Ma Ying-Jeou, after being reluctant to get involved in the recall of President Chen for a while, now is actively leading his party KMT toward the goal of the recall in full speed. And, according to this report, KMT has an opinion on the progress of investigation on the "so-called" scandals . They think that the law enforcement doesn't "make the investigation speedy enough to satisfy KMT." So, now, the law in Taiwan DOES serve KMT ?????
More rediculous is how KMT's president Ma commented on this. He actually threatened the entire Taiwan investigation system by saying:
"One day the government will be run by a different party"
"All the things and people (about the current investigation) could be investigated (by the new government)"
How could a political leader in a supposedly democratic country openly threaten the entire law system with possible future retaliation in such a blunt manner ? And he threatens the law simply because that the way the investigation proceeds doesn't satify KMT's thirst !!
Ma also "announced" his "five-big-reasons" for pushing the recall:
1. To teach next generation ( by showing them what they could end up with for being pro-green? )
2. For Taiwanese dignity ( So Taiwanese dignity is saved by surrendering to pan-blue's society-breaking action? )
3. For Taiwan's democracy ( by showing people how to punish a person for a crime he never commited? )
4. For DPP's future ( Huh? When is Ma the DPP president as well ? )
5. To warn the law system ( HUH??? By threatening them that pan-blue can even recall a president, let alone any law guy ? )
In response to Chen's rebuttal against the accusation of him mentioned by pan-blue, Ma said:
"It's not me who asked him to corrupt; I told him not to corrupt, but he didn't listen to me. You can't blame me for that ..."
Now, in order to make his move of recall sounds justified, Ma has crossed the line of rationale and accused openly Chen of corruption, which is a shameless lie. He knew that President Chen didn't corrupt but now in order to achieve his personal agenda he'd rather lie.
So, how can you imagine a person like Ma won't fold under pressure ? Do you like him to be your future president ?
A few reflections on the "Rhetorics in Contact" course
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Back in August, I wrote about my plans for the new course I was going to be
teaching, "Rhetorics in Contact." Now that the course is over, I want to
reflec...
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