tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post1453822028485614674..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: The Cadet Set UpMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-83663021747196340872007-06-05T01:31:00.000+08:002007-06-05T01:31:00.000+08:00probably the most $$$ hotel in Taiwan. What's a st...<B>probably the most $$$ hotel in Taiwan. What's a student doing staying at such a pricey hotel?</B><BR/><BR/>There are a lot of rich kids in the West Point (do you know it is harder to get into than Harvard). I can just go to student parking lot of one of the UCalifornia, and you can see what kind of cars are parked there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-30573075101629768332007-06-04T23:39:00.000+08:002007-06-04T23:39:00.000+08:00It's a good thing the ladies have a big, strong he...It's a good thing the ladies have a big, strong he-man like Arty looking out for them. Now they can focus on what they do best, cooking and making babies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-45821041672208612872007-06-04T12:23:00.000+08:002007-06-04T12:23:00.000+08:00This wouldn't be the first time that the pan blues...This wouldn't be the first time that the pan blues have concocted a sex scandal in a pathetic attempt to embarrass the ruling party.<BR/><BR/>Five years ago, PFP lawmaker Li Yongping (李永萍)accused a Taipei-based Paraguayan diplomat of knowingly giving four anonymous women a venereal disease.<BR/><BR/>According to Li, one of the diplomat's "victims" was so upset in her attempts to find justice that she attmempted suicide. <BR/><BR/>"How pathetic it is to be a Taiwanese," her suicide note stated. "Because as one, you can never have any injustice redressed." <BR/><BR/>What makes the complaint more suspect than usual is that this case was brought to the public's attention one and a half years after their relationship ended. Why? Because it coincided with a visit by the Paraguayan president to Taiwan, and was intended to embarrass him and Chen Shuibian. Don't forget, the only person who revealed her identity in this case was a PFP legislator, and we all know how much the PFP loves Chen Shuibian.<BR/><BR/>There are some good links here:<BR/>http://www.forumosa.com/taiwan/viewtopic.php?p=35762#35762<BR/>http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2002/08/23/165218<BR/>http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2002/08/24/165416maomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13032492741317904503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-58745477963809303042007-06-04T08:12:00.000+08:002007-06-04T08:12:00.000+08:00Oh, Arty, she got herself into a situation she cou...Oh, Arty, she got herself into a situation she couldn't control. A lot of people feel "uncomfortable" after a one-night stand.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, the story sort of rang odd when it was mentioned the hotel they slept in was the Evergreen in Tainan--probably the most $$$ hotel in Taiwan. What's a student doing staying at such a pricey hotel?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-21440071423776356642007-06-04T03:19:00.000+08:002007-06-04T03:19:00.000+08:00Wow, Arty, so women are poor, helpless creatures w...<B>Wow, Arty, so women are poor, helpless creatures who can't control themselves after having a few drinks?</B><BR/><BR/>No, do I said women only. It is the same for men.<BR/><BR/><B>You missed the whole point of the blog post, arty: it was a set-up. Or did you just ignore the whole point?</B><BR/><BR/>First, it is your guess that it is a set-up. Regardless it is a set-up or not, no one should put consenual sex and uncomfortalbe in one sentence. Do you know legally speaking you can rape your wife or vice versa, if another partner say no? The whole point of able to give consent under influence is still debatable just like most DUI cases. And Vin let's hope you, your wife, daughters, or sons will never be in situtation like that.<BR/><BR/><B>disturbed or amused -- when I encounter primitive non-logic and archaic look-down-on-women attitudes like yours, arty.</B><BR/><BR/>Well, don't be surprise, there are many of us, but I least I am honest. Just like I keep saying that "Women only mention equal rights in situation favors them."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-63729259990699570382007-06-03T13:45:00.000+08:002007-06-03T13:45:00.000+08:00With your comment, arty, you present yourslf as an...With your comment, arty, you present yourslf as an illogical and chauvinistic kook. Where or with whom did you check so that you reached the conclusion a person can't consent to sex when drunk? Certainly not with the legal code, which makes no such assertions. Your logic on this point is not very different from saying that a drunk driver who gets in an accident is immune from responsibility. The only relevant difference is that the driver doesn't consent to have an accident, whereas the woman here did consent to have sex.<BR/><BR/>And how is the case of the rape cover-ups at the AAA in any way similar to the case in question here -- other than the fact both involve cadets? Your analogy here is one of the weakest I've read in a long while; I often enough hear people foolishly make such associative-logic connections in speech, but rarely does such medieval-mindedness make it's way into written words. The only similarity betwen the two cases is "cadet,"; to draw an analogy on the basis of this single feature is no different than if you were to proclaim a similarity between a plumber who accidentally makes a baby cry and another plumber who purposely hits a baby.<BR/><BR/>You missed the whole point of the blog post, arty: it was a set-up. Or did you just ignore the whole point? I suspect the truth is the latter; I suspect you are making what is called in logic the "argument from invincible ignorance" -- suspect you are ignoring the point on purpose.<BR/><BR/>Why would you do this? Your second paragraph suggests why: because you're projecting your own chauvinisism onto someone else. You seem to think women are not capable of being responsible for their own decisions -- a condescending and sexist view if there ever was one. This orientation has left you blind to reality: In fact, plenty of women often enough later regret having had consensual sex. (So do plenty of men.) You've never had a woman friend tell you she regretted sleeping with a guy? Perhaps if you dropped your chauvinistic blinkers you'd be able to forge some friendships with women in which they would be willing to tell you more of substance about their lives and about how they think and feel.<BR/><BR/>I don't know which I feel more strongly -- disturbed or amused -- when I encounter primitive non-logic and archaic look-down-on-women attitudes like yours, arty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-28858071109619605252007-06-03T11:51:00.000+08:002007-06-03T11:51:00.000+08:00Wow, Arty, so women are poor, helpless creatures w...Wow, Arty, so women are poor, helpless creatures who can't control themselves after having a few drinks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-38601940513129771042007-06-03T03:17:00.000+08:002007-06-03T03:17:00.000+08:00woman who felt uncomfortable after having consensu...<B>woman who felt uncomfortable after having consensual intercourse with a West Point cadet here in Taiwan on an exchange program.....</B><BR/><BR/>Consensual sex and felt uncomfrotable don't mix. Btw, she was drunk, last time I checked, you can't give consen at that point. Btw, although West Point haven't been involved in any sex scandal recently. The Air Force Academy was found guilty of covering up serious rape cases (for years) in its campus just about few years ago.<BR/><BR/>Of this blog entry also shows how much you care about women's right, Micheal. You should never use uncomfortable and consensual sex in one sentence.<BR/><BR/>I do think the current political spin is over done though. That I agree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-41057462867353013412007-06-03T03:04:00.000+08:002007-06-03T03:04:00.000+08:00If I were a bit more paranoid I'd speculate that i...If I were a bit more paranoid I'd speculate that it was part of an overall attempt to throw a monkey wrench into US-Taiwan military ties. It's not exactly a new thing... back in 96 Lin Yang-gang and other members of the KMT old guard were screaming at the US for "interviening in internal Chinese affairs" when Clinton sent the USS Independence to the region in light of PRC missile tests. There was also that little thing a few months ago in front of AIT regarding the arms purchases. <BR/><BR/>Something similar to look at might be pro-North Korean groups in South Korea, who have long tried to play up xenophobia to kill the US-ROK alliance. They've been successful to a certain extent... ever seen how Americans are portrayed in Korean movies like The Host or another one from a few years back where the US was all but blamed for starting the Korean War?Haitienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11217827891794161953noreply@blogger.com