Minority's push for 'ideal democracy' endangers Hong Kong's stability

Democracy is the will of the majority which also respects minority rights. Such principles are supposed to be upheld by the pan-democrats.

However, they have said that even if the majority of people support the proposal for the 2017 chief executive election - which Beijing has laid out in a framework, allowing Hong Kong people "one man, one vote" - they will still vote down the package in the Legislative Council.

Their pledge is a clear reflection of "the tyranny of the minority". In a democracy, minority views are respected and those holding unpopular views must not be oppressed, but it doesn't mean the minority should impose their views on the majority.

With such a mentality - people following only their own wishes - the pan-democrats and their allies have insisted on continuing with the Occupy Central movement, even though polls have shown that more than half the people say they will accept "one man, one vote" in the chief executive election even if the nomination procedure is unsatisfactory.

Sadly, this minority action has made society increasingly divided. In Hong Kong, the majority of the community are moderates. They generally shun loud protests but some have been forced to take a stand. Sometimes I wonder if the minority knows that freedom of speech is the inseparable element of a democratic society.

Meanwhile, moderate democrats who had proposed different political reform plans have been smeared and labelled as "mavericks" or people who do not even care about democracy. As a result, there are no more "moderate democrats". This is why we have such extreme social polarisation today.