Editorial:Be wary of hate arising from the shooting of a teenager
文章日期:2019年10月4日

【明報專訊】THE form five student shot in the left side of the chest at Tai Ho Road in Tsuen Wan was previously in a critical condition. Now his situation has stabilised. But the shock and impact brought about by the incident keeps simmering. As a popular saying in the era of the social media goes, "when there is video footage, there is truth". However, the shooting incident has shown something different — "where one stands decides how one interprets the truth". People from different camps can arrive at totally different perceptions about and understanding of the same footage. Forces from the two opposite ends of the political spectrum have been incessantly inciting hostility and opposition by using inflammatory political language and propaganda operations. All this has further pushed the highly tense situation of the city towards the critical point. Hong Kong is already on the edge of a towering cliff. What it needs the most now is restraint, calm and distance from violence, not adding more fuel to the fire. Society must be wary of any sort of political manoeuvre that incites hate.

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