The government had sought the injunction banning online publication or distribution of the song, arguing it insulted China’s national anthem and could give people the impression that Hong Kong was an independent country.
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https://hongkongfp.com/2023/07/28/breaking-hong-kong-court-rejects-govt-application-for-ban-on-pro-democracy-protest-song/
A brave deed!
He can look to having an accident on the near future
What’s China’s version of falling out of windows?
People just disappear. Sometimes they turn up in labor/internment/concentration camps, sometimes they don’t.
A government that bans a song is definitely the good guys, right? …right guys?
In Austria we have an so called ‘Index’ of creative works, that are not allowed in public or to be sold - not sure if property is disallowed as well.
I don’t think, that hiding things helps any discussion, but I’m usually not the one, that makes those decisions…
I think contextually that’s a little bit different. Austria has some material that could be, without much effort, tied to supporting nazism banned.
There is also much punk (e.g. Kein Gerede - WIZO) on the index, so absolutely not tied to nazism in quite some cases, but only being anti establishment
Freedom of expression is actually counterintuitive outside the west. You have to be taught the concept. The human instinct is to go hive mind perhaps.
I would disagree, and cite that a BUNCH of the worlds oldest poetry and art all comes from Eastern civilizations. We are herd animals by instinct, but self expression as a default setting has to be stamped out through long term systemic violence.
I’m not talking about the dark age era nor the origin of freedom of expression.
Well, I don’t understand how citing old poetry and arts from the east disproves my point in the first place, so if you dare want to convince a random internet person like me, you’d start from explaining why that’s the case.
What ever do you mean, I am told by plenty of people here that China is just a misunderstood communist society that is great, why would Hong Kong NOT want to be with China /s
@Killakomodo
There are a lot of reasons (as you probably know yourself), but to give you a report published just this week.
Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of China
You’ll find much more across the web.
Imagine the beauty of being part of something so wonderful and huge beyond the individual! Everyone from HK could have the pleasure of participating in the mass genocide of Chinese minority groups or forced relocation to work camps!