Factotum

Having just read an interesting open letter:

http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~cshih/ (removed)

Dear Visitors,

The site is taken down as a way to humbly protest the lost of freedom of speech and Liberty in Taiwan.

I was questioned by a police on the street across NTU campus just because I aimed my camera to a police on the street.

No name tag on his uniform and no identification for himself. Most importantly, I am not the only one.

If I have told you that Taiwan government works very hard to protect her people,
        I take it back.

If I have told you that Taiwan is a democratic society,
        I take it back.

If I have told you that we can always complain the President in public,
        I take it back.

If I have told you that Taiwan is a nice place to visit,
        I take it back.

Very soon, visiting Taiwan will just experience what you have in Mainland China.

Please accept my apology for any inconvenience.

Nov. 5th, 2008.

I wonder...what is happening to Taiwan???! Is democracy really being threatened by the new government? Is freedom of speech being stopped? Is China making demands on the Ma presidency that the Taiwanese public don't know about? Sure, Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) is weak, panders to China and has no strong policies to back up the many words that come from his mouth. But he is the democratically elected President of Taiwan. The people chose him, so his first responsibilty should be to those people. With his popularity at an all-time low:

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JJ04Ad01.html

(some polls saying his popularity is as low as 25%) he has a lot of work to do to win back the favour and respect of the people of Taiwan. Everytime I turn on the news I see something that seems like it will only lower his popularity even more. I only guess he's trying to be, not only the least popular person in Taiwan, but also one of the least popular people in world politics. Go DRACUMA, go - you are sticking a stake into your own heart!

http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=385&sid=1507118