tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post3271021861964915204..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Which Hunting for the Missing 36,000?Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-68495421055955831922011-04-02T23:24:43.908+08:002011-04-02T23:24:43.908+08:00Challenge to government:
Tell the public what exa...Challenge to government:<br /><br />Tell the public what exactly these missing documents are and why they're so important.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-31075882439427754672011-04-02T22:21:01.239+08:002011-04-02T22:21:01.239+08:00What would be the benefit to the DPP from not arch...What would be the benefit to the DPP from not archiving these docs? Do the KMT even know what docs are in question?<br /><br />going to sleep angry tonight. grr.@riceagainhttp://twitter.com/riceagainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-3660390238441078052011-04-02T18:55:10.499+08:002011-04-02T18:55:10.499+08:00The KMT will use every tactic ethical and otherwis...The KMT will use every tactic ethical and otherwise to win reelection and gain graft for their supporters. The only question is when is the DPP going to wake up and fight back?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-31603991627289619532011-04-01T23:51:22.863+08:002011-04-01T23:51:22.863+08:00"It's about maintaining persistent doubt ..."It's about maintaining persistent doubt that DPP leaders are trustworthy."<br /><br />In order for the public to get the impression that the DPP leaders are not trustworthy over this issue, the loss of files must be perceived as grave enough to cause a crisis of trust, no? The fact that the KMT is talking about missing files instead of something bigger than that indicates that they are grasping at straws. <br /><br />The only time I have ever heard of missing files causing a ruckus is when the files actually contained something important, like several incidents in Hong Kong two years ago where USB drives containing thousands of medical files went missing from hospitals. Now I ask you, if the drives had contained standard hospital correspondence, such as widely-distributed memos and other internal communications, would anyone have cared? "Files" themselves are just paper or hard-drive space.Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13552370490869601403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-26724089537116022232011-04-01T17:36:54.261+08:002011-04-01T17:36:54.261+08:00Anon, my read is that they occur because of (1) el...Anon, my read is that they occur because of (1) elections and (2) to divert attention from something the KMT is doing, and (3) to divert attention from something good happening in the DPP. The current primary?Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-47252296016742622792011-04-01T17:26:42.105+08:002011-04-01T17:26:42.105+08:00Of course it's not about missing files. That&...Of course it's not about missing files. That's irrelevant. It's about maintaining persistent doubt that DPP leaders are trustworthy. CSB did the KMT such a great favor; now all the KMT have to do is regularly sow the seeds of doubt.<br /><br />One thing I'd be interested in knowing is how regularly the KMT plants these mines. I get the feeling they're not necessarily timed to elections, but at points when the public may start "forgetting." <br /><br />Michael, does your archive of these shenanigans show a timing pattern?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-62459538755633029642011-04-01T10:53:19.842+08:002011-04-01T10:53:19.842+08:00And yet, will Taiwanese really care about missing ...And yet, will Taiwanese really care about missing files? Corruption allegations against Chen and Co. seemed so damaging because the public was already sensitized to the harm that corruption can do and because Chen had billed himself as the clean guy when running in 2000. Nobody in the DPP has gone on record as being the one who would come in to office to clean up the files of the former administration. Meanwhile, scraps of paper, unless they contain something really really important, are perceived as worthless by most people. The question is this: How will this idea gain traction?Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13552370490869601403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-65178590147913027642011-03-31T12:04:41.492+08:002011-03-31T12:04:41.492+08:00Ah! This is the beginning of giving the public the...Ah! This is the beginning of giving the public the "appearance of guilt". <br /><br />If they were innocent, then why would they be investigated. <br /><br />Total abuse of executive power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-29826859646375308832011-03-31T09:57:22.954+08:002011-03-31T09:57:22.954+08:00Thanks to sharing your news review! From Xmarks fi...Thanks to sharing your news review! From Xmarks find your blog. It's quite interesting to read your perspective about Taiwan.卵生水筆仔http://blog.roodo.com/bluelqenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-43893803353467554102011-03-31T09:45:32.167+08:002011-03-31T09:45:32.167+08:00very interesting. Confusing title "Which"...very interesting. Confusing title "Which" should read Witch. Saw the tweet, had to read the post to understand what it was about.Daniel A. Monghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00921827544381850249noreply@blogger.com