{"id":1312,"date":"2011-12-07T22:42:27","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T06:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1312"},"modified":"2012-01-31T18:27:44","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T02:27:44","slug":"tiananmen-tank-man-was-disobeying-lawful-orders-and-should-have-been-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1312","title":{"rendered":"Tiananmen Tank Man was disobeying lawful orders and should have been shot- George Sand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by George Sand<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_1316\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 280px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theswillbucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SWILLtiananmen.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1316\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?attachment_id=1316\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theswillbucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SWILLtiananmen.jpg?fit=270%2C175\" data-orig-size=\"270,175\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SWILLtiananmen\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, 1989&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theswillbucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SWILLtiananmen.jpg?fit=270%2C175\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theswillbucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SWILLtiananmen.jpg?fit=270%2C175\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1316\" title=\"SWILLtiananmen\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theswillbucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/SWILLtiananmen.jpg?resize=270%2C175\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"175\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Tiananmen Square, China, 1989<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand American admiration of the lone man who stood in the path of a tank in the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiananmen_Square\"><span style=\"color: #0060b6;\">Tiananmen Square incident<\/span><\/a> in 1989 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c that is, unless you are a police-hating American. If you are an American who hates, dislikes, or mistrusts police or outright advocates the abolition of government police, then certainly I can understand why the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/imgres?hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=685&amp;tbm=isch&amp;prmd=imvns&amp;tbnid=-P18ga388NTYVM:&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/www.amnesty.ca\/blog2.php%3Fblog%3Dkeep_the_promise_2%26category%3D57&amp;docid=5a38yWDGWjkimM&amp;imgurl=http:\/\/www.amnesty.ca\/site_images\/managed\/China_Tiananmen_Tank_Man.jpg&amp;w=425&amp;h=450&amp;ei=H3nMTuTKMc-_2QWr1rihDw&amp;zoom=1&amp;iact=rc&amp;dur=199&amp;sig=108103049134452865604&amp;page=2&amp;tbnh=143&amp;tbnw=132&amp;start=15&amp;ndsp=18&amp;ved=1t:429,r:1,s:15&amp;tx=108&amp;ty=23\"><span style=\"color: #0060b6;\">famous image <\/span><\/a>of a lone man standing against uniformed authority would be an inspirational one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.copblock.org\/10529\/tiananmen-tank-man-was-disobeying-lawful-orders-and-should-have-been-shot\/\">(Rest of article here)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by George Sand Tiananmen Square, China, 1989 I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t understand American admiration of the lone man who stood in the path of a tank in the Tiananmen Square incident in 1989 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c that is, unless you are a police-hating American. If you are an American who hates, dislikes, or mistrusts police or outright advocates the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1,80],"tags":[457,461,456,459,142,460,458],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tQeJ-la","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1302,"url":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1302","url_meta":{"origin":1312,"position":0},"title":"Police promise to take legal action if they are injured by OWS protestors-George Sand","author":"Shawn Hamilton","date":"December 3, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Police and their supporters always talk about how policing is such a difficult and dangerous job. As with most things related to police, this attitude is derived from general misconception, ignorance, and a tendency of people to arbitrarily worship those in fancy uniforms. Year after year, policing fails to make\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Columns&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Columns","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?cat=182"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1409,"url":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1409","url_meta":{"origin":1312,"position":1},"title":"Gang attacks homeowner, media solicits donations for fallen gang members, public laments gang member death","author":"Shawn Hamilton","date":"March 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"by George Sand Some people out there, even our regular readers, get squeamish when we liken police to gang members. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll stand by that analogy, which I elaborated upon in another article - Mostly, this comparison is based on the fact that police, like gangs claim ultimate dominion over a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1440,"url":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1440","url_meta":{"origin":1312,"position":2},"title":"Dear American public, you are mentally ill","author":"Shawn Hamilton","date":"April 17, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"by George Sand Martin Luther King Jr. once said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The image below of MLK and his famous quote have been circulating the internet for some time now. Perhaps MLK did not mean to make such a broad, unqualified statement, but I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1269,"url":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1269","url_meta":{"origin":1312,"position":3},"title":"George Harrison &#8211; While My Guitar Gently Weeps","author":"Shawn Hamilton","date":"November 28, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The Concert For Banglesdesh, Madison Square Garden, 1971","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?cat=102"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1388,"url":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=1388","url_meta":{"origin":1312,"position":4},"title":"Actually yes, ignorance of the law is an excuse","author":"Shawn Hamilton","date":"January 23, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"By George Sand (Reprinted with author's permission from Copblock.org) There are countless laws. Literally. Maybe not in the mathematical sense \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it is technically possible to count the laws in existence, but based on a colloquial and general use of the term \u00e2\u20ac\u0153countless\u00e2\u20ac\u009d it is not really feasible for someone\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Columns&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Columns","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?cat=182"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":905,"url":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=905","url_meta":{"origin":1312,"position":5},"title":"George Sand: Rick Santorum is a sociopath","author":"Shawn Hamilton","date":"June 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Rick Santorum is one of many vile politicians. Politicians are some of the most disgusting, vile trash of society. They are self-entitled, yet undeserving overlords who masquerade as public servants. They make laws that kill people because they are fully aware, whether consciously or otherwise, that when it comes down\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Columns&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Columns","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?cat=182"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theswillbucket.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/rick_ss-santorum.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}