{"id":5844,"date":"2015-02-19T06:57:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T11:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=5844"},"modified":"2015-02-19T06:58:28","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T11:58:28","slug":"hong-kongs-chief-executive-publicly-tells-citizens-to-act-more-like-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=5844","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s Chief Executive Publicly Tells Citizens to \u201cAct More Like Sheep\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"post-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/libertyblitzkrieg.com\/2015\/02\/18\/hong-kongs-chief-executive-publicly-tells-citizens-to-act-more-like-sheep\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hong Kong\u2019s Chief Executive Publicly Tells Citizens to \u201cAct More Like Sheep\u201d<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>Hong Kong\u2019s unpopular chief executive has infuriated pro-democracy campaigners by using a Chinese New Year message to urge the former colony\u2019s citizens to act more \u201clike sheep\u201d.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u201cIn the coming year, I hope that all people in Hong Kong will take inspiration from the sheep\u2019s character and pull together in an accommodating manner to work for Hong Kong\u2019s future.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>In case his message had been missed, Mr Leung noted that the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac had 12 individual \u201ccharacter types\u201d. \u201cSheep are widely seen to be mild and gentle animals living peacefully in groups,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 From the\u00a0<em>Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0article:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/asia\/hongkong\/11419436\/Hong-Kong-leader-tells-people-to-act-like-sheep.html\">Hong Kong leader tells people to act like \u2018sheep\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is simply a spectacular admission from a clueless authoritarian. No wonder things are so volatile in Hong Kong with this clown in charge. Rather than quieting the mood, CY Leung\u2019s comments are more likely to infuriate the island\u2019s youth and strength their\u00a0resolve. Not smart.<\/p>\n<p>From\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/asia\/hongkong\/11419436\/Hong-Kong-leader-tells-people-to-act-like-sheep.html\">the\u00a0<em>Telegraph<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong\u2019s Chief Executive Publicly Tells Citizens to \u201cAct More Like Sheep\u201d Hong Kong\u2019s unpopular chief executive has infuriated pro-democracy campaigners by using a Chinese New Year message to urge the former colony\u2019s citizens to act more \u201clike sheep\u201d.\u00a0 \u201cIn the coming year, I hope that all people in Hong Kong will take inspiration from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[43,2860,3652,403,483,3651,726],"class_list":["post-5844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-authoritarianism","tag-authority","tag-cy-leung","tag-hong-kong","tag-liberty-2","tag-sheep","tag-sheeple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5845,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5844\/revisions\/5845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}