tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post2063372929472310784..comments2024-03-27T18:23:34.322+08:00Comments on WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE: And so it goes here in Hong Kong...YTSLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-60790573837161667972014-10-08T00:24:38.875+08:002014-10-08T00:24:38.875+08:00Hi again Bill --
Thanks for reading -- and re my ...Hi again Bill --<br /><br />Thanks for reading -- and re my Japan trip: I definitely want to blog about it (and share many of my photos, including ones featuring a certain Puppet Ponyo) and hope it won't be long before things feel more "normal" and calm in Hong Kong, and thinking of such as vacations won't feel so frivolous!YTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-12495977753878543042014-10-07T21:52:26.718+08:002014-10-07T21:52:26.718+08:00Hi Yvonne,
Thanks for taking the time to state yo...Hi Yvonne,<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to state your further comments about the situation in Hong Kong - it does give me deeper insight via the "you are there" nature of your reportage...If the words and images of your recent Japan trip settle into your mind in the form of a blog, I would look forward to reading it.<br /><br />Bill<br /><br /><br />Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-36286938139523568912014-10-07T00:45:09.076+08:002014-10-07T00:45:09.076+08:00Hi Bill --
I don't see so much of a generatio...Hi Bill --<br /><br />I don't see so much of a generation gap as a class divide. The impression I get is that there are old as well as young supporters and participants of the Umbrella Revolution/Movement -- but the majority of them do look to be on the more educated side of Hong Kong.<br /><br />I think a lot more people are trying to balance protest with getting on with one's daily YTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-63778307463058826192014-10-06T21:38:36.052+08:002014-10-06T21:38:36.052+08:00Hi Yvonne,
Having immersed myself in news reports...Hi Yvonne,<br /><br />Having immersed myself in news reports of the situation in Hong Kong - among other things, the protests have apparently widened a generational gap. Most people want to get on with their lives, but the younger students are worried about what their futures lives are going to be like. The last thing the protestors should do is alienate local merchants who are losing business.Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-66006329847763727742014-10-06T20:02:24.651+08:002014-10-06T20:02:24.651+08:00Hi ewaffle --
Every extra day and night, hour and...Hi ewaffle --<br /><br />Every extra day and night, hour and minute that the protests go on for has been beyond expectation -- and have added strength to a political awakening that I believe cannot be erased from people's minds. <br /><br />They may drive people away - or convince them to withdraw from the protest areas. But I don't think they can suppress Hong Kong's people foreverYTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-45284984573120573872014-10-06T12:23:23.761+08:002014-10-06T12:23:23.761+08:00The stereotype of Hongkongers caring only about ma...The stereotype of Hongkongers caring only about making money is long past its sell-by date … if it were ever true. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-21297297085816574282014-10-06T11:01:41.518+08:002014-10-06T11:01:41.518+08:00I have been following the Umbrella Movement on Web...I have been following the Umbrella Movement on Webs of Significance and elsewhere with diminishing hope and increasing apprehension. One hopes for the best.<br /><br />One thing that the CCP leadership most likely learned from June 4, 1989 was not to issue live ammunition. Rubber bullets or "plastic baton rounds"--both invented by UK forces and used in Northern Ireland in the 1970s--areewafflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339565669634286677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-77241565532869961912014-10-06T08:30:01.988+08:002014-10-06T08:30:01.988+08:00Hi Nulle --
Yes, we can always hope. Re after th...Hi Nulle --<br /><br />Yes, we can always hope. Re after the Tiananmen incident: I think part of it is that some people have short memories, and others believed the CCP had changed. (And yes, there also are those who, of course, don't care just as long as they make money and those who are plain ignorant.)<br /><br />I'm not sure about "most HK people care about making mone more YTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-81466195045739957072014-10-06T04:05:35.555+08:002014-10-06T04:05:35.555+08:00I doubt it but I can always hope. Look what happen...I doubt it but I can always hope. Look what happened after the Tianamen incident (using live ammo on protesters). <br /><br />Most HK people care about making money more than their freedoms. Also most HK people (or PRC Chinese) would NOT risk their lives if it saves another life. <br /><br />why do you think organ donation rates are so low in HK and in mainland china?nullenoreply@blogger.com