2015 本土意識 遍地開花

(2014年尾寫的一篇,有幸給「2014 香港人醒覺」fb page share 了,看看今次又能不能呃 like)

意識形態之轉變

2015年，承雨傘革命之覺醒，本土意識在年輕人中勢不可擋。足球場上噓「國歌」以及 HK is not China 的標語,是最為清楚地告訴全世界，香港人不要「中港融合」，不要大陸化。

我也懐疑這憤青態度只存在於網絡上；然而連我老豆也會說，「仆你個街，去旺角好似返咗深圳」，阿媽也懂和大陸親戚爭辯殘體字之壞處。可見本土意識乃人性本能，即使是「藍絲」，只要抓對議題，也不一定完全不可能把他們拉過來。

勇武之成果

年中一連串光復行動，成功迫使中共取消一簽多行，是繼限奶令後反中共殖民最重要的勝利，也再一次證明了勇武抗爭比左膠的「抗爭」有效一萬倍。為了拯救香港，一眾義士無懼千夫所指，甚至捨身成仁，鋃鐺入獄。在此再一次向每一位義士致敬，並期望勇武行動陸續有來。

議會之抗爭

區議會選舉結果無疑是有點令人失望，主流泛民還是受惠於含淚票與黃絲港豬票。但整個政治光譜向右轉，你喜不喜歡也好，已是無可避免。連歐洲右翼也「受惠」於難民潮，西方左膠也要面對「理想與現實」下人民的反感。2016年立會，在比例代表制下，再沒理由含淚投票。本土派還是面對重重困難，各路人馬內鬥不斷。我常認為一些本土派支持者搞不清楚意識形態上的溫和/激進與抗爭手段的溫和/激進兩者是不同的，不過這遲些有機會再說。要是激進本土派能於立會搶得席位，那怕只是一個，也會是一個重大勝利。

知其不可而為之

中港融合支持者說，同化是不可避免，與其反抗不如學會享受強姦。按理「不可避免」是合理推斷，各本土論述也都依賴中國某日會爆煲。我對「支爆」可沒有這麼「樂觀」；大陸經濟雖有問題，但我不認為會是毀滅性的，而且中國已是 too big to fail，西方國家也不希望中國爆破。然而我們是否就放棄呢? 就像香港足球牌面上看，沒可能戰勝中國，然而港隊兩戰中國奇蹟不敗，又付碌又誤判，你吹咩，這就是天意注定。

電影《十年》中有這樣一句：「我有一個宗旨， 不要看行不行， 要看對不對。」展望2016，希望更多人能 stand up and fight，不管是網絡裏，街道上還是議會內，在能發揮自己長處的領域，各盡其力。謀事在人，成事就要在天了，就算失敗，也是無愧於心。

哲學敗類李天命

從前我也看李天命。不算是忠實讀者，只讀過一本起兩本止。但他對(廣義)基督教義(特別是部份基督徒的interpretation)、平機會與平等主義、偽專管理主義的批評，深得我心，看得十分過癮。然而這次的所作所為，絕對是使其人格破產。

李天命：

「馮敬恩，無句真。/ 大話精，說摘星。/ 人無信，不可信。/ 凡交往，必騙盡。」
「好好研判成立*馮*敬*恩*電話行騙有限公司唄。」

眾人大加鞭撻：

林夕

這一下，在港大念哲學的校友也跟我來個順口溜：李天命/真攞命！既然不動如空虛，怎麼動起手來，又輕佻惡毒如此，已屆知天命如虛空之人，怎麼會看上一個大學未畢業的「廢青」，還咬得那麼得戚？這把思辨之劍，又從不向權貴砍伐？校委那麼多荒唐語可以滿足駁人之樂，犯不着拿無權無勢一學生來墊高大師地位。不動如虛空，又幹嘛回應輕如蜉蝣的網軍？這什麼邏輯？
...
你不服氣，可以送李天命的《破惘》給天命大師看，裏面說過：「難以想像一個真正的大丈夫會欺負弱小……打劫老弱婦孺或手無寸鐵的人，我覺得那是弱者所為，有損自尊。」

曾志豪

他用「語理分析」的倚天劍，批評陳文敏和馮敬恩的話語毛病、邏輯不當，我一邊看一邊覺得悲涼。就像街邊有12惡霸欺侮1個四眼書生，另一個四眼黃毛小子挺身維護，2人被打得口腫面青；而李天命就像一位身負絕世武功的高手，他沒有指責12惡霸， 反而嘲笑四眼書生和黃毛小子反抗時姿勢不雅、招式不正確。

盧斯達

香港病入膏肓，膠人膠語日日都是新聞題材，李天命仍默不作聲。雖然我不認為一個「哲學家」有評論政治的義務，也許李天命不愛談政治。但陳文敏和馮敬恩的政治，李天命就突然出聲。客觀效果，是李天命和中共一齊打落水狗。

陳文敏馮敬恩並不是語言邏輯學家，他們的說話，總會有破綻，可供「分析」，可供批判。... 指出邏輯謬誤，沒甚麼問題，可是李天命長久以來對其他更加荒謬的事情沉默不語、在「關鍵時候」出手追殺戰敗的陳文敏，這是為了甚麼呢？

就算陳文敏馮敬恩千錯萬錯，李天命這些言論的客觀效果就是助紂為虐。難道梁振英李國章盧寵茂從來沒有說過一句不合邏輯的話？為什麼不見你去批評？還是你認為他們是站在正義的一方？我沒有看過他 forum 的每一個 post (那 forum 也實在「user-friendly」得很)，不肯定他有否月旦其他時事，但要是有，想來早就給人搬來引用了。

指出邏輯謬誤也還罷了，還要以其一貫的尖酸刻薄語氣挖苦一番，比王晶屈穎妍之流更不堪入目。你要是善意批評，難道就不可客氣一點？

大家也猜他的動機是什麼。看上去也不像是受威迫利誘。他不屑現今學術制度要求濫產論文，他自己大概也是「不事生產」的那類。哲學就更不用說有什麼 impact factor 了。對陳文敏的攻擊，除了「沒有博士學位」外，恐怕大多適用於他，按理他應該「物傷其類」才是。然而人的心理很奇怪，有時在這情況下反而會最勇猛的對受害人踩多幾腳，還會帶來快感，可能是潛意識想強調「我和他不是同類」吧。

不管是利慾薰心，還是心理扭曲一時快感，這都是不可接受。李天命要是有點良知的話，就該速速道歉。所謂愛之深責之切，沒有人會期望李國章盧寵茂之流「道德覺醒」，我還是希望李天命會反省。不然就和李國章盧寵茂一樣，成為學術界的敗類，遺臭萬年。

最不幸的，還是那些之前被批倒的，如基督徒之類，忽然以為道理轉向自己那方，又大叫大嚷了。連說話者的人格與說話內容是否合理也不懂分辨，唉。

Hong Kong woman convicted of assaulting police officer with her breast

See e.g.

http://time.com/3962142/hong-kong-woman-police-breast-assault/

http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/7817154

And this is what happened to the woman, Ng Lai-Ying, on the day after her 'assault': (photo from apple daily)

左膠一說話，就使人發笑

貝加爾，別以民族性解釋一切
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20150615/19184731

民族性，是坊間經常用來安加在各國族刻板印象的玩笑，如德國人守時、法國人浪漫、俄國人勇武、日本人有禮等等，當中故然有幾分事實，用來說笑也無傷大雅。 然而一個國族，就必然享有共同性格嗎？德國人真的人人都準時，日本人又真的人人都有禮嗎？要是動一動腦筋想清楚，這類刻板印象根本經不起理性推敲。

So Chi, facebook comments in the same page:

「德國足球水準高於中國」係咪錯嘅？係咪一定要每一個德國人踢波都叻過中國人先可以話德國足球水準高於中國？

只要德國人 on average 守時過其他人，這樣的 claim 便站得住腳。還說甚麼理性推敲...

香港左膠和西方左膠一樣，痛恨 stereotype，凡是指出不同種族、性別之間有不同特點的，都是邪惡的。 在他們眼中，人人都是一樣，homogenous 的，沒有高下之分 ─ 如果你站在「弱勢」那邊。說女性比較細心甚麼的就可以，說某些工作比較適合男性就是罪大惡極。說黑人肌肉爆發力較好無人異議，要是你敢說黑人有甚麼缺點的話你就是法西斯。

文化藝術以至文明也是一樣，大媽廣場舞和芭蕾舞沒有優劣之分，伊斯蘭文明與耶教文明也沒有高下之別。

Leicester City season review

So, we somehow pulled off a minor miracle and stayed in the premier league. You are not going to believe it, but I have always been quietly confident that we can do it, even in (almost) the worst of times. The point that I started to lose belief was when we failed to beat 10-man Hull at home, when you thought you got to beat them, if you can't even do that how are you going to get points. But 2 matches later our winning streak began.

We always knew we have the easiest fixture towards the end of the season; most of the teams are either fellow strugglers or have little to nothing to play for. Nigel Pearson, outside of his bizarre moments (see below), is always a calm and measured person who knows what he is doing. Performance-wise we were never completely outplayed; we were never beaten by more than 2 goals all season, and often performance don't convert to points. These are all reasons that contribute to the confidence that eventually proved justified.

Throughout most of the season (i.e., the losing part), the comments were often that we performed as well as the opponent, just "unlucky". But you can't be that unlucky over 38 weeks; there must be some fundamental problems somewhere. My feeling is that we are just a little bit short but in every department, which together means we lose just a little bit every time. But clearly point-wise you would rather win or draw some games and lose heavily in others, than to lose by a bit every game. It also means we can't seem to do both attack and defence well at the same time. If we commit to attack we often fail to turn dominance into goals, and then we fail to defend; if we decide to sit back then we eventually concede and by then there was not enough time (and players' confidence) to chase the game. That was basically what happened from November to March.

Eventually we somehow stumbled upon the 3-centreback formation and more importantly, with Albrighton playing as right wing-back. Three centrebacks are only possible after the capture of Huth (the other centre backs are just not that good, really), and who would have thought Albrighton should play as right-back? This system gives a better balance and clearer separation between attack and defence.

(I have Albrighton in my fantasy team all season, just to warm the bench because he is cheap - though it would be better if I added him 32 weeks or so later. By the final week I thought I would give all my Leicester players  - Schlupp, Albrighton, Vardy - a run-out, just for fun, and they did not disappoint.)

Going back to Nigel Pearson. Unless he was doing those things deliberately, he maybe should seek professional help. Probably the pressure was getting on him and he was lucky to escape punishment for things like grabbing your opponent player's neck. It could have gone a lot worse. He looks like a respectable person and reasonably good at his job, and it would be sad to see him go particularly if it is for non-footballing reasons.

We have not been spending crazy amounts of money and next year we should do the same. I never like the idea of "going all-in" and either stay in the Premier league or go bust. Actually I don't even mind being a yo-yo club for a few years; I think that was the right way to establish yourself (though the competition at the Championship is extremely tough so there is never any guarantee you can go back up easily.) Spend sensibly and keep the stability and hopefully we will survive another year.

Political persecution drives Hong Kong primary school teacher to brink of committing suicide

稱校方頻召見　林慧思fb留言想死 
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20150517/19150607

We previously posted about the political persecution and harassment faced by primary school teacher Ms Lam Wai-Sze. Almost two years on and she is still facing constant harassment. On the morning of 16th May she posted a suicide note on facebook, which worried a lot of her supporters. She has since sought medical help and calmed down.

She was forced to take a half-year leave since the incident in 2013. During the past one and a half years since she returned to work, she faces constant harassment by pro-Beijing organisations, who keep making complaints to the school she works at (Pui Ling School of the Precious Blood). The school has summoned her over 20 times to explain herself. The most recent one concerns her facebook political posts and they want Ms Lam to ban under-18 from seeing the posts. Ms Lam reminded the school not to interfere her freedom of speech, but some colleagues scolded her for this.

She emphasized that she has never imposed her own political opinion upon her students. Netizens expressed support and encouraged her not to back down. Chin Wan, a prominent political figure, has suggested she could seek political asylum.

三跑之一百八十元建設費

「機管局建議向離境旅客開徵一百八十元的建設費... 而精打細算的旅客更可能改往澳門及內地機場轉機。」
http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20150318/19080660

共匪邊有咁好死，為你機場飽和問題着想？人地恨不得將香港從國際視線消失呢。要害之一正是趕客，等人人轉去其他機場，摧毀香港航空樞紐地位，到時先起好條三跑嚟擺，咁先玩得你夠過癮。

乜嘢用者自付，又唔見你起咩蓮塘口岸時開徵陸路離境稅？（另點解整平塊地，起一兩棟矮矮地嘅建築物，幾條馬路，咁又要幾百億？）

2014 奸邪當道 港人醒覺

2014年頭，有人搞了個 「2014 香港人醒覺」的 fb group，我心想你是不是太樂觀了點。Well, 一次雨傘革命，陰差陽錯下，醒覺的人多了，比我想像的多，但還是不夠。最初幾日民眾發揮本能，一時氣勢大盛，奈何不久左膠終於還是把革命退化為他們一貫的運動。其實在三十年的和理非思想下，有這樣的覺醒已算不錯。可是在殖民力度愈來愈大的情況下，這樣的醒覺速度終不足以抵禦赤化。這是起步太遲的問題了。

我一向不認為甚麼真普選、公民提名之類是最重要的事。當務之急，是中港區隔，制止中共殖民，否則香港被消滅了，你和我也不再是香港人，成了孤魂野鬼，民主有個屁用？民主回歸派搞了三十年，民主爭取不到，殖民卻愈演愈烈。猶記得一三年李旺陽事件後，有個顛佬叫人不要參加支聯會的六四集會，被人罵個狗血淋頭。幾個月後，帶領你悼念六四的支聯會那班人「成功爭取」新移民綜援，又幾個月後，又是同一班人到聯合國指控香港人歧視新移民。你說誰才是顛佬？可喜的是，蔡耀昌於元旦遊行被狙擊，從此民陣那班人不再高調浦頭，間接促成七一預演佔中等較激行動。 八三一人大落閘後，連他們自己也宣布民主回歸路線壽終正寢。是時候把香港交回給香港人了。本土派的方式不一定成功，但你們的已證實失敗。

這次運動雖然失敗，但至少它令主流泛民一鋪清袋、令更多人認識左膠的惡行，也使港人首次大規模體驗(同一個顛佬提出的)勇武抗爭。年輕人甚至學生妹也身體力行，上過前線，體驗過札竹棚、擋警棍，就會明白勇武抗爭和左膠假抗爭的分別，回不去的了。 從這方面來看，它有極其重要的意義。可是這仍然十分初步，港人未能衝破和理非思想伽鎖，停留在「老婆被警察拉走強姦而自己站著高呼警察可恥」的程度。希望來年大家能突破這心障。

我覺得以下這圖最能代表2014的香港。香港奸邪當道，願港人繼續發揮圖中的堅強意志，知其不可而為之。

(我那時多麼渴望旺角能撐到十二月中，讓我也來守一下...)

Break away from FIFA!

World Cup: Former FA chief David Bernstein calls for boycott

The English Football Association has been urged to lobby Uefa for a European boycott of the next World Cup - unless Fifa implements meaningful reform.  
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Similar views have been expressed by German Football League president Reinhard Rauball, who suggested Uefa could leave Fifa  if the findings of the two-year investigation into corruption claims are not published in full. 

I have been dreaming about this really, and however unrealistic it may sound, I am glad that someone at some senior position says something radical like this publicly. FIFA is so corrupt that it is impossible for it to correct and fix itself. Even if Sepp Blatter steps down (he won't), the corruption culture is so deeply embedded in the organization that the only way to change it is to take it apart and build a new one from scratch.

I have given some thoughts about this, actually. Obviously England cannot do it by itself. But if we can get the western Europe together, plus a few civilized countries like USA, Japan, etc, they should try to form a breakaway faction and run their own World Cup or whatever other tournaments at country or club level. There is no reason why FIFA should have monopoly in running world football. Let it face some competition. Essentially the world will then have two football governing bodies, a civilized one consisting of the above mentioned countries, and an uncivilized one containing, well, you know who those countries are. Let the uncivilized one have whatever bribery or corruption they like, as long as it is contained within themselves and don't affect the civilized world. Hopefully more countries will switch sides over time.

Of course there will be huge difficulties, for example FIFA will not allow "their" members' national players to play for Europe's clubs... but at the end of the day, it is about who has more financial bargaining power. Which of the following two is a bigger loss: the Premier League / Champions League losing some South American or African players, or FIFA / World Cup losing Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, France, England, and so on? (and don't worry, those South American or African players will find a way to change their nationality, as we all know already).

I know, it is just my dream, is it? Will someone have the courage to try to pull it off?


PS. And I forgot to mention, the civilized one can then do sensible things like using video replay technology and so on...

15/10/2014 警察暗角拳打腳踢示威者 Pro-democracy protester beaten by HK Police

Starting at 00:06, a protester, whose hands were already tied-up, were taken to a corner and beaten up by HK Police. This is real footage from TVB (a local TV channel)(brightened up for easier viewing).

人冇夢想同鹹魚有咩分別之 - Our Zoo

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29014122

From the first episode it seems it will be a pretty good TV programme, even though probably 90% of it is going to be completely made up. But at least the real part (as written in the article) gives people a feeling of hope in this dire world.

Doctor Who 8.1 Deep Breath: Some Unorganized Thoughts

• I think they are trying too hard to tell us "I know the new Doctor is old but you should still watch the show". A majority of the episode is pretty much lecturing us right in the face about this, especially Vastra's speech. I mean, if you don't have confidence about this then maybe you shouldn't cast Peter Capaldi in the first place.

• In fact, the audience numbers seem to be dropping consistently over the last few seasons which is of some concern. Somehow, Steven Moffat can make Sherlock 'event TV' but not this.

• The episode is quite philosophical, about change. The droid, just like the Doctor, has changed faces so many times, and there is the question of "is it still the same broom" not just about the droid but the Doctor. When the Doctor holds up a plate in front of the droid and suggests that he may not even remember where he got that face from, the camera is actually showing the Doctor's face on the reflection, which is a subtle nice way to express the point.

• As for the big debate, my opinion is that the droid jumped himself. (Not that it makes much difference - either the Doctor pushed him or talked him to death, which is pretty much the same, plus the Doctor clearly killed many people before - so I don't know what the fuss was about.) My take is that: the droid repeatedly asks "How would you kill me ", as if he has wanted to kill himself for a long time but unable to do so because of its basic programming; the Doctor then make him realize that he's changed so much that he's no longer bound by that. When the Doctor says one of them is lying about their basic programming and they know who that is, the droid's "Yes" was very emotional, signifying this.

• There are more than the usual number of Scottish independence jokes, from eyebrows "independently cross" and "set up their independent state of eyebrows" to  "still don't think you've got a vote".

高質旅遊 post 兩個

轉貼高質旅遊 post 兩個:

(1) 直布羅陀: 悼念一下已死的香港
http://forum6.hkgolden.com/view.aspx?&message=4888966
(see also http://www.vjmedia.com.hk/articles/2014/02/09/62663 在直布羅陀尋找「香港」)

南極:
http://forum6.hkgolden.com/view.aspx?message=4900817

Moffat's Sherlock 3 and Doctor Who

Anyone who watches both these programmes cannot fail to notice the parallels. From the obvious

Sherlock	Doctor Who
Faked his death	Faked his death

to the equally obvious

Sherlock	Doctor Who
Left John and Mary's wedding early	Left Amy and Rory's wedding early
"I don't shave for Sherlock Holmes." "You should get that on a T-shirt"	"The angels have the phone box", I've got that on a T-shirt.
"Do you always carry handcuffs?"	Why would you even have - handcuffs? (Ok, that was River Song but still...)
No one actually dies - even though there are two (attempted) murders	"Everybody lives!"

Once you realised this it is obvious how the rest of Sherlock's plot is going to be. Namely, this Mary and her baby isn't real, it's only a goo replica; the real one has already been kidnapped. The baby girl is then trained into a psychopath dominatrix called Irene Adler and sent back in time to defeat Sherlock. The plan almost succeeded, only for her to fall in love with Sherlock. As for how Sherlock faked his death, obviously none of the explanations given in The Empty Hearse is correct; the real explanation is that the one falling off the roof is a robot version of him...

---

OK, seriously. I think the latest episode, The Sign of Three, has unfairly got quite some stick. True it isn't your typical Sherlock episode, but to say it has no crime investigations, turned into a sit-com, etc, I cannot agree. The episode is very carefully crafted together, where all the apparently unconnected ends are tied up together at the end, like how a proper detective story should be. The way that the (attempted) murder stories were interwoven into the best man speech is fascinating. There isn't a more ingenious way to put together murder detective stories, a best man speech and exploration into the character's development into one episode really. (I do feel the stag-night scenes are a bit too long, though.)

The two cases that Sherlock picked to describe, the Bloody Guardsman and the Mayfly Man, he only intended to use them to illustrate how good a man John is (and they served this purpose nicely); he did not know at the time that it actually is related to what is happening right at the wedding, and the fact that they are (though a very unlikely coincidence in reality) is surprising to the audience after 70 minutes of "sit-com". The best man speech (gee I can only find a cached version!), by itself, is an excellent one even if you remove all the flashback scenes. Particularly the way he says all the bad things about marriage, bridesmaids etc only to turn it round a moment later. (The crying scenes are too fake though... is it really that moving?) The writer, Steve Thompson, should be congratulated about that. (I know this is written by all three of them, but one could assume, at least initially, that this episode is meant to be written by him?) (Btw, his Doctor Who episode, The Curse of the Black Spot, also got some heavy stick but I also thought it was unfair: the surprising reveal that the other thing is a medical ship in another dimension is very interesting.)

I hope time will do it justice, and that this episode will go down TV history as a classic - not necessarily because it is "the best" but because of its uniqueness.

港大新校長：顯然曾向烏干達求職？

港大教授炮轟準校長:

港大新聞及傳播研究中心總監兼教授陳婉瑩，在網上發表長達近三千字的文章，內容直言對馬斐森的資歷表示質疑，「他有五年醫學院院長的經驗，不能說是資深...

五年醫學院院長，就此而已，管理經驗的確是弱雞了點。

... Bristol（布里斯托）大學和港大的比較，媒體已有述及... 高度讚揚徐立之擁有的科研成就是國際知名，直言候選校長與徐立之的學術地位 「差好遠」。

Bristol 大概不及港大，也不能說是很差，況且那還有真正勁人肯黎做？

對於有評論指「外國人沒包袱，非華裔校長不會去討好大陸」的說法，陳婉瑩形容是「反共到了盲目崇洋的心態。」

洋人不見得就一定不會去討好大陸，單是香港已有不少例子，所以我們要盯實這個新校長會否又是一個媚共鬼佬。至於陳婉瑩，貴為汕頭大學長江新聞與傳播學院院長 ，自然不屑別人「反共到了盲目崇洋」。我一向有留意陳教授，就像法律學院陳某、教育學院程某、工程學院李某(已退休)...

...馬斐森給予港大校務委員會的使命陳詞（Mission Statement），滿紙空泛的原則性陳述，並無展示任何願景，甚至認為馬斐森無誠意申請港大的職位，「他顯然曾向烏干達求職，而把發到非洲的簡歷挪用港大的申請，甚至沒注意把『烏干達』改為『香港』。」

那是一份 CV，「一份 CV 走天涯」不見得有甚麼不對，當然誠意就沒有多少。至於 Mission Statement，可能馬斐森認為「一份 CV 走天涯」裡寫的不應是一份工的使命，而是他人生的使命，那他是醫生自然是寫懸壺濟世拯救非洲兒童之類的崇高理想。他還說 strive to find time to be an effective and supportive husband and father, 不知和 HKU 或烏干達的 Mission 有何關係？「顯然曾向烏干達求職」這個解讀，恐怕很有商榷餘地。(小弟睇 application 大大話話睇過幾千份，在 「閱讀 Mission statement 發現申請人唔記得改校名」這方面的「經驗」不一定就差過陳教授...)

在文章的末段，陳婉瑩稱，聽到港大校友和同事的反應，「從震驚到失望到鄙視，同聲的說 『港大值得一個更優秀的人』。

「港大值得一個更優秀的人」是一句用漢字寫的英文，HKU deserves a better vice-chancellor 也。

總而言之，就是新校長不怎麼樣，只是反對的似乎更不堪。

Dominoes

Dominoes Toys to close as hunt for buyer fails

Sad news. You don't have a four-storey shop only for toys these days, never mind an independent one. Over the years I visited it many times, though mostly just looking and only bought a couple of things.

I went to the sale one day late. I wasn't expecting to see any lego worth buying, but was a little bit surprised that almost all lego are gone, even those that I consider not worth buying. The only exception is the Friends series. Which just shows how big a failure it is in TLC's continued attempt to be politically correct and make "girly" things.

Saving A Primary School Teacher in Hong Kong from Political Persecution

(Original article from the petition linked below; the following is my extended version.)

Ms Alpais Lam Wai-sze, a primary school teacher in Hong Kong, is being politically persecuted for merely saying "what the fuck" upon witnessing the injustice routinely carried out by Hong Kong police.

(From Cuson Lo)


On July 14, a pro-communist group attacked a Falun Gong stall in the street. While very few people in Hong Kong like Falun Gong, Hong Kong citizens recognize their freedom of expression. Yet the police, clearly politically biased, routinely turn a blind eye to such violent incidents which has become a regular scene. On this occasion, Ms Lam, who happened to be passing by, stood up against the police's inaction (the police cordoned off the two groups and let the violence continue.) Her action of defending justice was followed by harassment: huge banners were left at her school calling for her dismissal; the "chief executive" of Hong Kong, C. Y. Leung, asked the Education Bureau to file a report on Ms Lam’s case; and the Regional Crime Squad of the police received order to investigate into Lam’s case. All for merely saying a WTF. 

We condemn such government organised, politically motivated persecution and harassment against an individual. Some Hong Kong people are again (following the Chinese raid of baby milk powder in Hong Kong) trying to seek international attention by petitioning on the US Government website.

Baby Hunger Outbreak in Hong Kong, International Aid Requested

Local parents in Hong Kong can hardly buy baby formula milk powder in drugs stores and supermarkets, as smugglers from mainland China storm to this tiny city to buy milk powder and resell for huge profits in China. Many retailers stockpiled milk powder and are reluctant to sell to local parents as they can sell their stocks to mainland smugglers instead for huge profits.  Countries like Germany, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand exercise rationed sale to tourist buyers from China but the Hong Kong government frame the situation as a matter of "free trade" and refuse to exercise its legal power to stop cross-border smuggling. The Hong Kong government is even planning to ration milk powder supply to its own citizens while letting Chinese smugglers transport unlimited quantities of milk powder to China with the cooperation of corrupt Chinese customs officials.

We request international support and assistance as babies in Hong Kong will soon face malnutrition if the situation continues. Emptying Hong Kong's baby milk powder reserve is one of the tactics used by communist China to cleanse Hong Kong from its locals.  Hong Kong's future generation will be virtually starved out.  After the communist take-over of Hong Kong in 1997, this city has the lowest birth rate in the world, and the biggest immigration flux from the mainland to "replenish" the "natural" loss of locals. Very soon, mainland Chinese immigrants will out-number the locals.  That is what happened in Tibet, decades ago.

香港爆發嬰兒飢荒，請求國際社會援助

中共縱容大陸走私客哄搶香港嬰兒奶粉，香港零售商對香港本地人實施銷售歧視，甚至禁售，香港特區政府視之為自由市場，袖手旁觀，令香港本地人 難買奶粉，家長東奔西跑，四處打聽，被逼餵飼奶粉樣品或轉換牌子，沒時間搶購奶粉的家庭，嬰兒營養堪虞，香港勢將爆發嬰兒飢荒，這是國際人道災難。各位香港媽咪，請集合簽名，陳述事實，去信聯合國或美國總統，尋求人道救援。這是淪陷區的人民，向國際社會求助。

(taken and slightly modified from
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Baby-Hunger-Outbreak-in-Hong-Kong-International-Aid-Requested/132578326908846)

2012 summary: 中港矛盾

年初的D&G事件，看似小事一件，竟然便概括了一年的大事主題：中港矛盾。 大陸殖民香港變本加厲，單是近一兩年，己有高鐵、宜居灣區被規劃、自由行「黃金」遍地、雙非孕婦、自駕遊、殘體字、國民教育、其他課程染紅(中文、通識、普通話教中文、取消中史科、北上交流團、國民小先鋒)、新界東北割讓、水貨賊以至最近的地溝油等事。有些人可能覺得這些之中有些沒有問題甚或理所當然，卻反對另一些，例如支持高鐵但反自駕啊，或者認為殘體字是「文字自然演變」云云。其實這些全是一脈相承，是全盤大計的一部份。否則那可能短時間發生這麼多事?

稍使人欣慰的，是有關人等過於急進，水溫升得太快，使一些青蛙醒覺。2012年，本土意識抬頭，除了鍵盤戰士，還有實際行動，由 D&G 到光復上水，甚至公然談論港獨自治，揮英治時代旗幟。以往這是大不諱，像台獨藏獨，香港沒有半個政治人物敢稍露同情； 劉慧卿(對，你沒看錯，當年的劉慧卿)是當年唯一敢說些「台灣人民有權自決」之類的話的人，更不用說港獨了。以往像反高鐵，只搬出一些菜園村之類芝麻綠豆的論點，主流政黨沒人企出來公然反對中港融合。現在香港人面對快要被消滅，恐怕會對這些統獨爭論有一些新的體會。

在中港矛盾此一主題上，蘋果日報與高登貢獻不小。雖然蘋果日報的文字質素與其 non-existent 的校對水平實在使人不堪入目，但要是沒有蘋果日報,大家真是命都短幾年。之前肥佬黎還硬挺民主黨，立法會選舉民主黨大敗後，蘋果居然180度轉軚，大幅刊登鼓勵本土意識的言論。

至於高登，往往發社會風氣之先，例如由支持社民連，到人民力量，再到反人民力量，到反蝗蟲與水貨等，都領導輿論。你說「蝗蟲」侮辱嗎，那你另找一個能準確形容他們的詞語出來? 以往的新移民，由洗碗工到收銀，多少會融入香港，說些半鹹淡廣東話，雖被大家取笑，實無傷大雅。其 「令女」 「巧京京」 等詞語，反成為了香港文化一部份。反之現在那些，在大陸聽得多那些「中央照顧香港」的偉論，一副大爺模樣，奉旨講普通話，可是來港卻只是搵著數。你祖國這麼強大幹嗎連奶粉也要來買? 個別大陸人，大部份相信都是善良的，更是受害者，但當他們因政策因素大舉湧來，那便是另一回事。

有這些輿論，縱使主流政黨無能，民間自發力量卻很有點看頭。年中一場反洗腦運動，不只是一般的示威遊行，而是居然演變至佔領、絕食。可惜就在勝利在望時，這個運動給 sabotage 了。那些「老鬼」社運人士，一向安於佔著弱者的道德高地，內心懼怕勝利，一旦形勢逆轉佔上風，立時不知如何是好，於是草草收場，以能繼續做其弱者。更可怕的，是那個「團結進步無私」的黨，一早像病毒般滲透社會各界。要不是有幾個中學生出聲，那個教協是打算靜雞雞配合國民教育的了? 早在司徒華自爆其地下黨員/想做黨員而不得的身分起，我已對有關人等極其懷疑。在罷課一事上諸多推搪，連「教師外遊未歸」這等藉口也說得出？那些中國模式教材，難道你們之前沒有看過？那些洗腦「交流」團，國民小先鋒之類，已搞了好幾年，怎麼之前沒聽見你說過半句？又像殘體字，香港各公私機構，上至大學，下至連鎖快餐店，鍥而不捨地逐點逐點引入殘體字，給人揭發了，好點的便認低威，但過不了幾天便故態復萌；衰的更充耳不聞，一副看你奈得我何的模樣。其意志之堅，若說不是有人在背後推動實在很難使人相信。

2013年，我還是一貫的悲觀，只要大陸無大變，基本上香港給溶掉只是時間問題。所謂「四代香港人」嗎，沒有說的就是不會有第五代。連台灣隔著個海，又有民主選舉，仲有美國佬照住，都在染紅中，你說香港怎能獨善其身呢。

新界東候選人簡評

12 范國威
是全港唯一打正旗號反殘體字的候選人，與及遠早於主流政黨反自由行等... 無人無錢無宣傳，知名度支持度一樣低。若你反對中港「溶」合， 請考慮一下...

1 梁國雄
我十分敬重長毛之為人，可能是當今政壇唯一正直的人，雖然他的政見，十項我大概不同意五項。。。

10 張超雄
也是那些「好人但左翼理念不合我意」類。

11 蔡耀昌
似是真心有heart, 惜身處和稀泥政黨。

13 田北俊
此人與狼英作對，兼以一人之力阻止了廿三條。或嫌官商勾結味濃， 但我相信他比以下不少人更有良知的底線。

7 陳志全
此人也似乎是真心有heart, 但我對人民力量領袖之居心極其懷疑。但有一些激進份子，現時 strategically 不是壞事。

15 湯家驊
老兄你似乎也意興闌珊，唔多想玩...

14 黃成智
你當選是神的恩典，落選是神的考驗，either way 都是神的旨意，與我等選民無關，你去求神好了...

3 劉慧卿
除了比以下人等稍好之外，我實在找不到理由支持。受民建聯支持者喝采... sorry, 我不能接受。

16 何民傑
此人政綱似乎只有反強迫金一項，雖深得我心，總不能因此支持。

18 方國珊
前自由黨人(？)，其他不詳。

17 龐一鳴
I respect your belief, 但立法會似乎不是一個恰當的 platform.

9 陳克勤
勝在無能。

2 葉偉明
工聯會有一樣好，欲連任者必須改循直選出選。當然這是他們奸計，但總比功能組別圍威喂好。

5 龐愛蘭
不宜讓這等假中立之「專業人士」當選。

6 葛珮帆
此人比陳克勤危險，不宜讓其上位...

19 陳國強
如無記錯此人以前是工聯會/民建聯 (當然名陳國強者多如天上星，很可能攪錯。。。) 但勝在騎呢。我想問你以前住係第五座212室關我乜事？

8 邱榮光
唔知乜水， 似是鄉事派

4 梁安琪
你顛完未？