Quote Originally Posted by Sarmatian View Post
That's kind of like kidnapping a baby and getting caught three years later - telling the court the kid now likes you more than its parents isn't gonna work.

And anyway, it's been a few decades. Let's ask them after it's been part of China for 150 years.
You can equate Hong Kongers' opinion with any dismissal you want. But why don't you find out their opinion first before condemning Britain? The last I heard, the antipathy between native Hong Kongers and mainlanders was notorious, with quite a swell of opinion towards the old days of British rule, and mainland Chinese condemning Hong Kongers as traitors. And the British government trying to keep out of the dispute.