Li Fa Wei Yuan
The most shameful moment of
being a Taiwanese is when watching the Taiwan news with people of another country. Every Taiwanese
who have read this should know what I mean.
Every time I see ANY scene
of House of Congress, I get red-faced. Taiwan’s House of Congress effortlessly knows how to
embarrass their countrymen. I kid you not if I say that to compare the
transcript of any House of Congress proceedings to a script of ultra-cheesy
soap operas is to give a script of ultra-cheesy soap operas a very bad name.
What exactly happens in
House of Congress, you ask? Well:
1. The congresses shout at
each other, which makes their debate more like a shouting match.
2. The congresses box with
each other - maybe part of the required quality of a Taiwan congressman/congresswoman is that they need to have
loud voice and adept hand to hand combat skills.
3. The media seems to like
it even more when such event happens.
4. Believe it or not,
sometimes those fights that take place in the House of Congress are just
scripted to get the media’s attention, as a way of telling the Taiwan population that indeed these people are doing
something.
My message to those
congressmen/congresswomen: get a life, and try to control your temper while
you’re at it. I think it’s fair to presume that part of your oath is certain
promises to make your countrymen proud. Fulfill that promise at least once in a
while by just acting like a normal level-headed person for crying out loud - of
which I know is something you do so often. We don’t need a country that plays
continuous reruns of badly-scripted courtroom drama (trauma); if you can’t do
much when it terms of achievement then at least do our country a favor by not
embarrassing us. Is getting featured in The Most Shocking Video Caught on Tape part
of your idea of patronizing our country?
Please, at least give Taiwan a good name!
