We hear and read so much about the post-80’s generation these days.  Other than the high profile “activists” in the recent rail saga, here’s one of those reports by The Standard on the psyche of Generation Y:

http://tinyurl.com/yg5wqzv
http://tinyurl.com/yhsyd23

I am Gen-X and have 2 brothers who are Gen-Y and can see clearly how we are quite different in our outlook. But should differences in outlook, emotional make-up, environmental conditioning and perspective outweigh sensibility and responsibility?

From the behaviour of the handful of Gen-Y youths with respect to the rail saga in Hong Kong, it certainly makes the community around them think so. As much as them thinking that the government is forcing their way through the village affected by the proposed express rail link construction, they have exhibited the same behaviour in their rally and protest. How could you ever end a “war” using another war? How could you end violence by using violence?

I do hope the people involved this time have realized that real power doesn’t come by force. They should be working on INFLUENCE and such an ability does not need numbers. Quite obviously, they didn’t have any clout to present much influence on the decision-making process.

Is it possible to work their way into the Legco process? Surely, this will not happen overnight but the chances of getting their ideals pushed through is way much higher that way. And that is when they’ll really be doing something for people in need.