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  1. Organization: Sponsored account, Accounts, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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  5. Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 12:32:56 -0500 
  6. From: Stephen_Y._Chan@transarc.com
  7. Subject: Re: SEALs
  8. In-Reply-To: <1993Jan26.231528.577@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
  9. References: <1993Jan26.231528.577@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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  11.  
  12. osan@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (Mr. X) writes:
  13. > In article <2820@eagle.ukc.ac.uk> kwp@ukc.ac.uk (K.W.Pang) writes:
  14. > >I think you don't realise the gravity of the situation in HK.
  15. >    [snip]
  16. >         Is this what you would like
  17. >         to see?  Are people becomming such extreme cowards that they would
  18. >         sacrifice their freedom that they might have some vague illusion of
  19. >         safety, supplied TO them by third party agents?
  20.  
  21.     Hmmm...maybe in some parts of the world, peace and stability
  22. are more popular than risk and "freedom". Lots of folks in HK would
  23. rather just pay the extortion, and live under criminal rule than
  24. cooperate with the authorities and get killed.
  25.     So I guess, yes, those people are cowards who prefer peace and
  26. stability to a precarious and short-lived freedom.
  27.  
  28. >    I strongly suspect that
  29. >         death would be a far more appetizing alternative.
  30.  
  31.     Personal preference.
  32.  
  33.     Stephen
  34.