Thursday, March 18, 2010

Cartoon of the Week

Let's see: mocked prisoners, enjoyed a skit that parodied the former President, presided over the Judicial Yuan and practices such as highly questionable changes in judges and did not immediately sack prosecutors who displayed open political partisanship in vowing to find a person guilty, regardless of whether there existed the evidence to prove he was or not. Finally, she falls on her own sword in a spectacular manner that utterly undermines the very principles she claims to defend, so that it will grant her entry to heaven. Excuse me, but does anyone else think this theater we've seen might have been a distraction? Maybe Minister Wang was less favoured at the top and was told/asked to orchestrate a swan song? The death penalty is still quite popular in Taiwan so by publicly stating her principles, a public storm could be fairly quickly built up against her, forcing her to 'resign'. Meanwhile ... what did we miss whilst looking the other way?

Must read: Mike Turton on ECFA and re-colonisation.