Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial

Re:Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national s... by paganel on Monday December 15, 2025 @12:15PM (#46277306)

By “calling out” you mean invading, or what, exactly? And haven’t you guys had enough of fighting “evil” while causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians? See Iraq.

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Re:Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national s... by mikkupikku on Monday December 15, 2025 @12:19PM (#46277358)

Assuming that somebody is implying something as insane as an invasion of China when they say something as mellow as "call out" is certainly.. a take.

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Re:Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national s... by netbioserror on Monday December 15, 2025 @01:32PM (#46278409)

So then what use is any other approach than simply letting it happen? Words are just that. If violence is out, then the only other approach is escalating the trade war and Chinese isolation, at great cost.

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Re:Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national s... by mikkupikku on Monday December 15, 2025 @05:50PM (#46281962)

If your only plan is invading China, you don't have a plan.

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Re:Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national s... by netbioserror on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @08:46AM (#46288409)

Precisely, and I'm saying there is no other good plan. If the cost of defending democratic values worldwide is starting WW3, we simply can't defend democratic values worldwide anymore.

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Re:Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national s... by colejhudson on Monday December 15, 2025 @01:28PM (#46278360)

Obviously not.

As in the 20th century, it means to cultivate moral, and thereby political, opposition to imprisoning activists.

It’s a soft power the US has gradually lost.

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