Occupy Central – A subversive dimension

The streets of Hongkong erupted with Occupy Central when more than 10,000 protestors put on a show of people power to challenge the centre of power in Beijing. The call or civil disobedience came from an unassuming law don, Dr Benny Tai. Dr Tai was propelled to stardom with his article ‘Civil disobedience, the most lethal weapon’ in his otherwise not very well read weekly column in the newspaper. He is now a household name in Hongkong with the pro democracy movement.
 
The 10,000 strong march, to break the law, came after a mock referendum held to vote for the right to determine who should be the CEO of Hongkong. According to Hongkong correspondent, Li Xueying, Dr Tai was trying to spur democracy by turning to subversion. Could such a tactic be applicable to Sin City? Would any blogger or columnist dare to incite subversion and challenge the govt in its policies?
 
What could be certain is the publicity and politicial stardom, like Roy Ngerng, to be bestowed on the subversive writer. Maybe he/she could be another household name like Roy Ngerng. But that is not all.
 
I doubt there will be anyone who would be tempted or encouraged by Dr Tai to gain publicity in this manner and to spur democracy by calling for a break the law protest like Occupy Raffles Place. Hey, it was done before but there were no 10,000 protestors, not even 10 turned up at Raffles Place. And no one gained instant fame. And the state of democratic movement remains the same as before. There is no tolerance for democractic movement in a democracy. Or is a democracy to start with?

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