Alex Lo, in his column ("The echo chamber that is public opinion", September 12), places himself on an intellectual high ground.
He's saying that when enough people think alike, these people don't think, implying he is the rare critical thinker.
Is it too difficult to think through what national education is about?
Plain and simple, it is just wrong and harmful to teach young minds Communist Party propaganda by dressing it up as "national education". This premise is not private or public opinion, nor does it have to relate to "opportunistic politicians and power-hungry media barons".
Many people read the guidelines carefully before coming to the conclusion that it is much too biased, and they are able to point out where the bias lies. It is patronising for Lo to claim that so many people are unthinking while he is the only thinking one.
He suggests the students "meet officials and negotiate the terms of the government's surrender".