tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post4241591337141950784..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Penghu Gambling ImminentMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-60725808309133773452009-10-16T14:52:13.730+08:002009-10-16T14:52:13.730+08:00i heard MGM signed a deal with a local taiwan comp...i heard MGM signed a deal with a local taiwan company controlled by kingpin Stanley Ho and his family, taiwan needs to be very careful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-19661573569552031652009-10-16T14:50:40.678+08:002009-10-16T14:50:40.678+08:00Taiwan gaming is coming, lets keep organized crime...Taiwan gaming is coming, lets keep organized crime and Ho's family out of taiwan by saying no to MGM and Ho's partnership.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-4714754184656920592009-09-27T22:28:16.624+08:002009-09-27T22:28:16.624+08:00Building casinos would benefit the off-island gang...Building casinos would benefit the off-island gangster-construction companies and take the gambling away from the locals who benefit from renting space for back room games of chance. I know a guy who doesn't work as his only occupation is renting his store at night for gambling. The betel nut store down the street does the same thing. They post and old, ugly woman at the door with a basket of old betel nut, with the gambling table in clear view in the back. It is big business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-52273453948697607492009-09-27T18:33:16.919+08:002009-09-27T18:33:16.919+08:00Don't be happy too soon guys about the referen...Don't be happy too soon guys about the referendum failing to pass.I shudder thinking what would be the next move.<br /><br />Anyways, in the main market -the other side of the Strait- the beloved leaders had already said that they would not allow their people to gamble in Penghu, so, what's the point of having casinos? <br /><br />As said, the give away is in the phrasing: building is key, even if they are "mosquito halls".TicoExpathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09924420017053186115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-90089722440517863492009-09-27T15:51:35.865+08:002009-09-27T15:51:35.865+08:00Referendum failed to pass!
Maybe you underestimate...<b>Referendum failed to pass!<br />Maybe you underestimate Taiwanese democracy.</b><br /><br />Maybe! I'm delighted by it.Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-85178888800057740032009-09-26T20:05:09.993+08:002009-09-26T20:05:09.993+08:00Haha, it's hard to take care a whining baby, i...Haha, it's hard to take care a whining baby, isn't it? That's the reason I never intend to have my own blog talking about politics. Look at the bright side, Michael, your blog attracts people from the other side of aisle regardless their real intentions.Maxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-73048008448513454162009-09-26T18:13:39.614+08:002009-09-26T18:13:39.614+08:00,Thank you so much for pointing out how dumb Taiwa...<b>,Thank you so much for pointing out how dumb Taiwanese are; it sure is a good thing we have so many "English teachers" like yourself to guide us to respectability.</b><br /><br />Yes, it's true, when I said the OceanLala was a dumb name, I was saying that I thought all Taiwanese were dumb. It was just like today, when I bit into a plum and found a rotten part and complained, I meant that all plums in the world everywhere for all time were rotten and tasted bad. Or like the other day, when I said that the US' policy on selling beef in Taiwan was obsessive, I meant all US policies everywhere and for all time were obsessive.<br /><br />Thank <i>you</i> so much for pointing out that certain commentators on this blog have a grasp on logic that wouldn't look out of place in an opium den. <br /><br />MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-91791781206153134342009-09-26T18:02:56.882+08:002009-09-26T18:02:56.882+08:00Referendum failed to pass!
Maybe you underestimate...Referendum failed to pass!<br />Maybe you underestimate Taiwanese democracy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-24405047990242746342009-09-26T17:27:21.771+08:002009-09-26T17:27:21.771+08:00You quoted [emphasis mine]:
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But the amended ...You quoted [emphasis mine]:<br />- - -<br /><i>But the <b>amended law</b> only requires that more than half of the voter turnout vote yea for the referendum to pass - a much lower threshold than that stipulated in <b>Taiwan's Referendum Act</b>. That law <b>requires that at least half of all eligible voters participate in a plebiscite, with more than half of that turnout voting yea for it to pass</b>.<br /><br />Passage of Penghu's referendum, however, requires only approval from more than half of voter turnout, regardless of the turnout rate.<br /><br />“In other words, three people could vote, and if two vote yea, this thing will pass,” said Yeh Chih-kuei, a professor of sports and leisure studies at National Dong Hwa University and a casino critic.</i><br>- - -<br /><br />The Chinese Nationalist Party (<a title="KMT = Kuomintang, or 'Killed Many Taiwanese'" rel="nofollow">KMT</a>) doesn't follow the law -- the law follows <b>them</b>.<br /><br /><a href="http://taiwanmatters.blogspot.com/" title="Taiwan Matters!" rel="nofollow">Tim Maddog</a>Tim Maddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943522529132663780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-9188363459756548212009-09-26T00:42:33.396+08:002009-09-26T00:42:33.396+08:00"The OceanLala, Taiwan's entry in the &qu..."The OceanLala, Taiwan's entry in the "Dumbest Cruise Ship Name of All Time" sweepstakes."<br /><br />Thank you so much for pointing out how dumb Taiwanese are; it sure is a good thing we have so many "English teachers" like yourself to guide us to respectability.<br /><br />Incidentally, most of the cheesiness of Taiwanese culture is due to unskilled attempts to imitate Japanese pop culture. If you consider Japaniphilia to be "dumb", I would agree with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-27047929958115220852009-09-25T22:46:43.753+08:002009-09-25T22:46:43.753+08:00...and Bedford Falls becomes Potterville....and Bedford Falls becomes Potterville.Marcnoreply@blogger.com