2011 District Elections

[hullexile]

So you are saying it was a sham. Doesn't it still occur to you that what YOU believe they want is not necessarily what they are interested in?
This was the message that the pro democracy groups were trying to woo the voters with but the electorate rejected it!

Your reply managed to avoid answering a single one of my questions. I don't want anything for HK. I actually don't classify the Chinese gov't as ogres say like Assad in Syria or Mugabe in Zimbabwe but there is no way what is in HK is anything to do with democracy.

[drumbrake]

So you are basically saying that the hundreds of thousands of voters who voted for the other parties are stupid? You are implying that they don't know how to vote?
Not everyone aspires to what the "pro democracy" groups wanted and this was evident.
You are raping public opnion.

For someone who was on the winning side, you come across as a little angry. By the way,what do you think of cold blooded Rita Fan?

[HKITperson]

For someone who was on the winning side, you come across as a little angry. By the way,what do you think of cold blooded Rita Fan?

Who's angry? I am revelling in you having a great big egg over your face.
Anyway why you bring up Rita Fan? she's a complete Idiot...

[drumbrake]

Why do I have egg on my face?

And is she an idiot for saying what she thinks?

[HKITperson]

Your reply managed to avoid answering a single one of my questions. I don't want anything for HK. I actually don't classify the Chinese gov't as ogres say like Assad in Syria or Mugabe in Zimbabwe but there is no way what is in HK is anything to do with democracy.

You can also say the same for other countries. In the US its just either Republican or Democrats. You either have the money and influence to be part of their party or don't play at all. So what can any independant achieve?
Ditto for UK Conservative or Labour. Those that represent their party have to on the whole toe their party line.
In India there is nepotism whereby anything associated with big business, power and influence gets elected.
Don't get me started on the Phillipines... anything ending with Aquino, Estrada or Marcos occupies the senatorships.. again what is there for the others?

[jaykay]

The beginning of understanding. A refreshing feeling.

[er2]

You can also say the same for other countries. In the US its just either Republican or Democrats. You either have the money and influence to be part of their party or don't play at all. So what can any independant achieve?

OK, so let me try to summarize that - the US have a two-party system, therefore the Pan-Democrats in HK deserved to be trounced (only that they weren't)?

I don't know where your idea of democracy comes from, but it does not mean that everyone gets what he wants. It does not mean that you get good (or a peaceful) government either. It simply means that you need to get a majority of the electorate to vote for you if you want to rule. And here in HK, having a (quite big) majority in the popular vote does not allow you to form a government, and this is why HK is not a democracy.