The fact of this occurrence motivated me to try my hand at writing a critique of the concept of diversity, which is a very slippery term. What it truly means is "let's aim for fewer white men in positions of authority," which would be a fine idea if race and sex were reasonable criteria by which to judge applicants, and if it wasn't motivated by a broad set of "progressive" beliefs, which include the idea that we live in an oppressive patriarchy and that men who work now should be required to step back so that a litany of hypothetical, definable and prejudicial historical wrongs might be righted (this even though those who do the righting weren't those who committed the prejudicial crimes, so to speak, and those who benefit not those who were the victims). There was even a recent article in Nature, a magazine that was once, with Science, one of the two unquestionably most influential scientific journals, suggesting male scientist should voluntarily delay their career advancement so that their underprivileged colleagues (underprivileged despite their status as university professors) could catch up and justice properly served.
Comment: Acts by protesters are growing increasingly vicious - RT reports that an ambulance was ambushed in Kowloon after a young demonstrator with a head injury was arrested, prompting protesters to hurl rocks and bricks at officers inside the vehicle.
Homemade explosive devices have also been found inside the university:
In an attempt to stave off the chaos a new police chief has been assigned who's calling on the public to end support for the rioting: In other areas of Hong Kong, some protestors are getting seriously injured by their own bombs: