明知不可為而為

縱然議員的辯論無比沉悶，有一種態度是值得欣賞的。
民主黨的涂謹申及公民黨的吳靄儀對秘密監察草案提出二百多項修正，老實說，政府有30多張鐵票在手，他們的修正案，很大程度上會全部被否決。但他們沒有放棄，嘗試遊說其他議員支持。
明知不可為而為，是需要很大勇氣及毅力。
只可惜，回到家中，只會聽到一些「這班人沒事可幹，無建設，專搞亂」的評價。
我想問，有多少次，當我們站在十字路口，面對無比困難時，往往選擇一條易行的路，然後埋怨命運不好，而沒有想過所沒有的，就是勇氣。
我未必認同兩位議員的理念，但欣賞他們，亦替他們感到無奈。
想到若日後同樣有人告上法庭，力指條例的錯誤時，亦未必有人會記起他倆曾努力改善條例的情況，更感無奈。

Bang the head against the wall/ Get the camel through the needle hole
I will certainly appreciate one thing about the legislator despite I feel bored about the debate on covert surveillance bill.
The Democratic Party's James To and Civic Party's Margaret Ng has proposed some 200 amendments to the bill. Indeed, it is highly likely that all of their amendments will be rejected because the government hold 30 iron votes in the LegCo. But they do not give up and keep canvassing support from other legislators.
It needs courage and determination to bang the head against the wall, or get the camel through the needle hole.
Sadly, I can only hear comments like ``These people have nothing to do and only make chaos'' when I am back home.
We always tend to choose an easy path when we are faced with difficulties. Then, we just complain that we are not lucky for a prosperous future. But we have not realised what we lack is courage.
I may not fully support the political ideas of the two legislators. But I certainly appreciate their attitude, while feeling sorry for them.
Their efforts and contributions to improve the legislation will not be remembered even though the government is taken to court again in the future for the inadequacies of the law. This makes me feel sad.