Happy Birthday Bestie!
We turn 37 and glorious this year. The number is inconsequential, the glorious part is key. I love you and i love where we are in our lives. I love where YOU are in your life. Being your best friend for the last 28 years, i dare say, I've nv seen you in a better state, in a better place, both physically and emotionally. I'm so proud of you and i am so very happy for you. But you already know this bcos i tell you everyday!
You know, they say 'Good friends are like stars. You don't always see them, but you know they're always there.' This definitely does not apply to us! 28 years later, we r still talking on the phone almost everyday, with or without Layla's existence. Hahaha! Thank you for embracing my fabulous Chatterbox quality, Bestie. I know sometimes it's overbearing. But you let me do it anyway. Haha!
While looking for photos to post, i found the ones that were taken at my wedding. A best friend is one that smiles the widest on my wedding day, and cries the most upon hearing my speech. There's no one who knows me better, who knows my life's journey clearer than you. I am so blessed to have you, Bestie!
I love our friendship - like wine, it gets better with age. Happy Birthday, Bestie. You are so loved!
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【Joshua Wong speaking to the Italian Senate】#意大利國會研討會演說 —— 呼籲世界在大學保衛戰一週年後與香港人站在同一陣線
中文、意大利文演說全文:https://www.patreon.com/posts/44167118
感謝開創未來基金會(Fondazione Farefuturo)邀請,讓我透過視像方式在意大利國會裡舉辦的研討會發言,呼籲世界繼續關注香港,與香港人站在同一陣線。
意大利作為絕無僅有參與一帶一路發展的國家,理應對中共打壓有更全面的理解,如今正值大學保衛戰一週年,以致大搜捕的時刻,當打壓更為嚴峻,香港更需要世界與我們同行。
為了讓各地朋友也能更了解香港狀況,我已在Patreon發佈當天演說的中文、英文和意大利文發言稿,盼望在如此困難的時勢裡,繼續讓世界知道我們未曾心息的反抗意志。
【The Value of Freedom: Burning Questions for Hong Kongers】
Good morning. I have the privilege today to share some of my thoughts and reflections about freedom, after taking part in social activism for eight years in Hong Kong. A movement calling for the withdrawal of the extradition law starting from last year had escalated into a demand for democracy and freedom. This city used to be prestigious for being the world’s most liberal economy, but now the infamous authoritarian government took away our freedom to election, freedom of assembly, freedom of expression and ideas.
Sometimes, we cannot avoid questioning the cause we are fighting for, the value of freedom. Despite a rather bleak prospect, why do we have to continue in this struggle? Why do we have to cherish freedom? What can we do to safeguard freedom at home and stay alert to attacks on freedom? In answering these questions, I hope to walk through three episodes in the previous year.
Turning to 2020, protests are not seen as frequently as they used to be on the media lens, partly because of the pandemic, but more importantly for the authoritarian rule. While the world is busy fighting the pandemic, our government took advantage of the virus to exert a tighter grip over our freedom. Putting the emergency laws in place, public assemblies in Hong Kong were banned. Most recently, a rally to support press freedom organized by journalists was also forbidden. While many people may ask if it is the end of street activism, ahead of us in the fight for freedom is another battleground: the court and the prison.
Freedom Fighters in Courtrooms and in Jail
Part of the huge cost incurred in the fight for freedom and democracy in Hong Kong is the increasing judicial casualties. As of today, more than 10 thousand people have been arrested since the movement broke out, more than a hundred of them are already locked up in prison. Among the 2,300 protestors who are prosecuted, 700 of them may be sentenced up to ten years for rioting charges.
Putting these figures into context, I wish to tell you what life is like, as a youngster in today’s Hong Kong. I was humbled by a lot of younger protestors and students whose exceptional maturity are demonstrated in courtrooms and in prison. What is thought to be normal university life is completely out of the question because very likely the neighbour next door or the roommate who cooked you lunch today will be thrown to jail on the next.
I do prison visits a few times a month to talk to activists who are facing criminal charges or serving sentences for their involvement in the movement. It is not just a routine of my political work, but it becomes my life as an activist. Since the movement, prison visits has also become the daily lives of many families.
But it is always an unpleasant experience passing through the iron gates one after one to enter the visitors’ room, speaking to someone who is deprived of liberty, for a selflessly noble cause. As an activist serving three brief jail terms, I understand that the banality of the four walls is not the most difficult to endure in jail. What is more unbearable is the control of thought and ideas in every single part of our daily routine enforced by the prison system. It will diminish your ability to think critically and the worst of it will persuade you to give up on what you are fighting for, if you have not prepared it well. Three years ago when I wrote on the first page of prison letters, which later turned into a publication called the ‘Unfree Speech’, I was alarmed at the environment of the prison cell. Those letters were written in a state in which freedom was deprived of and in which censorship was obvious. It brings us to question ourselves: other than physical constraints like prison bars, what makes us continue in the fight for freedom and democracy?
Mutual Support to activists behind-the-scene
The support for this movement is undiminished over these 17 months. There are many beautiful parts in the movement that continue to revitalise the ways we contribute to this city, instead of making money on our own in the so-called global financial centre. In particular, it is the fraternity, the mutual assistance among protestors that I cherished the most.
As more protestors are arrested, people offer help and assistance wholeheartedly -- we sit in court hearings even if we don’t know each other, and do frequent prison visits and write letters to protesters in detention. In major festivals and holidays, people gathered outside the prison to chant slogans so that they won’t feel alone and disconnected. This is the most touching part to me for I also experienced life in jail.
The cohesion, the connection and bonding among protestors are the cornerstone to the movement. At the same time, these virtues gave so much empowerment to the mass public who might not be able to fight bravely in the escalating protests. These scenes are not able to be captured by cameras, but I’m sure it is some of the most important parts of Hong Kong’s movement that I hope the world will remember.
I believe this mutual support transcends nationality or territory because the value of freedom does not alter in different places. More recently, Twelve Hongkong activists, all involved in the movement last year, were kidnapped by China’s coastal guard when fleeing to Taiwan for political refugee in late-August. All of them are now detained secretly in China, with the youngest aged only 16. We suspect they are under torture during detention and we call for help on the international level, putting up #SAVE12 campaign on twitter. In fact, how surprising it is to see people all over the world standing with the dozen detained protestors for the same cause. I’m moved by activists in Italy, who barely knew these Hong Kong activists, even took part in a hunger strike last month calling for immediate release of them. This form of interconnectivity keeps us in spirit and to continue our struggle to freedom and democracy.
Understanding Value of freedom in the university battle
A year ago on this day, Hong Kong was embroiled in burning clashes as the police besieged the Polytechnic University. It was a day we will not forget and this wound is still bleeding in the hearts of many Hong Kongers. A journalist stationed in the university at that time once told me that being at the scene could only remind him of the Tiananmen Square Massacre 31 years ago in Beijing. There was basically no exit except going for the dangerous sewage drains.
That day, thousands of people, old or young, flocked to districts close to the university before dawn, trying to rescue protestors trapped inside the campus. The reinforcements faced grave danger too, for police raided every corner of the small streets and alleys, arresting a lot of them. Among the 800+ arrested on a single day, 213 people were charged with rioting. For sure these people know there will be repercussions. It is the conscience driving them to take to the streets regardless of the danger, the conscience that we should stand up to brutality and authoritarianism, and ultimately to fight for freedoms that are guaranteed in our constitution. As my dear friend, Brian Leung once said, ‘’Hong Kong Belongs to Everyone Who Shares Its Pain’’. I believe the value of freedom is exemplified through our compassion to whom we love, so much that we are willing to sacrifice the freedom of our own.
Defending freedom behind the bars
No doubt there is a terrible price to pay in standing up to the Beijing and Hong Kong government. But after serving a few brief jail sentences and facing the continuing threat of harassment, I learnt to cherish the freedom I have for now, and I shall devote every bit what I have to strive for the freedom of those who have been ruthlessly denied.
The three episodes I shared with you today -- the courtroom, visiting prisoners and the battle of university continue to remind me of the fact that the fight for freedom has not ended yet. In the coming months, I will be facing a maximum of 5 years in jail for unauthorized assembly and up to one ridiculous year for wearing a mask in protest. But prison bars would never stop me from activism and thinking critically.
I only wish that during my absence, you can continue to stand with the people of Hong Kong, by following closely to the development, no matter the ill-fated election, the large-scale arrest under National Security Law or the twelve activists in China. To defy the greatest human rights abusers is the essential way to restore democracy of our generation, and the generation following us.
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《給今天仍然認為示威者破壞香港的人》(added english version, scroll down)
常見論調:
(一)無論你有甚麼訴求,都不要搞亂香港
你認為示威者的堵路、破壞是導致:
1. 交通癱瘓/擠塞/提早停車
2. 令你不能準時上班/外出
3. 經濟不景
等的主因?
錯。 因為你看不到
1. 十八區瀰漫不知多少催淚氣體,會長期對所有香港人健康造成極大影響
2. 濫捕濫暴無法無天,下一位受害可能就是你或你的子女/朋友/身邊人/親人
3. 逐漸收緊及消失的自由和權利,包括遊行/集會/言論
4. 私人地方不再是私人地方,居民竟然要在自家大堂跪地舉高手搜身,甚至被捕。大學校園淪為戰地,學生被屠殺。
5. 地鐵一些閘/出口根本沒有受破壞,只是配合政權
等等。
政權腐敗才是社會動盪的主因。無論你們正處於收成期/還在社會打拼,請認清楚,漠視民意的政府,瘋狂屠殺港人的恐怖份子,才是搞亂香港。
(二)這樣能爭取到自由民主嗎?(指打砸搶的畫面)
不。只是二百萬人上街的和平遊行、多個數十萬/數萬人/各行各業發起的集會、人鏈、摺紙鶴、唱歌,無數和平的方法都嘗試過後,訴求得不到聆聽,警暴更加肆虐,甚至有否不反對通知書亦無法行使集會遊行權利之時,比較激烈的手法才隨之出現。
【打】你們最喜歡說:示威者不就是連中年人/老人家都打,政見不同便打?不是暴徒是甚麼?
1. 請看完整片段/了解事情來龍去脈。每次均是該中年/老人先撩者賤,自衛&反擊也合理不過。
2. 政見不同便打?哦,有的。藍絲的士司機撞斷女子雙腿,連儂牆斬女記者至重傷,年輕男生手腳斬至見骨,咬掉議員耳朵,用刀捅路人夫婦至危殆等。他們才因為政見不同而產生極端仇恨,嚴重傷害他人身體吧?這些才是暴徒。
【砸/燒】 有關為甚麼示威者會破壞某店舖/鐵,坊間太多解釋。別懶,自己search一下好好看看。
另外,暴力行為當然無法帶來自由民主,藍絲知道就最好了,請收手。
(三)讀書有何用,都被煽動了,一定收了錢
【學歷高/有讀書】 你要別人相信那些發聲的大學生、老師、教授、醫生、護士、救護人員、公務員、律師、博士、碩士、社工等等都被煽動?還是學歷低的五毛藍絲才不懂明辨是非黑白?我相信大部分人都會認同後者較容易受煽動/不動腦吧。
【煽動】 那麼容易受煽動,你怎麼不煽動他們?
【收錢論】 若然當前線能夠收到那麼多錢,甚至買樓,就所有人都衝去當前線了。大眾只知道機場那記者收了十萬,撞人的士司機也收了五十二萬,黑警ot也收穫甚豐。
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好好想想。
你們支持毒打、虐待、甚至殺害示威者是多麼泯滅人性,
是有多蠢,才看不到誰在搞亂香港。
天真自私地認為這樣就能令香港回復繁榮穩定。
如果你們的子女/朋友/親人是示威者的話,
你們不配擁有他們。
[english version]
《To those who still blame protesters for destroying Hong Kong》
Common views of you guys:
(A)Regardless of your requests, just stop creating chaos in Hong Kong
You think protesters block roads and destroy public facilities/glass/MTR station facilities are the main reason/factor that lead to:
1. Traffic congestion/gridlok/early closure/temporarily closed of transportation
2. Not being able to come to work on time/ go out
3. Economic recession/distress
Not at all.
It’s only because you cannot see that:
1. Countless tear gas diffused in the air that air pollution will have a serious and prolonged negative effect on all Hong Kongers’ health.
2. Indiscriminate arrests & countless experiences of police brutality, you or your child/friends/family members may be the next target to face police misconduct and violence.
3. Freedom & rights are gradually tightening and vanishing, including rally, assembly and freedom of speech
4. No more private properties and place. For instances, residents kneeled down and let cops searched their body & even made arrest at lobby of their residential building. University campus turned into war zone , students are facing a massacre.
5. Some exits/ ticket machines/ gates of MTR weren’t destroyed. MTR was only cooperated/bowed to the regime.
etc.
Corrupted regime is the main reason of social instability / chaos. No matter you are retired/ rich enough / still working, please open your eyes and realise that this government which keeps turning a blind eye to public opinions & these crazy green terrorists who maltreat and kill Hongkongers, are those who create chaos in Hong Kong.
(B)Doing this can fight for /achieve freedom and democracy?(referring to scenes of protesters beat/hit/destroy/light fire)
No. But these rather radical measures only took place after protesters already tried & participated in numerous peaceful activities such as 1 & 2 million people peaceful rallies (6.9,6.16,8.18) , tens/hundreds of thousand people joined assemblies & assemblies of different industries, human chains, fold paper crane, sing songs, and still, the government ignored them & the escalating police violence & even when protesters are now deprived of rights to assembly and rally with or without Letter of No Objection.
【Hit/beat people】You guys always love to say, ‘Protesters beat middle-aged/elderly, and those who have different views. If they are not rioters, who are they?'
1. Please watch the whole, complete video/broadcast & find out the ins and outs first. Everytime that middle-aged/elderly provoked the fight, so it makes perfect sense for protesters/Hongkongers to fight back/self-defense/protect themselves.
2. Beating people with different political views? Oh, yes. The blue ribbon taxi driver drove to the crowd of protesters and hit a 23-year-old woman that her legs suffered serious fractures, another blue ribbon uncle stabed a young female reporters at lennon wall in Tseong Kwan O that she was severely injured , young boy being slashed with a knife which caused very deep wounds that he could not walk, bit off a ear of a district councillor, stabbed pedestrians at Taikoo etc. These blue ribbons are the ones who have maximum level of intense hatred towards protesters that they deliberately and insanely hurt other people. These are the real rioters.
【Destroy public facilities/ light fire】 Regarding why protesters destroy certain shops/MTR, there are plenty of explanations circulating around. Stop being lazybones, search them yourself and have a good read.
Besides, of course violence acts cannot bring freedom and democracy. It would be great if blue ribbons know, and please stop doing it.
(Three)What’s the use of studying? Students are being incited/stoked up/ they must have received money/benefits.
【Highly-educated/educated】 Don’t you think anyone with a clear mind would believe that those university students, teachers, professors , doctors, medical professionals, civil servants, lawyers, social workers etc. are being incited/instigated?Or rather, they would think that those 0.5/blue ribbons who are undereducated /less educated are easier to be deceived without knowing it? I believe the latter is more convincing.
【Stoke up】If it is that easy to incite anger/ persuade students/ young people/ any protester, why don’t you instigate them?
【Views of protesters receiving money/benefits to take part in the movement】 If being a frontline protesters can earn/receive that much money/benefits or even enough to buy a house, then everyone would be a frontline. The public only know that the reporter at the airport received RMB $100k, the taxi driver received $520k and the cops earn a great deal of money from working overtime.
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Please stop and think.
You guys lost your humanity when supporting the beatings, maltreating and even killing the protesters.
What an idiot you are to not being able to know & see who are ruining Hong Kong and creating all these chaos.
How selfish and naive for you to think that by hurting and arrest all protesters can let Hong Kong resume its stability and prosperity.
If your child/ friend/ relatives are one of the protesters,
you don’t deserve them.
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Ig : Luetsicga
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