I'm turning to you for help. Do you know what's going on in #HongKong right now? #Police are responding to #peaceful #youth #protesters with #violence. Yes, that's mostly #teenagers and #students - all HK desires is to not be overruled with the #communist system, and here we have #teargas bombs going off and policemen threatening to open #fire with rifles. My city is being turned over and it's painful and #heartbreaking to watch. I trust you to help spread the word about our city. We really need all the #support we can get - HK's making history with this current #nightmare, and it's an international story. But please - YouTube something along the lines of 'hong kong pro democracy protest' and see for yourself :\ Broadcasts brought me shivers and almost to tears. I'm scared for our people, and for the first time in my life, fear that I may be physically hurt by violence. It's so physically close - 10 minutes' drive, to be exact.
➤ From my cousin, but I stand by her words completely:
Okay. I realize that my opinion may be shared by many, few, or none at all, but here it is anyway.
Hong Kong is my home, and has been for my entire life. It almost physically hurts for me to see that the Occupy Central protesters, who are Hongkongers just like me, are being threatened, harmed, and disregarded like this by the government. So their actions may not be lawful, - it's a civil disobedience movement after all - but Rosa Parks was breaking the law when she didn't stand up on that bus.
All I'm saying is, the media may be biased, I don't know. I may not know the whole story. But what I do know is this: fully geared policemen with gas masks and whatnot are firing pepper spray and tear gas at peaceful protesters who have cling wrap and towels. It's umbrellas against guns. Rifles pointed at 16 year olds. C.Y. Leung grinning at a media conference and saying it's not his problem - this coming from our Choef Executive. In my opinion, these are Hong Kong citizens, who are our peers, mothers, fathers, grandparents, teachers, friends, who are fighting for our rights yet being harmed for it. All I can say is, I fear for their safety, but I am so proud.
I realize I might not be the most qualified to say all this, but it is only my opinion, and I hope HK gets the democracy it deserves.
➤ From my cousin, but I stand by her words completely:
Okay. I realize that my opinion may be shared by many, few, or none at all, but here it is anyway.
Hong Kong is my home, and has been for my entire life. It almost physically hurts for me to see that the Occupy Central protesters, who are Hongkongers just like me, are being threatened, harmed, and disregarded like this by the government. So their actions may not be lawful, - it's a civil disobedience movement after all - but Rosa Parks was breaking the law when she didn't stand up on that bus.
All I'm saying is, the media may be biased, I don't know. I may not know the whole story. But what I do know is this: fully geared policemen with gas masks and whatnot are firing pepper spray and tear gas at peaceful protesters who have cling wrap and towels. It's umbrellas against guns. Rifles pointed at 16 year olds. C.Y. Leung grinning at a media conference and saying it's not his problem - this coming from our Choef Executive. In my opinion, these are Hong Kong citizens, who are our peers, mothers, fathers, grandparents, teachers, friends, who are fighting for our rights yet being harmed for it. All I can say is, I fear for their safety, but I am so proud.
I realize I might not be the most qualified to say all this, but it is only my opinion, and I hope HK gets the democracy it deserves.
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