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Hong Kong police use tear gas as protesters regroup

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@Halwick

And I'll bet you'll want the U.S. (as "leader of the free world

Who on earth believes the U.S. is leader of the free world, except perhaps a few rabid right wing media channels.

I don't remember the rest of the world being offered that vote.

The "800 lb Gorilla of the free world" perhaps but I'm not sure anyone really fees free from the mess it is creating any more.

Sorry, the Trump golf thread got shut down. I wanted to reply to that. Are you seriously suggesting such decision could not be made in an office without the $190m security and transport tab? Is there something unique about men lugging their big bags around, swing their clubs, and look for holes in the bush that make golfing essential?

I think that sort of says it all.

Of course, in the good old days they used to be good places for keeping, women, Blacks, Jews, even Catholics out of discussions and opportunities. In a way, the expense of them had a similar role in Japan.

But now we have Hinako Shibuno.

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It is sickening to watch video of what is happening in Hong Kong. It is truly now a disaster zone, a no-go for ALL international travel. The cowardly PRC supporting police are striking unarmed protesters, men and women, with batons, injuring them. Tear gas is being used liberally in peaceful rallies. Even children are not being spared.

The world is watching you, horrible communist china. All power to the freedom loving HK people. Keep fighting for democracy , and hit the police back 100 times harder than they hit you. They cant hold back an 8 million person HK citizen army forever.

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Sooner or later China is going to crack down and crack down hard using military troops to control the rioters and impose martial law throughout HK. And I'll bet you'll want the U.S. (as "leader of the free world") to do something. But aren't you the same people who criticize the "imperialist colonizing bullying" U.S. for interfering in other countries' affairs?

Yes. What exactly is your point, that because we condemn the US we shouldn't condemn China? Or are you saying we should stop condemning America and give them a pass, because China is also doing it?

It's not clear what your point is in bringing this up. Please enlighten us.

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So Akie and Riperez, do you feel the people of Hong Kong should just lay down and give up their human rights to the CCP dictatorship that doesn't respect human rights? Is that the course of action you are recommending to the people of Hong Kong?

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Terrorism is the combination of intolerance and violence, that is what we see and what we all shouldn't support.

You're right. We need to support the people of HK in their defense against the terrorist CCP!

Stay Strong Hong Kong!

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It's interesting how China acts, i.e. suppressing freedom, in the very manner the anti-U.S people accuse the U.S. as acting.

Sooner or later China is going to crack down and crack down hard using military troops to control the rioters and impose martial law throughout HK. And I'll bet you'll want the U.S. (as "leader of the free world") to do something. But aren't you the same people who criticize the "imperialist colonizing bullying" U.S. for interfering in other countries' affairs?

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... criminal acts, including against civilians, committed with intent to cause death or serious bodily injury, or taking of hostages, with the purpose to provoke a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons or particular persons, intimidate a population or compel a government or an international organization to do or to abstain from doing any act, which constitute offences within the scope of and as defined in the international conventions and protocols relating to terrorism, are under no circumstances justifiable by considerations of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or other similar nature, and calls upon all States to prevent such acts and, if not prevented, to ensure that such acts are punished by penalties consistent with their grave nature.

--United Nation

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Terrorism is the combination of intolerance and violence, that is what we see and what we all shouldn't support.

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China has been surprisingly patient. Everything happening now is between HK protestors and HK Police. You just can’t throw bricks at the police and expect no enforcement in any country. To use force will be admitting defeat and I don’t think they want a repeat Tiananmen. They’ve already put in plans to develop Shenzhen.

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Say NO to communism.

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bass4funk: "Freedom has not rang in Hong Kong for over 200 years, and certainly not under British Rule.

The people in HK have the right to travel and leave as they choose, and the right to protest, if that’s not the basic of all freedoms, I don’t know what is."

Why don't you address my comment instead of ranting on about the right to protest.

"Even knowing the history, you can’t change what was in the past"

This is exactly what I tell you with every comment, so why do you try to ignore/deny history? Why do you continue to pretend that everything was rosy?

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I guess it's a little harder to pretend the 'protesters' are 'peaceful' now that, like the 'Proud Boys' who 'protest' in the US, their violence is too open and obvious to edit out of the narrative.

What will be interesting is how the Hong Kong version of the antiFa will be described when those civilians tired of seeing the intimidation and harassment tactics against their fellow civilians by the 'protesters' decide to show up in numbers?

Oh, right, they'll be described as 'organized crime members' or their act deemed to have been orchestrated by 'the regime'.

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Freedom has not rang in Hong Kong for over 200 years, and certainly not under British Rule.

The people in HK have the right to travel and leave as they choose, and the right to protest, if that’s not the basic of all freedoms, I don’t know what is.

Read the history of Hong Kong riots when under British Rule. You can't ignore or change history - read it.

Even knowing the history, you can’t change what was in the past no more than you can rewrite slavery, stop living in the past and being down. Life is good, it is what you make of it and good on every HK citizen to stand up and fight for freedom.

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elected former legislature head Ho Iat Seng as its leader on Sunday - the sole approved candidate.

The CCP version of elections.

Macau should have written in a candidate of their choice.

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rgcivilian1:  "Let freedom ring once again in Hong Kong."

Freedom has not rang in Hong Kong for over 200 years, and certainly not under British Rule. Read the history of Hong Kong riots when under British Rule. You can't ignore or change history - read it.

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If China would allow Hong Kong to place their own elected leader and follow the agreement they signed no issues. This is pure dictatorship on the part of China. My my, how China has as usual said one thing while clearly intent to do another, at first China says it would only call on paramilitary forces at the request of Hong Kong, but today it is saying: "Beijing has sent a clear warning that forceful intervention is possible, with paramilitary forces holding drills just over the border."

The protesters should get their own water cannons from powered generators and farming stations, use high pressure pumps and blast back. People do not want to be governed solely under a dictatorship anymore. Let freedom ring once again in Hong Kong.

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This is really going to very ugly. Beijing is probably thinking how to be quell all of this. When the Tiananmen Square massacre happened we didn’t have a connected world like today with smartphones and access to the internet with up to the minute live news feed and other social media platforms like twitter and Facebook. The world is definitely watching. Beijing knows this, but the bigger question in the end is: do they care what the rest of the world thinks? We all know they could care less about freedom.

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Buy the Stock of Tear Gas Makers... apparently Companies producing Tear Gas are reporting extra business.

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The deal is One country, two systems.

Beijing is trying to break the deal.

Bad Beijing. Bad boy.

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