Comments on: Trouble coming every day http://biglychee.com/blog/2010/01/28/trouble-coming-every-day/ Watching the sun set, little by little, on Asia's greatest city - with a dash of Hemlock Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:48:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Da Docta http://biglychee.com/blog/2010/01/28/trouble-coming-every-day/comment-page-1/#comment-552 Da Docta Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:56:33 +0000 http://biglychee.com/blog/?p=1286#comment-552 You either have dirty hands or no hands (Sartre or perhaps it was Voltaire). The problem is of course that the nearest most HK Democrats got to getting their hands dirty was wiping away some espresso grinds. But things are changing. Revolutions always take people by surprise. Ten years after one, it all seemed so inevitable. Viva la revolucion! Viva Emily! Viva Christina Tetas Grandes! You either have dirty hands or no hands (Sartre or perhaps it was Voltaire).

The problem is of course that the nearest most HK Democrats got to getting their hands dirty was wiping away some espresso grinds.

But things are changing.

Revolutions always take people by surprise. Ten years after one, it all seemed so inevitable.

Viva la revolucion! Viva Emily! Viva Christina Tetas Grandes!

]]> By: Kelvin http://biglychee.com/blog/2010/01/28/trouble-coming-every-day/comment-page-1/#comment-550 Kelvin Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:54:54 +0000 http://biglychee.com/blog/?p=1286#comment-550 Is Civic the big loser in all this? I thought the whole point of Civic was that they hoped to even the playing field by being even themselves, to prove that a more democratic HK is not necessarily a more anarchic one. But they're getting led by the nose by the LSD in all this. LSD doesn't care about results because their whole point is spectacle and being absurd to demonstrate others' absurity. DP is probably okay with sitting out as they immediately become a default option in the future for nominal democrats that still that a chance in Hell on talking with anyone north of the SHenzhen River now. The brownnosers are relieved that the LSD is giving them tons of excuses to sit out this thing while looking only half like a turtle. But Civic? Maybe they came to the conclusion, like you said, that there is no way out of the rigged game and so they want to destroy their reputation in a blaze of glory. But if they feel that their initial premise on entering Legco is no longer sustainable, I would've appreciatedthe honesty of telling the rest of us. Is Civic the big loser in all this? I thought the whole point of Civic was that they hoped to even the playing field by being even themselves, to prove that a more democratic HK is not necessarily a more anarchic one. But they’re getting led by the nose by the LSD in all this.

LSD doesn’t care about results because their whole point is spectacle and being absurd to demonstrate others’ absurity. DP is probably okay with sitting out as they immediately become a default option in the future for nominal democrats that still that a chance in Hell on talking with anyone north of the SHenzhen River now. The brownnosers are relieved that the LSD is giving them tons of excuses to sit out this thing while looking only half like a turtle. But Civic?

Maybe they came to the conclusion, like you said, that there is no way out of the rigged game and so they want to destroy their reputation in a blaze of glory. But if they feel that their initial premise on entering Legco is no longer sustainable, I would’ve appreciatedthe honesty of telling the rest of us.

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