As sinister reclassifications go, calling gas a "green fuel" is right up there with Soviet propaganda listing the Ukrainian famine as a bumper harvest, or with Neil Diamond's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The tear gas last weekend, the sinister mob attacks of this weekend and then the apparent ultimatum issued by Hong Kong's leader have all served to galvanise support and strengthen the protesters' resolve.
As we lumber down a pothole-ridden alleyway lit by gas lamps giving off a sinister glow, the desire to leave the taxi isn't particularly strong.
They called her voice sounding as "Minnie Mouse on helium", while the other detractors suggested that she was "almost entirely helium, a gas-filled, lighter-than-air creation of MTV and other sinister media packagers".
The film focuses on one real man, Kurt Gerstein (played by Ulrich Tukur), a chemist who is horrified to learn that the gas he helped create as a disinfectant is being put to more sinister use.
But the idea was poorly launched and got nowhere: a pity, because Poland's dependence on Russian energy, particularly gas, is a big long-term problem.According to the critics, the government is either sinister or pathetic.
