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   From: acoustic@panix.com   
      
   The UK Telegraph is rejoicing in telling us that these words were   
   heard serenading Christmas shoppers somewhere in Hong Kong:   
      
     "Evil police angrily wave their batons, hoping to kill a few   
     pedestrians!"   
      
   There is no evidence that the police were "hoping to kill a few   
   pedestrians".   
      
   It is against the Christmas spirit of peace, it is against Christian   
   teaching, and it is against the well being of the city for the time to   
   come.  The only people who will benefit from HK breaking loose from   
   China are those who care not one whit about the lives of HKers.  We've   
   seen this many times in the past decade or so already, in Afghanistan,   
   in Iraq, in Libya, in Syria, and in Ukraine!   
      
   lo yeeOn   
      
   Hong Kong protesters adopt new weapon: Christmas carols   
      
   Protesters campaigning for greater democracy in Hong Kong sing   
   subversive Christmas carols   
      
   By Ellie Ng, Hong Kong   
      
   8:35AM GMT 22 Dec 2014   
      
   For months, Hong Kong protesters paralysed the city, camping on the   
   streets, blocking traffic and waving yellow umbrellas.   
      
   Now, after police finally managed to clear them away, the protesters   
   have donned Father Christmas hats and are gathering to sing subversive   
   carols.   
      
   On Friday and Saturday, a group of around 200 people serenaded   
   shoppers in Hong Kong's busiest streets.  "Everyone has head injuries   
   and bloody limbs," they sang in Cantonese, to the tune of O Come All   
   Ye Faithful.  "Evil police angrily wave their batons, hoping to kill a   
   few pedestrians!"   
      
   To the tune of Hark the Herald Angels Sing they noted that Hong   
   Kongers were angry at proposals from Beijing for the next election and   
   urged the public to "stay united and stand up to the Chinese Communist   
   Party".   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)