Monday, June 06, 2005
Feeling hungry?
16 years 2 days ago, Chinese students, weakened by the hunger strike they were participating in, were shot at and murdered in cold at Tien An Men* Square, Beijing.
I wrote about it 5 years later in my Legal Theory paper. Here’s an excerpt from the conclusion of my paper:-
“Today, 5 years after that tragedy, Tiananmen Square does not remind anyone of the bloody incident which took place. People have forgotten about it and if the status quo remains, the students would have died in vain. But I will keep them alive in my memory as those who were unjustly murdered for wanting their stories to be heard, and to have them as encouragement to dare speak up for what I believe in…”
Let not their memory fade away.
*Ironically, this literally means “Gate of Heavenly Peace”
I wrote about it 5 years later in my Legal Theory paper. Here’s an excerpt from the conclusion of my paper:-
“Today, 5 years after that tragedy, Tiananmen Square does not remind anyone of the bloody incident which took place. People have forgotten about it and if the status quo remains, the students would have died in vain. But I will keep them alive in my memory as those who were unjustly murdered for wanting their stories to be heard, and to have them as encouragement to dare speak up for what I believe in…”
A man holds his head during a rally at Hong Kong's victoria park Saturday, June 4, 2005, as tens of thousands people held a candlelight vigil to mark the 16th anniversary of the military crackdown in Tiananmen Square on a pro-democracy student movement in Beijing on the same day. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) 
Let not their memory fade away.
*Ironically, this literally means “Gate of Heavenly Peace”
// posted by imissw @ 2:16:00 am 
