“lutherans use the term ‘priest’ ~ the fact you don’t know that suggests you’re sitting there in a tourism office in hong kong downplaying the difficulties visitors can face in China”
Clearly, that is exactly why I registered here back in 2000 - to lie low until I could try to convince you about this.
“we’ve had some locals here in the DC area who were arrested and imprisoned simply for having said something critical of the ruling clique years ago.”
People in America are arrested and imprisoned simply for saying critical things.
“Sure, there’s a lot of financial activity in Hong Kong ~ but that can be moved out to Shanghai or Peking in a NY Sec and the rest of the city turned into an agricultural commune.”
And yet it is not.
Why are you talking about Lutherans and priests? Where did that come from??
He's not there to look at the tall buildings and sip latte.