The most moving thing about the trial of the 47 pro-democracy activists was not only the activists themselves, but also the more than 1,000 ordinary citizens who showed up outside the courtroom to show their solidarity despite the pressure.
They stood there, already in danger themselves, surrounded by black police officers who were ready to receive tickets, but still some of them chanted slogans and raised five fingers. Their presence is a gesture of support for the righteous in the court, a gesture of might that cannot be bent, and as long as the people outside have the will to be there, the sacrifice of the people inside will not be in vain.
Some netizens say that nowadays, nothing can be done and everything will be pulled. But at least, the more than 1,000 citizens outside the courtroom, no one has been pulled. Unless there is a secret trial in Hong Kong in the future, it is only fair to line up outside the courtroom and get into the gallery.
Eighty-nine-year-old Cardinal Joseph ZEN, whose back was not even straight, was in the queue. Who said that nothing has to be done? Didn’t Cardinal Joseph Zen do it? Eighty-nine years old can do it, who else can’t do it?
You do not do anything, or even do not want to do anything, you first give yourself a conclusion that you can not do anything in the future, then of course, then you can not do anything, nor do you have to do, nor do you want to do, and you certainly can not do anything.
On the contrary, if you want to do a little something by all means, you will think about what should be done, and you will certainly be able to think of what can be done without having to take a citation, while minimizing and avoiding losses. The question is not whether you can do it, it is whether you want to do it.
Earlier, when Jianmin Chen went to see the mountain bookstore to sign books, the readers were so enthusiastic that they lined up outside the street. That was also a kind of action. Chen Jianmin’s book is “A Brief History in Prison”, which is about his personal experiences and feelings during his imprisonment. His publisher, furthermore, is trying to find a way to give the “A Brief History in Prison” donated by readers to those who are in prison through certain channels, so as to give them some spiritual encouragement.
If you also go to the scene, line up, buy a book, the publisher has income, it will have the spare capacity to come up with more books to give to the hands and feet in prison, is this something worth doing? Would it be very risky to do this?
Although the national security law is evil, there are many things that can be done as long as we avoid the charges of “subversion of the state” and “independence of Hong Kong”. For example, what would be the crime of staging a march to denounce the military coup in Burma? What would be the crime of holding a seminar to review the history of the democratic movement in Hong Kong? What would be the crime if you organized a book club to promote books on universal values and modern ethics? For example, if you and your friends took your children on a picnic, and we all had a picnic lunch while discussing ways to deal with brainwashing and explaining to them the conspiracy of the Chinese Communist Party of Hong Kong, what law would that be against?
A netizen left a message saying that it is useless to do anything now, but to go on strike and strike classes? I don’t oppose you to go on strike, but go out and do it! To start a strike, you have to mobilize, you have to plan, you have to prepare public opinion, you have to have the ability to organize, you really want to do it, you start to take action, just talk without action, or never do anything.
If you want to strike, you have to be organized, you have to use the power of the union, so you have to join the union first. After you join the union, you can’t just go to the point and tell people to do this and that, you first get your hands and feet wet, do some trivial and specific work that you may be bored with, then you accumulate your own experience, get the approval of your peers, you have a certain mass base, you can run for the leadership of the union, and then play their own leadership role.
But first go to join the union, do a little insignificant and trivial daily work, you will not?
If you want to go on strike, you can’t refuse the platform of the union. If you are against any platform, then you have to start a strike by yourself, and it is best if you have this ability, if not, then don’t talk about a strike in vain.
My point is not to accuse this view, I mean that if you do not go to participate yourself, you should not accuse those who sacrifice their Time and energy and willing to risk to participate, do not say that their participation is useless, to do is to strike and strike. It’s easy to talk about it, it’s hard to actually go and do it. It is not heroic to flock together in good times and go your own way in bad times.
I believe that Hong Kong people will never give up when they see the 1,000-odd people outside the courtroom, and that we must find a way to persevere no matter how great the pressure or how bad the circumstances are. There is no lack of space for resistance, but we just need to use our brains and do something constructive, instead of complaining all the time and accusing others of not being heroic enough.
It’s not about being brave, it’s about being brave. You can’t do big things, but you can do small things.
What would have been the result if more than 10,000 people, instead of 1,000, had come to the court? What if so many people had come to support the trial of not only the 47 righteous people, but also every single unjust prison and every single righteous person on trial?
For the sake of Hong Kong people’s democracy and freedom, Professor Chen Jianmin has been jailed, lost his teaching position, and lost a large amount of his monthly income, and Chen Jianmin is still persisting today. Tai Yiu-ting, who also lost his teaching position, went to jail, and is now facing a new jail term, even gave a big thumbs up to the camera before he went to court.
Yu Hui-ming, the director of the Hospital Authority’s labor union, and Wu Min’er, the president of the Staff Union, not only face future jail time, but also have been deprived of their jobs, and so far have no regrets.
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