tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post7199912134776891851..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Chen Verdict: Still More!Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-41876104645594795912009-09-19T22:07:09.515+08:002009-09-19T22:07:09.515+08:00SY,
I want to buy you a beer.SY,<br /><br />I want to buy you a beer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-20332541308277967512009-09-19T19:40:11.511+08:002009-09-19T19:40:11.511+08:00Michael was "disowned" a long time ago. ...Michael was "disowned" a long time ago. ;-)<br /><br />Luckily he was taken in by a band of feral Formosan macaques and localized.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-14951003594365740282009-09-19T11:56:40.593+08:002009-09-19T11:56:40.593+08:00Anom@8:38AM wrote: "The Harvard training give...Anom@8:38AM wrote: "<i>The Harvard training gives the impression to many that Ma will act in the interests of "the West" as if he is owned.</i>"<br /><br /><br />That "makes sense".<br /><br />Well then, when Michael gets his degree in Taiwan, he will be considered "disowned".SYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-74684962626159636582009-09-19T08:38:18.158+08:002009-09-19T08:38:18.158+08:00SY,
Harvard trained is a device used to make Ma a...SY,<br /><br />Harvard trained is a device used to make Ma appear to be "similar to us" to "Westerners". It invokes a false familiarity on the pretense that somehow, due to his Harvard training, he shares similar values and therefore he is a known quantity... unlike that "crazy Chen shui bian". The Harvard training gives the impression to many that Ma will act in the interests of "the West" as if he is owned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-64740191156181710982009-09-19T07:37:40.954+08:002009-09-19T07:37:40.954+08:00@SY - Probably because no one outside of Taiwan ha...@SY - Probably because no one outside of Taiwan has heard of NTU.<br /><br />Don't forget that to a lot of people in TW, starting a course of study in something is enough to say you're qualified. I've met a few people who've had promotions based on their Masters degree (for example) who merely signed up for the course and dropped out a month later. They are often still considered Masters. Claiming Ma to be a Harvard-educated lawyer is true in this context.Timmy Madcatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-74257151635500349332009-09-19T06:06:50.932+08:002009-09-19T06:06:50.932+08:00The Economist wrote: "Mr Ma, a Harvard-traine...The Economist wrote: "<i>Mr Ma, a Harvard-trained lawyer</i>"<br /><br />No, Ma has never passed any bar exam to be qualified as a lawyer; neither in Taiwan nor in the US.<br /><br />While mainstream media always auto-pilotedly attribute "Harvard-traied" + "lawyer" to Ma without contextual necessity, they never ever thought of attributing something like "NTU-trained" + "lawyer" to Chen Shui-Bian. What gives?<br /><br />-----<br />PS: The Economist may have been fooled by Ma's biography. which includes made-up stories about his "law practicing experiences in the US". For instance, he continues to claim to have worked as an "associate" at Cole & Deitz (New York City) in 1981 while in fact he did a summer intern there.<br /><br />Ma has been busted on those claims, but he continues with the wrongful claims anyway. His claim actually is a criminal offence in the US and can be legally damning to Cole & Deitz. <br /><br />If you can read Chinese and are interested in knowing about how Ma has tried many times to pretend or imply to have law practicing experiences in the US (he never passed Taiwan's bar exam, this is well known in Taiwan), see this article: http://blog.roodo.com/fairy220/archives/5722147.htmlSYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-4352112325783974492009-09-18T23:58:27.261+08:002009-09-18T23:58:27.261+08:00"Buffed thief pinned by 12 students"
Lu..."Buffed thief pinned by 12 students"<br /><br />Lucky thing the guy didn't have a knife or gun.Readinnoreply@blogger.com