what should i say in a brief speech on the tiananmen square protests?
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BEIJING June 4, 1989 — It was early Summer in the capital city. Tens of thousands of ordinary citizens, many with their entire families, squatted on vacant public buildings and land and set up a makeshift village, at the foot of the seat of power, and in the shadow of important monuments.\n\nThey demanded an audience with their government and the passage of certain legislation.  To the heads of government and the press, they were agitators with a political agenda that threatened to disrupt and endanger the nation.\n\nAfter their demands were rejected, the protesters did not leave their encampments.  The head of government, refusing to meet with them, called on the national army to disperse the crowds.  Soldiers charged with bayonets while tanks and tear gas chased crowds and leveled tents and shacks.  Fires burned the camps to the ground.\n\nIn the aftermath, scores were dead, including at least two infants suffocated in the gas attack.  The total number killed remains unknown. \n\nTiananmen Square has been the site of demonstrations peaceful and violent for at least 150 years. Protests in Tiananmen in the early 1900s led to the fall of the last Imperial Dynasty (Ching or Qing). \n \nThe square was also where Mao Zedong proclaimed to the world that "The Chinese people have stood up" and announced the formation of the People's Republic on October 1, 1949. \n\nTiananmen Square is the largest public square on earth. It can be seen from space and is nearly a mile square in size. \n \nSince 1989 it has become a magnet for China's disaffected who gather there, alone or in small groups, to protest and even commit suicide. \n \nThe square is surrounded by buildings and compounds that house the most important offices of China's government \n\nThe Tiananmen Square in the center of Beijing, is said to be the biggest square in the world. It is 880 meters from north to south, and 500 meters from east to west, with total area of 440,000 square meters and can hold one million people. The Tiananmen Gate Tower sites at the north, the Five-Star Red Flag flies high on the square, the Monument to the People's Heroes dominates the center, the Great Hall of the People and the Museum of the Chinese Revolution and the Museum of Chinese History to the east and west of it, as well as The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall and the Qianmen gate, sit in the south of the square. Over several hundred years, in front of the Tiananmen, many democracy meetings and demonstrations are held. Tens of thousands of people visit daily. The Square is listed top among Beijing's 16 scenic spots.\n \n \nThe Lions Before Tiananmen-- Facing Out\nAs the first gate of the Imperial City, the Tiananmen Gate was designed very grand and magnificent as befitted the supremacy of the emperor. Old Beijingers have deep feeling towards Tiananmen and there are quite a lot XIEHOUYU-- a kind of two-part allegorical sayings. THE LIONS BEFORE TIANANMEN-- SET FACING OUT uses the two huge stone lions standing at the end of the Jinshui (Golden Water) Bridge in front of Tiananmen Gate to describe two well-matched forces.\n\nHUABIAO and WANGJUNGUI and WANGJUNCHU\n\nA well-known architectural ornament in China is the huabiao, often seen on the grounds of palaces, imperial gardens and mausoleums. It is also seen at some crossroads to mark the throroughfares.\n\nThere is a pair of such ornamental pillars carved out of marble standing in front and behind Tian'anmen, the Gate of Heavenly Peace, at the centre of Beijing. Each pillar, entwined by a divine dragon engraved in relief, carried a plate on top called CHENGLUPAN for collecting dew£¬on which squats an animal called kong. This creature in Chinese mythology is supposed to be born of the dragon and good at keeping watch. It is generally referred to as the "stone lion." The four kong at Tian'anmen have different names, the two in front facing south and with their backs to the wall are called wangjungui
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You have the right to say whatever you want. Just because the communistic ACLU wants to shut you up, screw them. Like the first guy said, get a LAWYER.
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Get a strong opinion. You don't have to agree with it, just find an opinion that has ideas to support it. What's the prompt on?
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You could talk about immigration or the war in Iraq or raising minimum wage...those are the boring ones.\n\nIf you want to do something off the wall, I always recommend that people talk about blowing up the moon.  I wrote a 10 minute speech on supporting the destruction of the moon.  There's a lot of evidence to support it, and it's entertaining to research and read.
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The Tian'anmen Square demonstrations (in 1989, I believe) were peaceful protests by university students in China against the communist government. The Chinese government sent soldiers to Tian'anmen to put an end to the protests. They opened fire on the square, killing upwards of 500 people.
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Make a statement and ask people to offer their opinions. That's it.
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Eat your dinner. There are children starving in China.\n\n...never understood how me finishing my dinner was going to have any effect on those poor children in China...
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very punny...\n\nThe lord is sick...God's ill uh!\n\nWatch out one of the chinese has entered...a lee in!\n\nyou better eat quickly dude...wolf man!
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ask a communist country how well that little experiment went
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I would like them to say:  "What a waste of a plastic hefty bag."\n\nWhat they will most likely say:\n\n"About damn time."\n\n"Does it have to be six feet or can we just leave him in the trash can."\n\n"Bastard I told you this would happen eventually."\n\nYahoo Answers Staff will say:\n\n"We'll do the same to any of the others that mess with us."
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You'd be better off saying it in plain English.\n\nCheck out hanzismatter.com and see for yourself what gets lost in translation.
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瑪莉   瑪麗\nBoth are ok.
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Speak in full sentences.
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There are many communist (China, N Korea, Cuba) and socialist countries (Sweden, Russia, France) where your ideas and assistance would be appreciated. Forgive me if I don't rush out in a lather to follow in your wake.
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Ill be there. If people aren't willing to join this protest than they are lazy beyond repair or very, very sad!\n\nMy Girlfriend will love this one. We protest like this everyday....sometimes more than once. This kinda reminds me of Lennons "bed in for peace". He knew what he was doing. All they are saying is Give "O" a chance people!
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Gettin FIRED From Work...\nYeah... Sounds GRATEful\nGO FOR IT\n\nI SUPPORT BOYCOTT MAY 1st\n\nALL 15 Million Illegals Go To Boycott\nAll 300 Million Citizens Go About Our Business As Usual\n \nThere Is No Point \nBut YEAH Go Ahead And Boycott All You Want
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a short concise and not boring one would do... \n\nLADIES AND GENTLEMENT, I HAVE THE HONOR TO WELCOME YOU ALL ON THIS GATHERING. MAY WE ENJOY OURSELVES THROUGHT OUT... WELCOME WELCOME, WELCOME