Comments on: Next up: how many angels can dance on the point of a needle? http://biglychee.com/blog/2010/03/08/next-up-how-many-angels-can-dance-on-the-point-of-a-needle/ 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: Dan the Man http://biglychee.com/blog/2010/03/08/next-up-how-many-angels-can-dance-on-the-point-of-a-needle/comment-page-1/#comment-1135 Dan the Man Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:08:59 +0000 http://biglychee.com/blog/?p=1714#comment-1135 I think you're being far too kind to Beijing in simply saying their reaction was "hasty and slightly hysterical". Their reaction is also illogical and contradictory. Under the Basic Law, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China (NPCSC) has the final interpretation of the Basic Law. If Beijing wanted to, it could just order the NPCSC to declare the "referendum" illegal under the Basic Law and the "referendum" would not be held at all. That Beijing hasn't done so is an indication that they themselves don't believe the "referendum" violates the Basic Law either. It's all for show to scare people from voting. I think you’re being far too kind to Beijing in simply saying their reaction was “hasty and slightly hysterical”. Their reaction is also illogical and contradictory.

Under the Basic Law, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China (NPCSC) has the final interpretation of the Basic Law. If Beijing wanted to, it could just order the NPCSC to declare the “referendum” illegal under the Basic Law and the “referendum” would not be held at all. That Beijing hasn’t done so is an indication that they themselves don’t believe the “referendum” violates the Basic Law either. It’s all for show to scare people from voting.

]]> By: Sam http://biglychee.com/blog/2010/03/08/next-up-how-many-angels-can-dance-on-the-point-of-a-needle/comment-page-1/#comment-1134 Sam Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:59:50 +0000 http://biglychee.com/blog/?p=1714#comment-1134 Will we be subjected to the usual flood of government-sponsored public service announcements urging us to vote on the day? Or will the message be changed to, "Well, vote if you feel like it and if you have nothing better to do that day, as it is only a by-election and is most definitely NOT a referendum, as that would contravene the Basic Law and would not contribute to harmony and social stability in the HKSAR." Will we be subjected to the usual flood of government-sponsored public service announcements urging us to vote on the day?

Or will the message be changed to, “Well, vote if you feel like it and if you have nothing better to do that day, as it is only a by-election and is most definitely NOT a referendum, as that would contravene the Basic Law and would not contribute to harmony and social stability in the HKSAR.”

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