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Protester shot in chest by live police round during Hong Kong protests

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628 points nodea2345 | 4 comments | 01 Oct 19 11:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.837s | source
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easytiger ◴[01 Oct 19 13:11 UTC] No.21124910[source]▶
Obviously China is evil etc etc.

But isn't it pretty obvious these people are physically attacking armed officers as they are retreating? And they are beating up and kicking another downed officer in the head?

Whilst I might have sympathy for their cause the kid struck an armed officer with a weapon whilst he wielded a gun as his friends beat another armed officer. I have very little sympathy for anyone who makes such poor decisions in a group delerium of impunity.

Edit: If anyone downvoting would care to offer another option, that would be appreciated

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1. dang ◴[01 Oct 19 23:49 UTC] No.21132128[source]▶
> Obviously China is evil

Good grief. Would you please review the site guidelines and take care to edit such flamebait out of your posts to HN?

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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2. easytiger ◴[02 Oct 19 02:26 UTC] No.21132955[source]▶
Apologies, but I was clearly making humorous reference to the hyperbolic knee jerk condemnation of China in the thread irrelevant to the situation. Not actually making an ideological statement.
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3. dang ◴[02 Oct 19 19:10 UTC] No.21139771[source]▶
Oh, I see. Unfortunately, many readers won't read a comment like that any more closely than I did. It's best not to go there when the topic is inflammatory.
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4. easytiger ◴[02 Oct 19 21:53 UTC] No.21141162{3}[source]▶
Perhaps my British isles sensibilities don't translate to American very well. I'll be more deliberate in future