tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353489745782837825.post5547002111138799451..comments2024-02-25T00:38:34.874+08:00Comments on Patrick Cowsill: Racism: Xenophobia and Ethnocentricism Suddenly Out of Control in Taiwan?Patrick Cowsillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12904899672214340947noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353489745782837825.post-67668797530892811362008-04-04T14:36:00.000+08:002008-04-04T14:36:00.000+08:00The Apple Daily breaks the story? Is there someth...The Apple Daily breaks the story? Is there something to be said for Taiwan when some of its most credible, hard-hitting reporting comes from tabloid media sources such as Apple or Next?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353489745782837825.post-55647060115986227402007-03-20T23:42:00.000+08:002007-03-20T23:42:00.000+08:00I agree with Prince Roy: "even the DPP [has] a his...I agree with Prince Roy: "even the DPP [has] a history of embracing fascism and nazi symbolism." <BR/><BR/>Ever since stepping into office, President Chen has repeatedly called for a culling of the number of foreign workers (mainly laborers I suppose) in Taiwan. Reports like the following, in a letter to the editor as far back as 2001, are galling: <BR/><BR/>"We [The Asia-Pacific Mission for Migrant Workers] are concerned by newspaper reports that President Chen Shui Bien of Taiwan has recently asked his Cabinet to study the possibility of stripping migrants working in factories and construction of their right to a minimum wage by expelling them from enjoying the rights stipulated in the Labor Standards Law."<BR/><BR/>Scapegoating "foreigners" for economic woes, real or perceived, is an extremely odious practice. It is or was what the Fascists/Nazis were all about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353489745782837825.post-4113465468038558442007-03-20T21:23:00.000+08:002007-03-20T21:23:00.000+08:00battlepanda:I think you miss the point. From a do...battlepanda:<BR/><BR/>I think you miss the point. From a domestic point of view, what makes the story newsworthy is not how many people are involved. Rather, these people took up nazism because they are disgusted at the level of political discourse in Taiwan, both blue and green. <BR/><BR/>the irony lost on many is that the very political traditions these yahoos would rebel against, mainly the CKS sympathetic KMT, but even the DDP, have a history of embracing fascism and nazi symbolism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353489745782837825.post-49985664382452888862007-03-20T18:10:00.000+08:002007-03-20T18:10:00.000+08:00The Chinese Language Apple Daily was the first pap...The Chinese Language Apple Daily was the first paper to break this story and it has done a follow up on the international reaction too. The issue have also been covered on cable TV.<BR/><BR/>I think this story is of more interest to the international media because of the "man bites dog" aspect of Taiwanese nazis. In Taiwan, they're just another tiny group of kooks. I don't really think the story is underreported given the small number of students involved.<BR/><BR/>However, I don't disagree with you about the background level of unthinking xenophobia in this country, especially against migrants from southeast asia. In fact, the most disgusting stuff on the NSA website related not to Nazism or Jews, but immigrant workers and their children.Wayfarerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494478219090550319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5353489745782837825.post-69530062948150208732007-03-20T00:42:00.000+08:002007-03-20T00:42:00.000+08:00that's a good point about the local media. I did ...that's a good point about the local media. I did searches at the 中華時報 and 自由日報. I found nothing. Maybe something's come out in the past couple of days? I haven't checked the papers since Friday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com