Posted on 07/23/2021 7:59:13 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The arrests were the latest involving suspected critics of Hong Kong’s government that have raised fears about the shrinking space for dissent since Beijing imposed a national security law in June 2020 to put an end to pro-democracy protests in the semi-autonomous city.
Police said one book, “Defenders of the Sheep Village,” was connected to the protests. In the story, wolves want to occupy the village and eat the sheep, who in turn use their horns to fight back.
The second told the story of 12 sheep taken by wolves to the beasts’ village where they would be cooked, potentially alluding to the 12 Hong Kong people captured by China in August last year at sea as they tried to flee the city by boat. Li said the story was not factual and incited hatred against authorities.
The third book tells the story of wolves sneaking through a hole into the sheep village and shows the wolves as dirty and the sheep as clean. This aimed to create hatred against the government, Li said
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How about bunnies?
Are the commies frightened of bunny stories, too?
But is Ben & Jerry’s ice cream still sold?
A lot of Mother Goose nursery rhymes were actually very pointed political commentary in disguise.
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