* It is supposed to be called the Occupy Central but it has since spread all over the place like Admiralty, Mongkok etc, that I felt simply calling it the Occupy Movement would be more accurate.
The courts finally decided that enough is enough and granted the authorities to start clearing the streets.
I was in a little cafe in the ulu part of Hong Kong near the Chinese border and the TV was screening the morning news. When the news went on to the segment showing the streets where a small group of defiant activists still remained with their tents pitched and not budging, the patrons in the cafe, mostly elderlies over the age of 50, erupted a mini uproar. It was unanimous that they lamented that the group of naive impertinent youngsters are still clogging up the streets and disrupting other people's livelihood.
The way I see it, while it is noble to pursue transparent democracy, disrupting social order just isn't the way to go about doing it.
I find it hypocritical that nobody made any noise when Hong Kong was under British rule where the governor was simply appointment by the crown. Why didn't they make a ruckus back then?
The West kept pushing for Hong Kong to gain full democracy and I'd be hardly surprised if they have a hand funding this. If they were so into pro-democracy, why didn't Britain implement this before 1997 when they were still in power? Again, hypocrites if you ask me.
We move on to look at the ultimate proponent of democracy. The leader of the free world. The United States of America. The land of the free. The home of the brave. During the years under Bush and Dumb Bush, the country was run into the shit hole. A round of applause for democracy, yah?
While I am not saying that pursuing democracy is wrong, I think that there is a right way and a wrong way to going about it. Knee jerk is certainly not the right way.
The Berlin Wall was seen taken down overnight but perhaps what people failed to see was the years spent deliberating before that final yank.
China gave herself 50 years to go about reintegrating Hong Kong and I believe that there is a logical rationale behind that. It's only 17 years since the hand over and China still has 33 more years to mull things over. I have faith that whatever the eventual arrangement, at the end of the day, by the Chinese government, will be in the best interest of the Hong Kong folks.
I highly doubt if these young kids even know what they are in for. Said for a few, I dare to venture a speculation that most of them do it because it's the trendy thing to do right now.
Let's face it, you get awesome selfies to post on your Facebook page. Chicks dig the scars on your hand as long as you don't tell them it's cuts from the cable ties when you attempted to fasten the barricades together. Or the bloodied nose when you tripped over your own tent and face planted in the darkness of the night. Or the dried streak of tears when you accidentally poke yourself in the eye with that yellow umbrella.
The main foundation of a democracy, correct me if I am wrong, is that the minority yields to the majority.
So for the sake of argument, we take the figure of 500,000. How is that the voice of the majority in a land of 7 million population?
Can you spell. I.R.O.N.Y?
Caveat: This is just my personal view on the situation. I hope that people with a problem with my view respect my take on the situation as much as I respect your right to disagree. Let's not start throwing stones at each other. I only wish for the best for our Hong Kong friends and not be under-happy like the rest of us on the tiny red dot.
- Voxeros
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