Saturday, May 15, 2004
So far away from God, so close to Taiwan's pan-blue group
The classic definition of chutzpah is said to kill your parents and plead for clemency in front of the judge for the reason of becoming orphanage.
So close. The opposition alliance (pan-blue) in Taiwan just practices.
They ridicule President Chen Shui-bian of hiding behind the
bullet-proof glass and the fortified (by barricade) Presidential Place. This is how it began. Without substantiated evidence, they accused Mr. Chen of staging the shooting incidence happened 24 hours prior to the voting day. Then use inflammatory accusation to doubt-guess his trustworthiness. Even tolerate (or some says encourage) openly assassinating Mr. Chen threat.
Right after the shooting happened, pan-blue blames him for the security laps by not wearing a bullet-proof vet during public rally (only this one seems reasonable, but in hidsight, for Taiwan has been witnessed any major gun-related crime involved major high-level officials).
After Chen's safety is complicated by these assassination threat, hostility from the opposition along with from the deeply polarized society. What is more convenient (or can we say, chutzpah) than laughing at him for the possibility of hiding behind the barricade probably the rest of his next-term.
So close. The opposition alliance (pan-blue) in Taiwan just practices.
They ridicule President Chen Shui-bian of hiding behind the
bullet-proof glass and the fortified (by barricade) Presidential Place. This is how it began. Without substantiated evidence, they accused Mr. Chen of staging the shooting incidence happened 24 hours prior to the voting day. Then use inflammatory accusation to doubt-guess his trustworthiness. Even tolerate (or some says encourage) openly assassinating Mr. Chen threat.
Right after the shooting happened, pan-blue blames him for the security laps by not wearing a bullet-proof vet during public rally (only this one seems reasonable, but in hidsight, for Taiwan has been witnessed any major gun-related crime involved major high-level officials).
After Chen's safety is complicated by these assassination threat, hostility from the opposition along with from the deeply polarized society. What is more convenient (or can we say, chutzpah) than laughing at him for the possibility of hiding behind the barricade probably the rest of his next-term.
# posted by Laurent Lin : 11:20 PM
