Show a little indignation
I fully agree with the observation that more angry Taiwanese youths are needed (“Wanted: angrier Taiwanese youth,” Oct. 28, page 8).
However, the anger of Taiwanese youth even in the 1970s and 1980s — as brave as they were — did not even come close to that of the Koreans.
I blame the complacency of the generation before for not educating and stoking the fires of the next generation. Instead, youths were shielded from political discourse.
What is the point of studying, earning good grades and making a good living if you don’t have a just and free society and a country to call your own? All of these factors go hand in hand. Otherwise, you will only live for today and never be the hope of tomorrow.
Where the hell were the Taiwanese students when Eric Chang (張浩明) — a Taiwanese-American student — stood up in front of Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait Vice Chairman Zhang Mingqing (張銘清) at Tainan National University of Arts last week and demonstrated? They were sitting on their asses with stupid looks on their faces.
Kellvan Cheng
Dallas, Texas
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