According to Chinese culture, when a girl marries, she is no longer a member of her birth family, but instead a member of her husband's family. So how does People First Party Chairman James Soong (
She's no longer a Chen, though her name given at birth is still the same. She is now a member of the Chao family and in no way related to any affairs that transpire in the Chen household.
Is Soong Chinese or not? Or is he only Chinese when it's convenient?
How many years has he been sucking his thumb now? Twelve or maybe more, I think. When are people going to get tired of this spoiled rich brat and tell him to get lost for the sake of Taiwan's health as a nation?
If he were some minor official's spoiled brat, people would publicly berate the kid, and let him know he was grossly out of line.
Why won't that happen in the case of Soong? Why are we still subject to his medieval mentality?
Speaking of a medieval mentality, one is reminded of Tzeng Shen (曾參), a pupil of Confucius. In Tzeng's day, family members were guilty and liable along with the
relatives who actually committed the crime.
Now, President Chen Shui-bian (
If the shoe were on the other foot, you can bet your bottom dollar that the pan-blue boys would holler and fuss if they were judged by the same standard. Retarded, thumb-sucking bastards.
Shervin Marsh
Lotung, Ilan County
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