I think I will remember the singular most brave image for the rest of my life. I remember thinking "Is this the moment of a new China? Will they finally be freed from repression?" Then the carnage started and those incredibly brave young people felt the full use of a ruling class' might against a feeble but willing foe. Who does not wonder to this day what happened to that young man who had the courage to face down a political ideology? I believe that it was not so much of an attempt to overthrow a government as to challenge the right of that government to deny basic human freedom and liberty.
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