Aim

Following the discussion in the past three days, the inevitable conclusion is: If we are going to support the umbrella movement, it is because the yellow ribbon is pursuing democracy.

Again, to make this argument work, we need to fulfill the following criteria:

1. democracy is a good system
2. the proposed system for CE election is not acceptable (because it is not really democratic)
3. umbrella movement is an effective means of coming up with a better system

On a casual look, the consideration is simple. There seems little dispute for points #1 and #2, and the only sensible reason for not supporting the yellow campus is Occupying Central could hardly achieve the aim of getting a better system. (Or, in a more general term, the risk-to-benefit ratio of this campaign is too high.)

But, hold on. Let's face it. There do exist people (which may have the remote possibility of including some malicious nephrologist) who do not agree with point #1, and many die-hard left-wing supporters don't think #2 is a problem.