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