13. Hyde Park Experiences (I)

In London's Hyde Park, there is a famous "Freedom Forum" speech corner where many famous historical figures have stopped, such as Engels, who once gave a speech in memory of Marx. It is also a place for mass meetings and processions, and many large-scale demonstrations have taken this place as the starting point or the end point, and a large number of police officers have to "join" the procession here, maintain law and order, and prevent conflicts.

And today, in the 21st century, the place is just as lively. Although London was still humid and cold at this time, it did not affect the enthusiasm of those speakers at all, and when Wang Qiu and his party came to the speech corner of the "Freedom Forum" in Hyde Park, this place was already crowded, and more than 20 speeches were held at the same time, at least thousands of people watched and took pictures here, which was really lively.

Since it's a noisy public setting, anyone who speaks in Hyde Park will find a way to raise the elevation and make themselves stand out in the hope of getting people's attention. Those who are not very particular about it, standing on a random thing, such as a small stool or a beer crate of their own, and spit on it; Others are more elaborate, setting up a lectern with a microphone in the park, basically similar to the one used by the White House press secretary in Washington for a press conference, and even pulling propaganda posters and projection screens behind them.

No matter what kind of presentation equipment they have for themselves, but each speaker has their own topic, and it's generally a hot topic, or who will listen to their nonsense?

At this time in the "Freedom Forum" in Hyde Park. There are leftist scholars who preach socialism, right-wing professors who advocate conservatism, and Christian black-clad pastors who preach. There are the little white hats of Islam who preach, the trade union leaders who criticize the financial capitalists for causing harm to the country and the people, and the student leaders who protest against the education department's increase in fees......

Due to the different levels and topics, some speakers are in front of the market, and it is as lively as a supermarket rush to buy; Some of the speakers had no one in front of them, but they were still in high spirits and gave speeches to themselves...... And the audience that came here was also diverse. Everybody. There were quite a few tourists with cameras around their necks, and some students who came to listen to the presentations with notebooks and voice recorders in hand. There are also some boring idlers who come to join in the fun...... And the position of the audience is never fixed, often listening here for a while, and then running to the other side when bored. Therefore, depending on the number of onlookers, you can see at a glance the eloquence of the speaker.

When Wang Qiu and the others just walked into the "Freedom Forum" in Hyde Park. I saw a tall and thin man wearing a hooded black trench coat. Standing on an upside-down wooden basin, he delivered a speech against globalization and advocating trade barriers and glorious isolation:

“…… The goal of globalization is to make the wages of all shijie workers tend to the same standard! In the eyes of those black-hearted financiers, there has never been a concept of compatriots and the motherland! And I don't mind changing my nationality at any time! And these foreigners rule the country! As long as the wages of us, the first shijie nationals, do not fall to the level of the third shijie poor, the trend of 'de-industrialization' in the United Kingdom will not stop for a day!

But the question is, can our prices and rents fall to African levels? Will the real estate giants allow this to happen? If not, where is our future? Slave camp or prison? The last time 'sheep eat people'. The ancestors of England were driven to South Africa, North America, and Australia, and what colonies do we have to go to now? Could it be the South Pole on the other side of the world......"

“…… They can go to Hong Kong! Theoretically. Those 'Hong Kong Can' who miss the queen should serve the British masters well! ”

After listening quietly for a while, Wang Qiu pursed his lips and opened his mouth to complain.

“…… The premise is that he has to find a way to whiten his skin! Wang Yao raised her eyebrows and replied, "...... As far as I know, even the most devout 'Hong Kong Can' would never worship a black man as a god, even if he is British......"

Not far from the black man, there was a Muslim scholar in a white hat and a big beard, holding a scroll of scriptures and talking to the visitors. The main content of his explanation is also the basic knowledge of Islam and the Arabs, such as the weishenme Arab women to wear veils, etc., which are easy to understand, and seem to be popularizing folklore and religion.

Regrettably, some of his parishioners do not seem to agree with this - when the scholar is explaining that the Arabic word for "jihad" and "jihad" cannot be equated, for example, when a student is determined to desperately study to be admitted to a prestigious school, which can also be described as "jihad", a stout man with a turban suddenly jumps out, accuses the scholar in a very strange tone of being too soft for the infidels and violates the "right path", and then roars about his own beliefs, Roughly speaking, all infidels should go to hell, female infidels should be enslaved, and male infidels must be killed......

Of course, the crazy arguments of this "radical" only stayed at the level of letting go of the cannon, and after roaring a few times with the speaker, he found that his eloquence was limited, and he obviously couldn't say this "soft bone", and then turned around and walked away angrily.

With the exception of those who speak on religious topics, almost everyone who talks about political and social affairs in Hyde Park complains about the financiers. An unemployed Scottish engineer found a wooden box to put under his feet, and scolded the British people today for completely forgetting the glory of the Industrial Revolution, and that they only wanted to be doctors, lawyers, and bankers, and that everyone respected only the crooks of the financial street, ignoring that they had never been productive and that they were about to ruin the country because of their obsession with short-term profits. And these engineers, who are steadily building the country, do not even have a separate office in the company, and are ridiculed as "Scottish little fools with oil-stained hands......

A university physics professor who listened to his speech also echoed the sigh and said that people who study science and engineering really have no status, and the status of an engineer who has worked hard for more than ten years is a little higher than that of a truck driver, and it is much worse than the financial industry. Everyone wants to play finance and get rich overnight, so that "everything is inferior, only finance is high". He doesn't dare to call himself a "physicist" when he goes out now, because if he says so, after others exclaim, "You must be smart", the next sentence is likely to be "How much do you make now?" "-That's still polite. If he encounters an unceremonious situation, he will often be asked sarcastically, "Are you the kind of mad scientist in the movie?" ”……

Hey, it's really endless bitter tears, endless bitter hatred! (To be continued......)