Even if the whole population came out, so what? You do not believe a population can be radicalized? You conveniently forget that also in the Basic Law is a sig

Even if the whole population came out, so what? You do not believe a population can be radicalized? You conveniently forget that also in the Basic Law is a signed written promise to legislate a national security law, i.e. Article 23. Rejecting that means the die has been cast to forego reasoned compromise and go down the road of political confrontation. Then it becomes a power game that HK will lose every time, dragging the prospects of political liberalization in the mainland down with it.