Comments on: Taiwan: At the Protest Frontline

By: 海外留學生/學者支持修改集會遊行法連署活動 (by 痞子揚) « 雞鴨狗狒聊地理

海外留學生/學者支持修改集會遊行法連署活動 (by 痞子揚) « 雞鴨狗狒聊地理 — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:41:15 +0000

[...] (南方電子報) 3. 台灣野草莓的前後 (香港獨立媒體) 4. Taiwan: At the Protest Frontline (Global Voices) 5. TaiwanL Students Demand to Revise the Parade and Assembly Law (Global [...]

By: James Lin

James Lin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:03:19 +0000

Freedom of speech and assembly are God-given human rights as long as peaceful. The government should not have sent riot police to use excessive force to interrupt peaceful demonstration, to beat up harmless journalists and citizens, to forbid people to wave national flags, to create resentment and alienate the people. Only authoritarian regime will resort to such brutal oppression and persecution to silence the legitimate discontent of its people.

By: ifan

ifan — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:04:56 +0000

Thanks David.

You showed how cool the protesters were. I admire you!

By: it

it — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:27:55 +0000

i don’t like you for you are not cool in mind. I Support Ma.

By: Global Voices Online » Taiwan: At the Protest Frontline

Global Voices Online » Taiwan: At the Protest Frontline — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:20:40 +0000

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By: 5 Links von heute — GV, LAT, BBC, ATimes, Chatham « Same bed, different dreams

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:01:41 +0000

[...] Chen Yinlin in Taipei — Massenproteste gegen Annäherung zwischen TW und China (link: At the Protest Frontline) [...]

By: Sven

Sven — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:38:27 +0000

I have the feeling that many see street protests as something bad. But the opposite is true. It’s an important element of expression in democratic societies. And violence of a few can never be an excuse to take the rights of the others.
A democracy without demonstrations is no democracy.

By: Yay Democracy! « Crusty Philosopher

Yay Democracy! « Crusty Philosopher — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:45:19 +0000

[...] steps that are overaccomodating toward the Chinese delegation. Specifically, recently they granted protestors permission after a long petition process, but then moved the meeting that they are protesting to a [...]

By: David Reid

David Reid — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:54:31 +0000

In a week where there were a lot of negatives, the most positive thing I saw was that many Taiwanese people actively sought to use nonviolent methods of protest. At the Jingfu Gate on 11/6 people stood between the police and angry protesters and calmed the situation down. At the Grand Hotel on 11/5 I saw 14 spontaneously begin a sit down protest in front of the police. They all agreed between themselves to use nonviolence to resist the police. These were just ordinary people acting without directions from any leaders.