Emotion changes rapidly. What is happening in Central now is a good example. But is it really without any clue? Opposition sentiment mounted after the mega protest ever in Hong Kong's history in the past Sunday. Yet the HKSAR chief executive, Carrie Lam, still stood firm saying the second reading of the Extradition Bill remains to be examined in Legco in today without any re-consideration on amendment or whatsoever. That sparkled the public's anger which spreads just like hill fire on a dry savanna. Proposals of all kinds like strikes and besieging the Legco building popped up shortly after Lam's announcement.
Frankly speaking, I feel pity on Lam because despite her firm stance on the issue but I don't think, nor do the majority, that it is really her own idea to wrap this bill up in an extraordinary pace. While Lam thinks herself and perhaps her team are smart but the public is not dumb neither. We all know what this Bill is all about despite Lam repeatedly said people does not really understand and even are misled. But folks, be pragmatic, what do you want her to say, being a stooge? Lam, in different occasions, reiterated that getting the Bill done is not a political mission at all but just about the justice on the Taiwan murder case. This saying is the activation of the proposal of this Bill but despite of different workable ways to get around this Bill were suggested by some knowledgeable experts yet were all turned down. Lam now stands in a dilemma that she just neither cannot withdraw from her initial advocate nor can she admit that the Bill is indeed a political mission.
Please, give me a way out, will you? Perhaps this is what Lam is crying out loud inside her mind. But don't worry, madam, your ordeal will soon be over. When Lam, at the beginning stage, stressed that it is hers and her administration's own idea to raise this issue up but not an assigned task, I thought it was really a clumsy excuse saying so because this is something an insult to people's wisdom. But now I realize that indeed this is a "smart" move. Sorry but not for Lam but for Beijing only. The reason is that Lam literally acts as a firewall between the central government and this incident. Imagine when things here in Hong Kong get further ugly, it is totally Lam's fault because it is her who brought the whole thing up. When all anger fires at her then her stepping down could be an exit of the incident. Let's say if the Bill is passed then Beijing gets what it wants and if Lam gets her finger burnt, Beijing can stay at distance with her and at most to lose a stooge only and that what stooges are for. Take a look of uncle Tung's leg ache, C.Y.'s sudden knowledge about the need on him from his family and Tsang's imprisonment then you will know that disposable is the name of the game. Her fate was sealed in day one of her appointment.
Sorry, stooge, it is your time.
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