In theory, this is what democracy is all about – policy responding to the needs of the people. In practice, though, public pressure to do something quickly enables politicians to run roughshod over the usual checks and balances on government policy making.
理论上，这就是民主的真谛——政策是以民众的需要为指向的。不过在实践上来说，公众那种要求立刻见效的压力令到政客可以罔顾政府政策制定中的利益制衡原则来推行政策。