citizen's right and reponsibility

today, one women come and want to interview my family. i dun know which organization hold this research, but my mum shut the door quick.

if it is a research group in social science, why not? just few minutes and we can help people know our society better!! that research data may be used in some day later.

if it is a company research, why not? just a few minutes. this action reflect the company do care about the business and want to do better! the final result will benefit us.

by the way, i feel like that. hong kong people used to be a citizen for long long time. we already forget the right and responsibility. when i imagine the ancient time, in Rome, become a citizen is a great deal. not everyone can be a citizen. as a citizen, they do know and care about their right and responsibility. like, they will behave as good as a citizen (honor is the major factor). they will flight for Rome because they are citizen. they will enter the forum, to discuss politic. they will vote. they will pay the tax. not even Rome, in now a day, western countries also behave like this: their citizen know what inside the word "citizen". look at France, American, UK, Germen and Australia.

but now, in hong kong, people think paying the tax is the only responsibility for being a citizen. why? may be they are too busy. may be they think is it none of their business.

well, in home, also. a family member will like to pay money to their women (mostly their mother or their wife) and sit back, watching tv...

is it because of lazy or only focused on short term return? or it is the Chinese way?