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Who are Hong Kong's democracy protesters?

Then, there is Occupy Central with Love and Peace, which was organized by two university professors and a minister who have called on protesters to use Martin Luther King Jr.-like tactics of non-violent civil disobedience and have, Bush said, hinted at a willingness to deal with Beijing. The third faction is composed of business people, lawyers, politicians and professionals"moderate democrats," Bush said. They've appeared at protests organized by the other factions, and they've argued for an electoral system that would be somewhat controlled by Bejing, but still competitive. "China refused to consider that approach," he said.

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Hong Kong has a rich protest culture, Bush said. But typically, demonstrations are planned. Protesters coordinate with the authorities and with each other. But this weekend was different. "That's all out the window," Bush said. The students acted, so Occupy, which had planned to begin a protest next Wednesday, did, too. "Everyone's acting on the fly," he said.

What's Next?

It's unclear what this weekend's disorder will mean for Hong Kong, Bush said. Among protesters, there's been no softening of positions, he said, and Chinese authorities have supported the Hong Kong authorities' crackdown against them, according to Reuters.

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For Beijing's 2017 electoral scheme to go into effect, it needs the support of two-thirds of Hong Kong's legislature. In the aftermath of the recent protests, that's unlikely, Bush said, so the old system of a 1,200-person committee of Beijing loyalists choosing Hong Kong's leaders could remain in place.

The central question, Bush said, is whether the protesters will be willing to return to the old regime. "Or will more and more opposition groups be willing and able to act outside the rules?" he said. "Then, what does the government do?"

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Commander George Rockwell – Nazism Vs Communism – Video


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World War II, Communism Subtext In Right To Be Forgotten

From an American legal perspective the recently established European Right to Be Forgotten (RTBF) is a disaster. Its a confusing, vague, impractical and possibly even dangerous decision. But from a European historical perspective it makes considerable sense.

The different histories of the US and Europe in the 20th Century have shaped different attitudes and rules surrounding privacy. As Jeffrey Toobin points out in his piece on RTBF in The New Yorker, in America speech trumps privacy but in Europe its mostly the opposite.

Theres no question that the internet is laying waste to privacy, from rampant profiling and data mining to NSA spying and perpetual hacking. The iCloud celebrity photo scandal is the latest high profile example of electronic communications threat to privacy; storage of photos or other personal data makes our private lives and personal histories vulnerable to unwanted discovery all the time.

Americans are just as concerned about privacy as anybody else. But the First Amendment is a powerful counterweight to assertions of privacy over access to information. Of course there are legal balancing tests that seek to find a middle way between these opposing values.

Free expression or speech is part of the European tradition and was embodied in its post-war Convention on Human Rights, which has been incorporated by individual countries into domestic law to varying degrees. Whats very different however is the way in which World War II (specifically the Holocaust) and subsequent dictatorial communist regimes have shaped European thinking.

I was in Berlin recently and had a long talk with a German about the history of the East German Secret Police, the Stasi. The Berlin Wall came down in 1989 but many people still remember what life was like in the divided country. The communist governments of Eastern Europe repressed millions through domestic spying, monitoring and persecution in many ways they were successors to the Nazi regime.

In the West GPS and location tracking is used to help smartphone owners to find directions or look up nearby restaurants. In human-rights-denying regimes like Chinas smartphones can be used to monitor and track anti-government dissidents.

This is the double edge of technology. And the Europeans are perhaps more mindful than Americans of the dark side in seeking to safeguard individual privacy rights.

The New Yorkers Toobin quotes Viktor Mayer-Schnberger, an Austrian born Oxford professor whom he characterizes as one of the intellectual godfathers of the right to be forgotten, about why such a right should exist:

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Yum's Banh Shop restaurant in Dallas gets new logo after flap over red star

Yum Brands' Banh Shop, a Vietnamese-themed restaurant that opened as a test near SMU, officially has a new logo according to a Yum spokeswoman.

The previous logo contained a red star, which some members of the local Vietnamese community said was too reminiscent of the star symbolizing communism.

Here's the official note from corporate:

After listening and responding to our customers, we have changed the logo for the Banh Shop restaurant in Dallas. While unintentional, we certainly see how use of a red star was offensive to some and we've eliminated it from the design and apologize to anyone who may have been offended.

The new design, created with input from Mr. Thanh Cung, President of the Vietnamese-American Community of Greater Dallas, incorporates an accent over the letter "a" and is simple and clean, using a black and white contemporary design. This new logo will be used on all signage, menu, uniforms and other marketing material including our website. We greatly appreciate the feedback from the community, and look forward to serving our customers delicious banh mi sandwiches.

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