Originally Posted by
harmony
Agreed Mr Who
I just saw the student action as belligerent, and fruitless
Their protest only hurt not only the local Hong Kong businesses, but also the employees who go to work to support families etc.
A lot of local workers would have been told there was no job for the last 10 days because of futile protesting, and guess what ?
A lot of the lower grade workers, including cleaners, etc, would have been told there is no income for the period of the protests
How about staging the protest where you dont hurt the livelihood of your fellow citizens. Say, in a large park somewhere
Then I may have been half impressed
But then again, the students have nothing to negotiate with.Even if they surrender their lives, its not a strong enough negotiating position
China just have to stay firm with their decisions, and show who is really boss
Ive been in protests myself. I am not dissing protests. But dont hurt your fellow citizens financially, just to make your point
To get my respect, these students would work volunteer for a few shifts in some of the businesses that were damaged by the protesting
By the way, China makes its decisions in Beijing, then communicates this to Hong Kong.
Since there are no protests in Beijing - you guessed it - nothing will change
In short, China knows which is the dog and which is the tail. And the tail should never wag the dog
Beijing do care about losing face with the International media.
But as long as they dont bring out the artillery, China knows they can continue to write the laws as they see fit
My previous analogy was that the protesters are merely stepping on the dragons tail
As it turned out, the protesters were always beneath the dragons tail
Your HK correspondent signing off