tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post269132430318668334..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Kuo Kuan-ying quotes and more backgroundMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-10987199865305400222009-03-27T06:44:00.000+08:002009-03-27T06:44:00.000+08:00Amy,That is very astute of you.Many of the old ROC...Amy,<BR/><BR/><BR/>That is very astute of you.<BR/><BR/>Many of the old ROC Chinese fled to the US or Canada and remained staunch supporters of Chiang kai sheck, while enjoying the freedoms and liberties of democratic countries. <BR/><BR/>Today, the ROC spends millions of dollars on these people, some of whom have never even been to Taiwan. They are even allowed representation in the legislature based on their ancestry as former ROC residents in China. <BR/><BR/>Although they spent decades denying the succession of states, now that it is clear they are dying out and their children assimilating, they want to hasten China's annexation of Taiwan before it is too late.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-30034192241288678172009-03-27T05:25:00.000+08:002009-03-27T05:25:00.000+08:00I don't know if you exploited this irony--Kuo invo...I don't know if you exploited this irony--Kuo invoked freedom of speech as defense for his offensive and hate speech, one of them wishing for Taiwan to become subjugated under PRC's Facsism, under which there would not be any freedom of speech to speak of.Amy Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13895193141091755070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-9563840505742690352009-03-26T16:01:00.000+08:002009-03-26T16:01:00.000+08:00"Most people see being a half breed something to b..."Most people see being a half breed something to be ashamed of. The Taiwanese though are proud of it."<BR/><BR/>Perhaps this inbred bastard should tell Obama that he should be ashamed of himself for being a half-breed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-13982477050867805702009-03-26T09:16:00.000+08:002009-03-26T09:16:00.000+08:00"Kuo Kuan-ying is a hero and history will prove hi..."Kuo Kuan-ying is a hero and history will prove him right."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Well... I guess that depends on whose history you choose to read, now doesn't it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-84168329295756486142009-03-26T02:34:00.000+08:002009-03-26T02:34:00.000+08:00The fact is that democracy worked here. Kuo has be...The fact is that democracy worked here. Kuo has been removed because the KMT have to stand for election.--<BR/><BR/>more like Canadians and other international politicans started to ask themselfes: who at the fuck is this chinese?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-62988210665636583752009-03-26T02:32:00.000+08:002009-03-26T02:32:00.000+08:00Who shows up? Hau "Who's My General Daddy?" Longbi...Who shows up? Hau "Who's My General Daddy?" Longbin. Liu "Who's My General Daddy?" Zhaoshuan. Chu "Who's My Politican Daddy?" Lilun.----<BR/><BR/>well. in France people says: "when it comes to such elitist situation its time to test our guillotine." i agree with that. aside that i will bet all those kids have dirty teenage time and there are many prostitutions and corruption in their backwards. all what you have is just to dig it out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-79803398651293482942009-03-26T02:16:00.000+08:002009-03-26T02:16:00.000+08:00While drawing a handsome salary, which enabled him...While drawing a handsome salary, which enabled him to settle his family comfortably in North America, he was writing hateful essays --on "company time"-- about the very people who were paying his salary. So, who was he representing for those 25 years?? Obviouly not the Taiwanese people. He got 25 years of salary for pretending to represent Taiwan. The Taiwanese people were paying for his North American home and his childrens’ education…while he was busy condemning the hard-won democracy and civil society that has come about since the end of martial law. If he hates Taiwan that much, then why doesn't he immediately give up his ROC citizenship, and any benefits related to citizenship?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-15611652715142395892009-03-25T22:12:00.000+08:002009-03-25T22:12:00.000+08:00Kuo Kuan-ying is a hero and history will prove him...Kuo Kuan-ying is a hero and history will prove him right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-39968889912990691762009-03-25T13:07:00.000+08:002009-03-25T13:07:00.000+08:00This guy reminds me of Bevin Chu.This guy reminds me of Bevin Chu.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-42949317362613964022009-03-25T07:47:00.000+08:002009-03-25T07:47:00.000+08:00I hope Kuo gets the medical treatment he so clearl...I hope Kuo gets the medical treatment he so clearly needs.cfimageshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17311764476271044148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-28961727639009926832009-03-24T23:42:00.000+08:002009-03-24T23:42:00.000+08:00Excellent! I was going to write about the KMT turn...Excellent! I was going to write about the KMT turning it all back on the DPP. <BR/><BR/>It's amazing that the reason Su said led to the decision to sack Kuo was that Kuo had been inconsistent in his words and his behaviour when he came back was unacceptable. It had nothing to do with his writing or his attitudes...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-67112064056060373162009-03-24T23:37:00.000+08:002009-03-24T23:37:00.000+08:00The fact is that democracy worked here. Kuo has be...The fact is that democracy worked here. Kuo has been removed because the KMT have to stand for election. You can expect extreme opinions to be expressed over any issue and political factions will exploit this as much as they can. That even the KMT had eventually to respond to public opinion points out that the reforms beginning in 1987 are working the way they're supposed to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-3216968295362391872009-03-24T23:04:00.000+08:002009-03-24T23:04:00.000+08:00All it would take is for those KMT bigwigs to come...All it would take is for those KMT bigwigs to come out and condemn the language and completely dissociate themselves from it. If they did that, the DPP couldn't say anything about them.<BR/><BR/>It was a hilarious seen in Taipei. An election rally for Jiang Nieshin, the KMT candidate in the Daan district, running to replace disgraced KMT legislator Lee Ching-an. Who shows up? Hau "Who's My General Daddy?" Longbin. Liu "Who's My General Daddy?" Zhaoshuan. Chu "Who's My Politican Daddy?" Lilun. <BR/><BR/>Hau comes out apologizes for the whole Kuo incident. All waisheng. All recipients of privilege and inordinate opportunity under the KMT authoritarian government. All sons of KMT bigwigs.<BR/><BR/>Does the KMT lack a sense of irony?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-89017097902343494432009-03-24T22:07:00.000+08:002009-03-24T22:07:00.000+08:00Ma's take on ethnic issues seems to be: We are all...Ma's take on ethnic issues seems to be: We are all Chinese by nationality, just different types of Chinese (i.e. Aboriginal Chinese, Hakka Chinese, Min Nan Chinese etc...), so put ethnic divisions aside. <BR/><BR/>The problem is that the ROC has made it the state's job to invent and define what constitutes "Chinese" culture and ethnicity so that there is an imbalance in access to state power. The state structure allows those who identify more closely with the state's definition to receive more access to the state as they are more "trustworthy". Those who the ROC structure puts closest to power have traditionally been the Waishengren like Kuo, who are not in need of "reform" and "tutelage". <BR/><BR/>With the Nation tied so closely with constructed histories, constructed high culture and state constructed ethnicities, Ma's solution will maintain the gap between the civilizer and the "object" of their project. We saw this before in Ma's comments to a group of Aborigines during the election where he was going to "teach" them how to live in the city. A very revealing look into the mind of Ma the KMT ideologue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com