20 years ago today

[thefragile7393]

The Tiananmen Square Massacre, which China has tried to ignore.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/a...hands-20-years-Tiananmen-Square-massacre.html

 

[Marthatex]

It's hard to believe it's been that long.

 

[Kat]

I can't believe it's been that long either Martha.

 

[thefragile7393]

http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/2009/tiananmen_20_franklin/
Fascinating link about the most famous picture from the massacre

 

[gaia227]

Call me what you will but I always get weepy in when it comes to people standing up against powerful people and/or governments and willing to die for what they think is right. Now, whether I agree with them or not is a whole other issue but the sentiment is the same and usually results in the same teary eyes.

I really let it rip when I read a book about the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto who lived underground in the sewers after the liquidation and fought back, holding the Germans back for 33 days with crappy weapons and a whole lot of ingenuity and passion.