我為何無法幫助？

• 我現在很忙，待完成眼前工作才說吧。

• 我不能理會，這些與我無（直接）關係。

• 無論我做甚麼都不能改變甚麼。

• 比我有才能的人會做的。

• 只要我能等下去，總會有人負責的。

• 我不想成為犧牲者（炮灰）。

• 讓政府處理吧，這是他們的負任，我可繳過稅的呀！

• 讓政治人物去做吧，選他們正是為此。如果他們只是「佔著毛坑不拉屎」，便把他們拿下來好了，這正是民主制度的運作。

• 我太疲憊了，除了掙錢餬口以外再沒有其他能力去做了。

• 生命太短暫了，我想應該及時行樂為好。

• 賺錢已經很困難，這就是為何我不應該浪費金錢去改善香港。

• 讓我先照顧孩子吧。

• 不用擔心！當情況變得夠壞時，總會有人出來做些事情的。

• 我自己才更需要幫助，我覺得很傷心。

• 我沒有時間。

• 我沒有金錢。

• 我太懶惰了。

• 我不是一個社會行動者。

• 我不是政客。

• 我只想要一個安靜的生活，不想掀起任何麻煩，我們經常都說要繁榮穩定嘛。

• 在學校我有一些麻煩學生，要放很多時間照顧他們。

• 家父母抱恙，花掉我所有時間和精力了。

• 我的孩子經常生病，花掉我所有時間和精力了。

• 我已上過教會了呀。

• 我是佛教徒。

• 我要將所有時間和精神放在賺錢和儲蓄上，好讓老時不會窮困或者無法照顧健康問題。

• 人生本來就很複雜，不要再放更多我無力處理的問題在我肩膀上了。

• 看到世界的問題已叫我很傷心了，我不希望被迫得要解決它們，我寧願不知道。不是嗎？「無知就是幸福」。

• 我太老了。

• 我太年輕了。

• 這個問題對我來說太大了，應付不來。

• 這個問題可以忍受。

• 這個問題仍不是太壞。

• 我寧願打高爾夫球。

• 我寧願花錢在食物上。

• 我先生八年內便退休，到時他會做義工的。

• 我根本不打算登記做選民，政治在香港只不過是一場鬧劇。我的朋友大多不理會政治，因為他們有能力解決其自身問題－－把子女送到國際學校讀書或者寄宿學校，有需要時付鈔看醫生便算。
• 我不會在「七．一」出來遊行，那麼當你被捕時我便可以去舞會了。
• 祝你選舉好運吧（也即是－你去做，我在看）。

• ．．．

　　我想大家一定有更多「好」的理由。

　　然後你便會問：你能不能提出一個理由說服我一定要幫忙呢？

Why should I help?

Most people can come up with literally hundreds and one excuses why they cannot help. Such as:

• I am too busy now. Wait till I get my work done first.
• I can’t be bothered; it does not concern me (directly).
• Whatever I do is not going to make any difference.
• Somebody else more capable than me will do it.
• If I wait long enough, somebody else who take care of it.
• I don’t want to be a martyr (bomb ash)
• Let the government take care of it, it is their responsibility. I paid my tax already.
• Let the politicians take care of it, after all, they are being elected to do If they just occupy the toilet and not shitting, take them down. That is how democracy work.
• I am too tired, I have no energy left to do anything else but just trying to make a living.
• Life is too short; I should enjoy it rather than wasting time on something else.
• Making a living is difficult as it is why I should waste my time and money to help Hong Kong.
• Let me take care of my children first.
• Don’t worry; there will always be someone in this world who will do it when the situation become bad enough.
• I need more help myself. I feel so miserable.
• I have no time.
• I have no money.
• I am too lazy.
• I am not a social activist.
• I am not a politician.
• I just want a peaceful living, I don’t want to stir up trouble. Stability and prosperity like we always say.
• I have some difficult children in school; I need to devote all my time looking after them.
• My parents are sick and they take up all my time and energy.
• My children are always sick and they take up all my time and energy.
• I go to church already.
• I am a Buddhist.
• I need to put all my time and energy to make and save more money so that I will not be poor when I get old and have no money to take care of my health problems.
• Life is complicated as it is; don’t burden me with more problems that I cannot handle.
• I am too upset with the problem in our world that I don’t want to have to confront them. I would rather not know. You see,”Ignorance is blessing.”
• I am too old.
• I am too young.
• The problem is too big for me to handle.
• The problem is not bad enough so far.
• I rather play golf.
• I rather eat with my money
• My husband is going to retire in eight years, he will volunteer his time then.…………………………
• I wouldn’t even bother to register to vote; politics is a farce in Hong Kong. Most of my friends won’t bother with the politics because they are have the means to side step the problems – send their kids to international school or boarding school aboard, pay to see whatever doctor they need.
• I am not going to participate in the July 1 march so that I can be ready to bail you out when you get arrested.
• Good Luck to you election campaign. (Meaning- You do, I watch.)

I am sure you can come up with more “good” reasons.

So, you may ask, can you give me just one good reason why I should help?