tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post3673134604032570961..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: WantWant media monster merger maneuvers Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-14832107888624783402013-01-12T21:08:33.751+08:002013-01-12T21:08:33.751+08:00Thoth, if we don't take it off, the animal wil...Thoth, if we don't take it off, the animal will strangle at some point. Dead either way. But this way, someone may still adopt it, some of the neighbors are feeding it. The neighborhood, including us, feeds a lot of strays. It's really unfair, but I don't see a way out that doesn't involve a lot of dogs euthanized at taxpayer expense or dying slow ugly deaths. <br /><br />What really has to happen is a sea change in the way dogs are treated in Taiwan. How can that take place? The government won't take animals for euthanization unless they are proven dangerous. Hence people can't get rid of animals except by killing or dumping them. Shelters are overburdened and understaffed. There doesn't seem to be a good solution.<br /><br />Michael Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-59649805238030870112013-01-12T19:26:20.947+08:002013-01-12T19:26:20.947+08:00Won't taking the collar off a street dog make ...Won't taking the collar off a street dog make it more vulnerable to being taken by the government animal control people to be euthanized? Or were you guys planning on adopting it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15907060405795620941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-17579763999167011872013-01-12T06:49:38.272+08:002013-01-12T06:49:38.272+08:00Yeah, I noticed that, but I wonder if they origina...Yeah, I noticed that, but I wonder if they originally had a longer title and shortened it, like "Taiwan ruling party blocks..." and then some unknowing editor. I mean, nobody reports "UK blocks investment law revisions" or "France blocks immigration law". Probably a mistake.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-49353670187912292592013-01-11T23:42:43.366+08:002013-01-11T23:42:43.366+08:00Note how Reuters worded its headline to paint &quo...Note how Reuters worded its headline to paint "Taiwan" as having blocked the anti-media-monopoly bill when it was actually the <a title="KMT = Kuomintang, or 'Killed Many Taiwanese'" rel="nofollow">KMT</a>—and just a couple of days after their caucus whip <a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/01/09/2003552111" title="''KMT [promises] to support new media rules''" rel="nofollow">Wu Yu-sheng (吳育昇) said</a> "his caucus would support legislation to address the problem [of media monopolization]."<br /><br /><a href="http://taiwanmatters.blogspot.com/" title="Taiwan Matters!" rel="nofollow">Tim Maddog</a>Tim Maddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943522529132663780noreply@blogger.com