I apologise in advance for dredging this up, but I remember reading something about yellow ribbons and cowardice a while back...
I saw the bravest thing I have ever witnessed today in Hong Kong:
500,000 people wearing YELLOW RIBBONS protested
ARTICLE 23 imminent tabling in Hong Kong's LEGCO on July 8th. It's is being called the "gravest threat ever to it's civil liberties".
Still think it's "cowardice"?