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louis c

(8,652 posts)
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 02:42 PM Nov 2017

China has passed laws that direspecting their National Anthem is grounds for imprisonment

<snip>Thundering chants of "We are Hong Kong" from thousands of red-shirted fans reverberate through the city's stadium, tucked into the lush mountains and jagged skyscrapers of Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong's soccer team is playing against Lebanon, and the cheers die down for the opening stanza of the Lebanese national anthem.

The polite applause for the opposing team takes a turn, though, when the national anthem of China – technically Hong Kong's anthem, too – begins.

China's national anthem, "The March of the Volunteers," can barely be heard over loud booing from fans, some who turn their backs on the flag. Stadium personnel line the aisles, waving their hands to discourage fans, but it only makes them boo louder.<snip>

link;
https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/11/27/565919263/in-hong-kong-booing-chinas-national-anthem-is-about-to-get-more-risky

I wonder how our Moron in Chief will react to widespread incarceration of residents of Hong Kong because they "disrespect" their National Anthem.

This is a good question to ask him.

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China has passed laws that direspecting their National Anthem is grounds for imprisonment (Original Post) louis c Nov 2017 OP
That will have Trump salivating. nt avebury Nov 2017 #1
2 am tomorrow: "It is disgraceful that NFL players are not in jail. Lock them up. #MAGA" dalton99a Nov 2017 #2
good to see the US leading again bigtree Nov 2017 #3
America just took notes. HughBeaumont Nov 2017 #4
Does their anthem glorify war and violence as well? jcmaine72 Nov 2017 #5
"Does their anthem glorify war and violence as well?" EX500rider Nov 2017 #6
3... 2... 1... Initech Nov 2017 #7

jcmaine72

(1,773 posts)
5. Does their anthem glorify war and violence as well?
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 04:07 PM
Nov 2017

How long before Dump and his phalanx of worshipful deplorable mouth-breathers begin angrily shaking their hairy ape paws in the air demanding that similar laws be enacted here?

EX500rider

(10,849 posts)
6. "Does their anthem glorify war and violence as well?"
Mon Nov 27, 2017, 04:37 PM
Nov 2017

You be the judge, I'd say yes:

"Arise, ye who refuse to be slaves!
With our flesh and blood, let us build a new Great Wall!
As China faces its greatest peril
From each one the urgent call to action comes forth.
Arise! Arise! Arise!
Millions of but one heart
Braving the enemies' fire! March on!
Braving the enemies' fire! March on!
March on! March, march on!"

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