tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post9085869243343918573..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Student protests spark economy as Honhai Chairman pans democracy, says it won't put food on the tableMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-72422229012340962992014-05-09T23:59:58.582+08:002014-05-09T23:59:58.582+08:00I was curious to know where Hou found this little ...I was curious to know where Hou found this little sound bite, since pottage is an archaic word. I found that the original is an old English proverb: "Prettiness makes no pottage." <br /><br />Here are two other pottage-related proverbs with their hidden digs at democracy:<br /><br />"Poor folks are glad of pottage" (especially when democratic protests lead to penury)<br /><br />"Old pottage is sooner heated than new made" (so why create democracy when autocracy works just fine?)<br />Marcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-39869120161343357302014-05-09T23:27:54.214+08:002014-05-09T23:27:54.214+08:00Terry Gou is absolutely right. Pottage was the onl...Terry Gou is absolutely right. Pottage was the only food easily available to serfs and peasants during the feudal period. Since many of Gou's employees would rather commit suicide than spend another day in slavery for Honhai, I think Gou is in a very good position to understand what does make pottage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com