurricane katrina, we see people walking out with TV's and beer, clearly items vital to survival.

what is it about asian nations that allows them to maintain social order, whereas we can't?

I dunno even had riots in Vancouver.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/riots-erupt-in-vancouver-after-canucks-loss-1.993707