Hi Blue - thanks for sharing your viewpoints. It's always good to hear differing accounts and perspectives to any situation so that our views might continually align in greater degrees of rightness.

I've no doubt that there are 'violent protestors and criminals' getting involved with the (Hong Kong) demonstrations for their own particular ends. I've also no doubt that western governments might try to captialise and also paint China in very negative ways (that are hypocritical). However, it is abundantly clear, in looking at a widespread number of reports from across the political divide (as I have done), that this latest National Security legislation by the Chinese Comminist Party seems to represent a serious undermining of civil liberites. As I understand it (although feel free to correct me if you have direct evidence otherwise), the new National Security Law criminalises opposition to the Chinese Government. Although I do accept that by many accounts, it's not yet strictly clear exactly what rights have been taken away.

Of the several videos I researched, here is one that seems to convey a consensus of what the security law is generally about. The video also shows pictures of people being removed from parliament simply for holding up placards with alternative viewpoints (for which there are more comprehensive videos)..

The point I'm making in my article and general posts at this time (and I believe clearly expressed), is that there is a generalised global supression of civil liberties, whether it be in Hong Kong due to this National Security Bill (and others leading up to it) or else police butality (as recently in the USA case) or else the unlawful removal of civil liberties in the name of the Virus Pandemic (yes, "unlawful" - in terms of the common law as expressed in the Magna Carta).

Yes, we could debate the various ins and outs, or complexities of each particular situation, which I totally respect, but my recommendation to you and all, is that we don't allow these intricacies to cloud the main issue here. Which I maintain is non other than a global assault on human sovereignty, freedom of movement and expression.

This is something we each need to be very mindful of and prepared for, as new regulations are introduced across the globe - for example the new "contact tracing" regulations coming in. Which represent a serious assault to civil liberty. My main point is that I believe we're winessing a generalised frustration and bubbling anger due to these generalised constraints, in whatever guise they are presented. And that's what we're winessing bubbling up.

With respect

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