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Originally Posted by Infinite Chaos  If you read my post again you will see that I'm not calling the Honk Kong Chinese (on Chinese soil) traitors - it's the pro-Beijing Chinese on Chinese soil calling other Chinese protesters the traitors. |
I knew you were not calling the Hong Kong Chinese (on Chinese soil) traitors in your previous post. In fact, I had taken note of your earlier statements: "There are some Chinese who protest the Tibetan cause and they are labelled 'Democracy protesters'. The pro-Beijing Chinese called the protesters 'traitors'."
In my previous post, I was actually commenting on the news report in
Olympic torch returns to Chinese soil for Hong Kong relay Excerpts of the news report follow:
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"Supporters of the relay in Hong Kong far outnumbered the protesters, some of whom had to seek protection from police. About 3,000 officers had been deployed to stand guard over the eight-hour relay.
Several activists carrying a banner that read, "Return power to the people," willingly sought refuge in a police vehicle when their pro-democracy slogans were overwhelmed with taunts such as "traitor" and "get out!" from a much larger pro-China crowd.
One young woman carrying a Tibetan flag was bustled into a police van after a crowd of about 30 people shouted obscenities at her, pushing and shoving police officers who had surrounded the university student to provide protection.
"What right do they have to take me away? I have a right to express my opinion," Christina Chan, 21, said of the police. (End excerpts)
To clarify my stand, I rewrite part of my previous post with additional words and changes in square brackets:
"It would be inappropriate [for the pro-China crowd] to label Hong Kong's Chinese activists as "traitors" for carrying a pro-democracy banner that read, "Return power to the people". [In my opinion], it would be provocative and adding insult to injury for somebody, especially a Chinese citizen, [to support Tibetan separatism by protesting with a Tibetan flag which is officially banned because it is a symbol of Tibetan separatism] on Chinese soil."
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Your support for my imaginary American Al Qaeda girl's right of protest is incredible. Your stand on her right of protest is so unreal that you seem to join her in celebrating Al Qaeda's successful attacks on America on September 11, 2001. Lest you have forgotten the many victims who jumped from windows on elevated storeys of the towers to escape the flames, just before the towers collapsed, please take a look at the Falling Man in
The Falling Man - Esquire
Thousands were feared dead after a series of devastating attacks targeting the USA's financial and military centres in New York and Washington. An hour after the planes struck New York's highest building, a third explosion brought the south tower of the World Trade Centre crashing to the ground.
A witness said he saw bodies falling from the towers and people jumping out. Minutes later, the building's north tower also collapsed. Please read the terrifying account in
Terrorists strike at heart of US | World news | guardian.co.uk