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#3185770 24-Jan-2024 09:18

Having a quick look through some of Brendan Kavanagh youtube videos, he does appear to be deliberately confrontational at times, and I would also say a lot of it appears to be staged.

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#3185809 24-Jan-2024 10:43

The sad thing is that Taiwanese media provided the least biased and most accurate coverage.

Western media took the video at face value, and of course the Chinese media never covered it.

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#3185810 24-Jan-2024 10:45

Probably because it's a non-story, utterly unimportant in the big scheme of things.

If there was an official complaint from the Chinese Embassy then I could see taking new dimensions.

Otherwise, it is just a bunch of wannabe influencers looking for 30-second fame and clicks.

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#3186287 25-Jan-2024 09:55

Arseholes of a feather flock together

The British pianist's got an interview with Piers Morgan.

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#3186310 25-Jan-2024 10:36

kingdragonfly: Arseholes of a feather flock together

The British pianist's got an interview with Piers Morgan.

Which British pianist?

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#3186311 25-Jan-2024 10:37

eracode:

Which British pianist?

The one that is milking his bad encounter with some Chinese people for all he can get from it.

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#3186315 25-Jan-2024 10:42

I assume we are still talking about Brendan Kavanagh.

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#3186323 25-Jan-2024 11:14

Let it be known I hate the Chinese Communist party. But I don't like being played.

Event timeline

Brendan Kavanagh shows up at a British railway station.

There's a public piano. While not strictly needed, he did not let anyone know he was going to play it, as it's against his policy to ask permission to preform in any public place. (fine, I don't care)

Chinese Youtube influencers, who are also British citizens, are videoing themselves. They are dressed in red, waving Chinese flags.

They are waiting for the arrival of some Chinese VIP at the railway station (probably somebody from the CCP)

Assistants are carrying yellow cards saying "don't video us or there will be legal repercussion" (of course this is wrong as it's a public space)

Brendan Kavanagh meets and greets the Chinese youtubers, and even pretend dances with the presenter.
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Where Brendan video starts
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Brendan walks over to piano, and his assistant begins taping their own segment.

The assistant video tapes the Chinese in the background who are already unhappy.

Loudly talks about the Chinese as Japanese tourist to bait them.

Planned chaos begins, and the Chinese youtubers in their arrogance fall into his trap. They could have walked away but of course they didn't.

Again I'm not defending the Chinese, but I got played by the pianist also.

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#3186324 25-Jan-2024 11:16

kingdragonfly:

A show called "Talk TV Tonight Mike Graham" will be posted on the Internet sometime in the next few days with an interview with the musican.

Good old Mike Graham, the guy has certainly picked some interesting media outlets to appear on.

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#3186453 25-Jan-2024 14:34

kingdragonfly: Let it be known I hate the Chinese Communist party. But I don't like being played.

How did you get played? Did I miss something?

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#3186761 26-Jan-2024 12:30

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#3187427 27-Jan-2024 16:09

I didn't know Japan had a death penalty.

I know Japanese police interrogations and incarceration are brutal.

(unrelated to the Kyoto Animation killings, no sentence has yet be given to the assassin of Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan)

Anime world reacts to sentence in Kyoto Animation killings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVzYDdJC6VQ

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#3187458 27-Jan-2024 18:52

There is Singapore as well, seems to outrank Japan despite its small size.
I expect you really don't want to do anything there to draw Police attention.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Singapore

Surprisingly Streaming pests like Johnny Somali and others got away with all sorts in Japan for a very long time.
Though tolerance has its limits.
Kick Streamer Jailed for Five Years in Japan for Racist Harassment (msn.com)

Its a bit of a list but Japan is nowhere near the top for actually execution of sentences.

How many countries still have the death penalty, and how many people are executed?
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#3187459 27-Jan-2024 18:56

Like the United Nations General Assembly, I consider the death penalty to be incompatible with human rights. No state governed by the rule of law may commit a state-legitimised murder (as a form of retribution), but must use other suitable methods of punishment, including life imprisonment.

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#3187526 28-Jan-2024 01:22

Eva888:

I only watched half the video because it irritated me and found the Brit racist and antagonistically trying to bait the Asians who were being polite and asking that their images were not recorded. It should have ended there. OK mate…I won’t record you was sufficient and a respectful way of closing the discussion. The piano playing however was brilliant.

I didn't see any racism.

There's other video online of the Chinese women being very friendly and talkative with the pianist prior to the confrontation.

Another video suggests that the "handler" didn't arc up until another woman arrived. The inference being he had to be seen to be taking charge or something to that effect.

This woman be seen lurking in the background talking to another person. She had been identified some time previously by the British authorities as a Chinese spy.

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