HONKERS:I guess my level of understanding of the situation in Hong Kong is that a lot, but not most people there, especially the young, are going through what we would call the phenomenon of "Self Harm" perhaps because of bizarre goal driven parenting and a sense of lack of personal esteem, and a feeling of unworthiness of the self. That would explain the protests pretty well. In the long term, and it will be very long term, the government should really invest more in mental health services and in the well being of its young folk facing the same changes young folk everywhere face these days. Its getting a bit "Lord of the Flies" there just now.