Yes the portrayal of the protests in the media often comes with the tag "illegal protests". Shades of grey here. I take Crowan's point that it is a peaceful protest and all the more remarkable for that since it has gone on for over a week.
Nitpicking focuses on the minutiae at the expense of overlooking the main experience ....like quibbling about aspects of a rainbow. I would be interested in your opinions of this protest.
I'm wondering which part you felt was nitpicking, as you started the thread with the words "How inspiring that such a multitude are prepared to break the law", when in fact there isn't really any evidence (still can't find any myself) that they are breaking the law.
Certainly it's inspiring that they are willing to stand up to their government in peaceful protest, but as for breaking the law....?
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Thanks for your comments...appreciated. The nitpicking was going into detail re. the illegality issue of protesting. As mentioned, I am going by how the media is portraying it i.e. as an "illegal" protest. This is how it will be seen to the public. Shades of grey though.. I personally do not care at all whether or not they break the law - the nature of the issue supercedes such stipulations.
I guess that's one of the reasons I tend to take anything the media reports with a pinch of salt. Journalism relies on 'sensationalising' things, so if they can pick up small things of lesser significance in a story and blow them up to make them seem like a big issue, then they will. (one of my relatives works in journalism/media and discusses many of these things - she was even responsible for sensationalising (and producing) that awful 'reality' tv show a few years back on youngsters in spain, sleeping around and getting drunk and unruly etc. - shite show, but it got the ratings because of the hype that was put into it.)
There are different media outlets, some more trustworthy than others. We still need some way of finding out what is happening in the world.
The only way to really know what's going on in the world is to be there. 😉
The only way to really know what's going on in the world is to be there. 😉
That allows you to close your mind to the suffering of others and to abdicate any responsibility for the world. We cannot isolate ourselves. Not knowing or caring about what happens will not stop it affecting us.
We can never know even what we are there to see - everything is filtered through our perceptions and our belief systems. And yet, every action has a reaction that ripples through the world.
Experience teaches us how much or how little we can trust a source - for me this equates to "Guardian, quite a bit. Daily Mail, not at all" (after all, just look at the attitude of their founders).
As for Hong Kong - I know the city and I know my family there.
Not knowing the true picture is not the same as not caring. We may not be presented with the real political depiction but can care about those affected.
Not knowing the true picture is not the same as not caring. We may not be presented with the real political depiction but can care about those affected.
I did say it allows this to happen, not that it automatically follows. I know many who use it as an excuse not to engage.
I think sometimes that lumping all journalists together, like lumping all politicians or all doctors together, can be a way of simply not having to think.
Just in case anyone thinks the protests in Hong Kong are over - here.
Brilliant! Pleased to see that. If nothing else they will achieve publicity in shaming their government and exposing it for what it is.