Article 1 on Singtao Student Page:
Image from The Standard |
Image from The Telegraph UK |
Detailed transcriptions of the protesters' voices appeared on multiple media sources across the globe including Reuters, Straits Times, The Telegraph (UK), The Wall Street Journal, SCMP and The Standards, with negative comments for D&G no less than "shameful", "shame on you", "regrettable", "go home".
Passing vehicles sounded their horns and protesters chanted "Open up!" and offered their boos and thumbs down.
On moving pictures, it looked like this.
From this incidence comes numerous questions on human rights, poverty and values of this city. Worth our thinking.
But instead of making some really formal logical thinking procedures, I like to sound cunning!
No matter how tight the margin of the window display market is, it is never right for segregation of any kinds or any forms. Following D&G's thread of logic, if barring the local Hong-Kongers from photographing protects the brand's Intellectual Property (IP), then their IP needs no protection against non-Hong-Kongers.
Are Hong-Kongers in a much harmful position to the brand than all other human beings on Earth? Will Wall-E be harmful if Wall-E has a camera installed on his head? Will dogs be harmful if they have cameras on their necks? What if Hong-Kongers no longer use smartphones or DSLRs to take photos of the shop but use secret cameras such as the contact lens optical scanner in Mission Impossible 4? Can D&G actually stop any of these?
Contact lens optical scanner @ MI4 Image from the Moshers go to the Movies: December 2011 |
What if I have the disguising skills of Tom Cruise in MI4 or Robert Downey Jr. in Sherlock Holmes 2 that I disguise as a Russian or a foreign woman?
Tom Cruise as Russian General Image from cdn.screenrant.com |
Robert Downey Jr. disguising as a woman in
Sherlock Holmes 2 Image from Jessica Who? |
Man! I really enjoy referencing my previous movie review entry (Movies: Sherlock Holmes 2 & MI4 Reviews ) in this article!
Don't forget to "Like" this entry and the English Playground!
Vocabulary:
trigger (off) -- (vb) [T] to cause something bad to start
flare (up) -- (vb) [I] (also flare up) When something bad such as violence, pain or anger flares (up), it suddenly starts or gets much worse
right-stripped -- (adj) from strip (vb) [T] to remove, pull or tear the covering or outer layer from something
flagship -- (n) [C] the best or most important product, idea, building, etc. that an organization owns or produces
rage -- (n) [C or U] (a period of) extreme or violent anger
globe -- (n) [S] the world
boos -- (n) [C] (boos) when someone boos
thumbs down -- informal used to show disapproval of something
segregation -- (n) [U] to keep one group of people apart from another and treat them differently, especially because of race or sex
bar -- (vb) [T] to prevent something or someone from doing something or going somewhere, or to forbid (= refuse to allow) something
disguise -- (vb) to give a new appearance to a person or thing, especially in order to hide its true form
hacker -- (n) [C] someone who hacks into other people's computer systems
Resources:
Dolce & Gabbana @ Canton Road @ YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HN2REtolUM
Hundreds protest D&G photo 'ban' in Hong Kong @ Straits Times
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_753234.html
Dolce & Gabbana Photo Ban Sparks Protest @ The Wall Street Journal
http://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2012/01/09/dolce-gabbana-photo-ban-sparks-protest/
Rally over 'photo ban' shuts retailer @ SCMP
http://topics.scmp.com/news/hk-news-watch/article/Rally-over-photo-ban-shuts-retailer
Get the picture? @ The Standard
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=118644&sid=35006726&con_type=3&d_str=20120109&fc=10
One thousand protest Dolce & Gabbana Hong Kong store over photo ban @ The Telegraph UK
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/9001001/One-thousand-protest-Dolce-and-Gabbana-Hong-Kong-store-over-photo-ban.html
Movies: Sherlock Holmes 2 & MI4 Reviews @ Locky's English Playground
http://lockyep.blogspot.com/2012/01/movies-sherlock-holmes-2-mi4-reviews.html
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/trigger_3#trigger_3__3
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/flare_2#flare_2__3
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/stripped-down?q=stripped
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/flagship_1?q=flagship+
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/rage_1?q=rage
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/globe_1?q=globe
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/boo_2
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/segregate?q=segregation
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/bar_6
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/thumbs-down#thumbs-down__1
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/disguise_1?q=disguise++
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/hacker?q=hacker
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