Name: Dean (49712059)

Date: 9/4/2009

Article# 3

My
reaction:
In my opinion, soft revolution is a kind of alternative power to change other's original thought in the mild way. People need time to accept and take it for a granted in their life. Also this power could be very effective and efficient.

For example, Hong Kong, a place that local Chinese have lived for centuries is full of foreign culture. Western especially British culture takes an essential part of it. Since the British government had completely controlled the territory, it carried out a serious of measures in order to, such as applying for government jobs. If you want to get it, you have to learn English at least, and then you would have an opportunity to get an interview. Otherwise, you have to work in lower class. For those locals, it was a sort of soft revolution that forced them to learn foreign culture and language without using violence. Therefore, most people did it for living.

On the other hand, if the revolution isn't carried out by government, it would be a totally different situation. When you are not in an official organisation, it would be inconvenient to accomplish every change. You would encounter the opposition of conservative parties and groups. Therefore, the effort you pay would be double or even triple.

As a result, I appreciate to the girl mentioned in the article that resist the restriction of tradition, and bravely express the feeling she had. It requires enormous courage.