Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Wednesday, 12 Aug 1992 09:37:31 CDT
From: <U38250@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.taiwan
Subject: Re: BANANAS (was Re: Thanks, buddy!)
 <92224.194850U38250@uicvm.uic.edu> <1992Aug12.023703.17719@odin.corp.sgi.com>

In article <1992Aug12.023703.17719@odin.corp.sgi.com>, yu@chang.asd.sgi.com (Yu
Chang) says:
>
>|>   Yeh,  Taiwan's education has failed long time ago since those
>|>   people from mainland China fined native Taiwanese school children
>|>   for speaking Taiwanese in schools. I don't know who is to blame, either.
>
>First of all, I agree this was a silly policy. But come on, Taiwan schools
>can not just failed because of this one single reason.
>Let us not get emotional here.

This is just the beginning of the fooling-people-around education policy.
In the previous artical, Liu claimed the total failure of Taiwan's education
by just citing the taxi driver's commend. What's the difference between us
if I am getting emotional ?


>
>|>    Who is to blame ? Who took refuge in Taiwan and still wanted to keep
>|>    their power by killing tens of thousands on 2.28, while sent their own
>                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>This number is doubtful but I am not going to argu here because I think
>it is wrong even just one died.
>
>|>    children to the U.S. ?  Where is the place that Taiwanese can call
>|>    their own ?
>
>
>I have relatives survived 2.28 hidden under the floor by their taiwanese
>friends. There were lots of mainlanders killed too. It is a tragedy and
>all people suffered from that.
>
>Any hey look.
>A lot of us was not even born at the time.
>The tragedy was caused by a poor execution of a not so good policy by a
>few people.
>

A lot of Japanese were not born during the World War II, either. Why
are we asking them to be responsible for the Nanking massacre ?
A government, or a political party is always responsible for what its
predecessor has done. In Taiwan, nobody in office right now is even
willing to even apologize. Don't tell me it's none of their business.

>Why should all mainlanders be blamed?

I am not accusing all mainlanders.  If you want me to be explicit,
it is those politicians, the dictators, who are to blame.

Speaking of "stories" on 2.28, you should hear how those native Taiwanese
in thier 70's or 80's tell their own stories. I don't wanna repeat them.

>Our parents and ourselfs together contributed to make taiwan what it
>is now, I hope you do think taiwan is better since that day.
>

Yes, I do. Actually, if Taiwan had not been better than 40 years ago,
it would be a big joke on her government (and on her people who are
still under that government). Taiwan could've been better if they had
decided to build the subway system when they first time came to Taipei,
if they had constructed the south-north highway ten years earlier,
if they had not treated Taiwan as a temporary shelter and thought of
going back to mainland, leaving Taiwan's developement unattended.

>So keep on spread hatred and that will do a lot good to us all, right?
>
>yu

I am not spreading hatred. I am just asking people to be responsible to
what they have done, just as we are asking Japanese to be responsible to
what they have donn in World War II.