Some of the burghers of Hong Kong have had enough. A group of counter-protesters surrounded and tried to dismantle some of the protesters tents. The police locked arms and separated the two groups. That's not fun. "I don't support Occupy Central. We have to work and make money. Occupy is just a game," said a construction worker. "Give us Mong Kok [commercial district] back, we Hong Kongers need to eat!" another said. (quotes from BBC)
The construction worker is partly correct that the protests are just a game, they have no chance of success. And, like a game, some of the kids are having fun sometimes. There is nothing contradictory in that, the protests are serious, sincere, but, especially with young people involved, protests can be fun too.
The protesters massed against the counter-protesters and there was some pushing and shoving. This is a shot of some of the protesters confronting the counters:
Look at the guy in the white shirt! :) He's trying to be fierce! Bless his heart, kids can't do mean faces. and that's the best that young man can do. He doesn't have a mean cell in his body.
The construction worker is partly correct that the protests are just a game, they have no chance of success. And, like a game, some of the kids are having fun sometimes. There is nothing contradictory in that, the protests are serious, sincere, but, especially with young people involved, protests can be fun too.
The protesters massed against the counter-protesters and there was some pushing and shoving. This is a shot of some of the protesters confronting the counters:
Look at the guy in the white shirt! :) He's trying to be fierce! Bless his heart, kids can't do mean faces. and that's the best that young man can do. He doesn't have a mean cell in his body.
