Regarding the letter from Weini Wen (Letters, Aug. 11, page 8) criticizing the singer Chang Hui-mei (張惠妹), also known as A-Mei (阿妹) -- please be kind to her.
After all, take a look around; how many Taiwanese still think that being apolitical is a virtue, and that there is no politics but dirty politics? The root cause of it all, at least in Taiwan, is the poisonous education under the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) regime. In order to monopolize power, it discouraged Taiwanese from becoming involved in politics, lest they be prosecuted, jailed or worse.
This poisonous form of education is not at all in the past or the worst of it. The worst is the current Chinese Communist Party education in China. A-Mei has had to bear the brunt of the worst of the two worlds. We in Taiwan, particularly those in power, such as Vice President Annette Lu (
Taiwan's democracy is young and full of energy, but we need to direct this energy very carefully and forgive those yet to be awoken, as well as the youth (A-mei is only in her 30s), whose education we have neglected.
We should rally the masses to unite and work toward a future in which we could forever be rid of an evil foreign regime such as the KMT. A-Mei is perhaps not well-educated, but she is innocent.
Chen Ming-chung
Chicago, Illinois
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