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It could be done on purpose to please the government, or simply sloppy (find the easiest substitutes and nobody would care).  Whichever the reason, this is not good.  Actually, to the programmers, are we also writing programs in this manner?  Give a quick and dirty solution to the customers, get the money, and flee...

I have seen more serious injuries in one American football match than the whole week of anti-WTO protests in December, and the Hong Kong Police dares to call that a "riot" for justifying the tear gas and arrests on 18 Dec.  Either we are so stupid that the government thought we could be blinded easily, or the government is so stupid that she thought she could treat everyone as 3-year-old.

They beat him until he was lifeless (10 Oct) is a total exaggeration.  On the next day, Guardian posted Activist found alive after beating by mob (11 Oct).  There is no way that Lu can still "has told" The Guardian if what reported on 10 Oct is not an exaggeration – his tongue was cut just 24 hours ago!

I read a sad news today:

They beat him until he was lifeless

We know that humans are not perfect, and sometimes we behave like animals, except that in China, we institutionalize such behavior in the name of stability and prosperity.

Update: The news is confusing, as there are also accusations that The Guardian reporter exaggerated.

I am pretty tolerant to spam mails, perhaps because I’ve got a good filter (spam assassin) on my mail server.  Also, the recent hunting down of major spammers (including one murdered…) around the globe does have an effect.  My daily spam log has items reduced from 120+ to 60+ - almost down by half.