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A comment on Hong Kong ISP Association’s Statement on Selective Blocking of Internet Services. Parent comment

Re:Hong Kong ISP Association’s Statement on Selective Blocki... by Aperocky on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @08:39PM (#20825573)
And this asylum will overwhelmingly attract people towards the lower end of the skill ladder, because they have less to lose. You'll not get much of the skill you're looking for, because those people are probably working and have a ton of stuff that tie them to HK.
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Re:Hong Kong ISP Association’s Statement on Selective Blocki... by 11thEarlOfMar on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:00PM (#20825695)
The skilled and wealthy will be the first ones out. They have made and financed detailed plans many years ago, and will head for the US, Canada, Australia, UK.
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Re:Hong Kong ISP Association’s Statement on Selective Blocki... by Aperocky on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:15PM (#20825770)
Oh they did, except they got their permanent residency/citizenship and moved right back. 300000 Canadians lives in HK, and out of those who emigrated, practically none went through by being an asylee
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Re:Hong Kong ISP Association’s Statement on Selective Blocki... by wbl on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:08PM (#20825736)
The point of this gesture would be to protect them from a tyrannical government not our pecuniary gain. We didn't ask for payment after Omaha Beach.
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Re:Hong Kong ISP Association’s Statement on Selective Blocki... by Aperocky on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:13PM (#20825761)
And did America fight Germany because it must bring freedom to oppressed people? Or is it because Japanese bombed Pearl harbor and Hitler gladly declared war on the US right after that?.
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Re:Hong Kong ISP Association’s Statement on Selective Blocki... by LilBytes on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:23PM (#20825824)
I'm not sure I understand the point that you're making, or for the poster that you're replying to?

Are we disputing or disagreeing with the human right of seeking asylum? Or discussing the economic pro's and cons of asylum seekers?

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Re:Hong Kong ISP Association’s Statement on Selective Blocki... by magicsmoke on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @11:35PM (#20826436)
I think the dispute is whether the US (as a proxy for western nations) have historically based their actions on humanitarian reasons or realpolitik, and whether they should base their decisions more heavily on one or the other.
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