Unified

On the first glance, you may think referendum is a good way of gathering our opinion and facilitate a unified stand of the Medical Association.

But no. A pitfall of logic there. Why should the Medical Association need a unified stand if the topic is about our society as a whole? Every doctor could have their own opinion, and every one of them is equally important. We are not a special group of people that, if we could come up with a unified opinion, our view should have an extra weight. You want to do away with the Functional Constituency (功能組別), don’t you?

In fact, it is actually easy to spot the flaw in the logic: We can, and we are likely to, belong to more than one organization. For example, which side I should claim myself supporting if the Medical Association supports the blue while the Teachers’ Union go for the yellow?

The only existence that needs a unified stand and conclusion is our society.