Having been witness to the drama and intense psychological warfare of Taiwanese politics for the last five years, a pattern of 'plays' from everyone's least favourite political party has become apparent. I thought I'd note down some ideas as to how the KMT deal with those thorny issues of people actually having the nerve to question it's exceptional authority:
Play 1 - For Taiwanese audiences (TW): "This is a complex issue that can't be solved immediately and we must be patient to ensure the right outcome is achieved"
Play 2 - For foreign audiences (F): "Taiwan has a special situation that it is hard for outsiders to ever truly understand. We invite people to come here and learn more about our country before reaching inaccurate opinions"
Play 3 - (TW): "It is impossible for us to do something against the law which means that whatever evidence you have must be false or misinterpreted, and can not be officially recognised as fact"
Play 4 - (F): "We do not welcome outside interference in ROC affairs"
Play 5 - (TW): "We apologise for the public's misunderstanding of our policies. We are sorry that factors outside our control have caused the public to feel inconvenienced"
Play 6 - (TW): "In order to protect our republic and democracy we need to bring governance to a halt"
Play 7 - (F): "It is surprising that criticisms on human rights and rule of law are coming from countries whose own records are far from clean"
Play 8 - (TW): "We abhor the opposition's attempts to cause ethnic trouble and feel that this is just another action by the Chen clique to provoke China and cause cross-strait tension"
Play 9 - (TW): "We will implement our policies in line with public consensus but we oppose referendums to determine the nature of public opinion"
Play 10 - (TW): "Taiwan is a region of the ROC so we are committed to protecting the interests of the nation, which will incidentally only be improved by deeper cross-strait integration"
Play 11 - (TW): "We are sorry that the victims of [Typhoon Morakot] did not take sufficient precautions nor [develop their communities] in a safe manner and therefore suffered terribly, which we all feel, because we've also experienced the death of a parent"
Anyone got any other plays?
