[liberationtech] What could we at Liberationtech do to help pro-democracy HK activists protest China's new security law?

[Robert Mathews (OSIA)]

On 5/27/20 2:56 PM, Yosem Companys wrote:
> This is an excellent follow up. Thank you. I will bring up to the
> topic with the folks in Hong Kong and pose these questions to them as
> well.
>

Dear Yosem:  You are most welcome of course....   I would like to
acknowledge being in receipt of Paul Swider's note on the matter also,
which makes me desire to share the following heartfelt thought with you
both, and with the membership.

Over the last two years, I have been in conversations with friends and
colleagues in Hong Kong, in relation to many of the developments there. 
During that time, we have attempted to mutually explore, "what" it is
that "the people of Hong Kong desire".   The constituting elements "of
the reality on the ground" has remained difficult for many to make
visible and negotiate.  Despite the vast numbers of impressive,
strong-willed, dedicated and resilient Hong Kongers seen around the
world protesting this past year, where many of them had identified with
fellow residents desiring independence/self-governance, an expressed,
cogent and cohesive political and social direction for the residents of
HK remains absent. 

Consequentially, the world - it seems, has found it difficult to
soulfully connect with the plight of HK rightly, and to offer meaningful
support.  

I receive and interpret Paul Swider's message through the lens of a
specific context, and factuality, which is confirmed by experience. 
That is: technology becomes meaningful, and a success, when it has the
opportunity to meet and wed 'a grand purpose', and is able to encourage
and facilitate in the fulfillment of such a purpose.

Warm regards.
--
/Dr. Robert Mathews, D.Phil.//
//Principal Technologist &//
//Distinguished Senior Research Scholar//
//Office of Scientific Inquiry & Applications (OSIA)//
//University of Hawai'i/
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