接受為政者的權利或是行公義好憐憫？

雨傘運動清場在即，有很多思考，行動像是沒有結果，但這幾個月香港變了很多。

從開頭我對香港政治不太熱心，到每天都急著去看報紙，看新聞，走在街上觀察，跟熟識的朋友詳談，甚至在街上與不認識的人平水相逢但也可以高談闊論一番。在旺角，我覺得很安全（一直至有警察清場）。很久未見過這種沒有界限，沒有隔膜的「拎咪」在街上演講。亦久未見過公眾咁有公得心，互相幫助，自行清潔垃圾及用掃把清潔街上的水漬。放在地上的個人物品都不擔心會被人拿去，有學生哥席地而坐一邊把黃絲帶封上一個扣針，一邊放入箱，供人自取。這種守規距及自發我真的想也不曾想像過。就是頭一個月，連等lift也會有人很耐心地去守著部lift，等埋其他人入晒才按上關門。人與人之間好像多了一點關愛，少了一點自私及冷膜。街上的鄰舍就是自己的兄弟姊妹，守望相助。金鐘更令人大開眼界，自由的創作，藝術品層出不窮，要幾大有幾大，一幅幅長達幾層樓的畫或標語滿佈天橋，樓梯，街道上的柱，燈，石等，都可以成為藝術的一部份。廁所更清潔整齊得叫人嚇呆，日用品林朗滿目，應有盡有，更重要是慷慨的互相分享。那不是一個沒需要法律的小社會嗎？當然，人能維持這種高道德水平多久，就不得而知了。

人的訴求很簡單，要真普選，因為香港選舉制度的不公平，永遠不能令市民選出一個自己想選的人。立法會不就是代表市民嗎？因為功能組別的怪胎，就選全港市民對某一項政制投反對票，立法會都可以通過，因為功能組別很多議席都是自動當選，就算香港年青人來個好像台灣的選舉，反轉以往的投票定規，對香港亦分別不大，無補於是，正正因為香港有功能組別。唉，眼見社會不公平，有錢的可以自動享有更多權益，香港土生土長的市民被邊緣化。這一代可能還可以，下一代真不敢想像。心有不甘，但亦頗灰。

我也想問作為一個基督徒應怎樣看政治？上街，不合法喎，但對於政府的政策已呻訴無門，多次遊行，去信，進諌都毫無進展時，上街也許是最後的博一博。其實外國上街抗議根本很平常，你有需要，覺得社會對你不公平，我很諒解，也不會埋怨你的上街阻住我，同樣地，當我有需要時，我上街或許會令你受阻，但你亦不會微言半句，更可能一同參與，互相支持。這才是自由民主。但我不明白為何今天社會不公，我上街，為你或你後代爭取更好的未來，卻被你一句阻住晒而要承擔不共載天之罪？我很想做一個調查，訪問反對佔中的人仕，若果 Ferguson (Michael Brown) 事件，以及 Eric Garner 事件發生在香港，你會不會上街，又或者若你身處美國，你又會否參與抗議？或許你會說句，不同人種，不犯著我，我中立吧.... 唉。。。這種各家自掃門前雪的心態就正正是問題所在。要是Michael Brown and Eric Garner 是我們同族同國，而你聽到別人一句中立或警察做合理的事啫，相信你或者會有另一番體會。

其實Ferguson 同香港雨傘運動，無不相似的地方，可惜的是，地方的不同，就出現了很不同的結果。然而，我只希望明天少一些暴力，明天少一些血腥。

Only Love Can Fix Those Wounds

This is already the 60+th day of the umbrella movement in Hong Kong. Things have stood still ever since the government met with the student leaders. There was no breakthrough, just repetitive rejection from the government and politicians as expected. Then a few major brutal "clean up" by the police after some groups (including one minibus driver group) sought for legal actions to disperse the protesters on street, which has successfully given the legitimacy for the government to put a closure to this revolution.

Instead of adding fuel to either side, I'm here to spread the news of love and justice that I saw from a touching picture from the Ferguson protests. The tearful young demonstrator was struggling with issues of police brutality and racism. Looking at the picture, I was so impressed that an officer (Barnum) who was ordered to help with traffic and crowd control in the protest area could display true humanity to a protester. When the police officer asked the young kid (Devonte Hart) why he was crying, he ingenuously expressed his concerns of the level of police brutality toward young black kids. Racial discrimination is never a new thing in the US and it has not been solved. I'm sure everyone can see the issue but not everyone can be brave enough to address it, especially if you are the privileged ones. The most cherished thing was that the officer was humble enough to admit the dreadful reality and to apologise for man kind, to apologise for the social system, to apologise for something not within his control.  The moment of pure humanity was displayed as the two racially different hugged, which broke down the social constraints.

On the other side of the globe, there are also young protestors on the cold and rough street of Hong Kong, gently asking for true democracy. They are suffering from the same level of pain with police brutality and social injustice.  If only could I see one police officer putting aside his/her baton and admit the authentic social problem in Hong Kong, the scenario would be completely different from what I have been seeing now.  Our society is incomplete and imperfect and there's no shame to admit it. It may takes years to come to term with the pernicious effects of the pseudo-universal suffrage in 2017 in Hong Kong, yet without acknowledging its vicious influences, reconciliation would never occur.  Sadly speaking, on the contrary, images of police abusing innocent civilians and the use of unnecessary extreme armed forces to the minimal-equipped protestors were spreading.  How could we stop the society from splitting? How could we change the saturated scenario now? My answer is follow the Ferguson officer, drop your weapon, admit the fault, share love, share hugs.  

Only Love can fix those wounds.