tribslooger: Democlawcy: Now with even more choice!First off, sorry about the really cheesy pun. I d
tribslooger: Democlawcy: Now with even more choice!First off, sorry about the really cheesy pun. I did hesitate about putting it in, but bad wordplay is still wordplay I suppose. Hopefully everyone is well aware of the protests for democracy happening right now in Hong Kong (If not, you can read this - it explains the situation quite well). In essence: Hong Kong, once a British colony, was handed over to China with the deal of being able to more or less continue to have a degree of autonomy in how things are run (for 50 years, at least on paper that is). Recently Hong Kongers have been pushing for universal suffrage (the ability to elect their own leader, i.e. chief executive), but Beijing rules this out and decides that instead, yes, Hong Kong can have ‘democracy’, but it has to be the ‘right sort’. What happens is that rules are drawn up stating that candidates for the position have to first get over the hurdle of being nominated by a committee (and who knows what kind of people make up this group), thus essentially nullifying the whole point of voting.So we get to choose who becomes the next chief executive from a preselected pool of people who have ticked all of Beijing’s criteria boxes? No wonder the people are protesting…albeit peacefully. -- source link