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Yang Liu Hsiu-hwa 楊劉秀華

In his article “Running for president, for what?” (Liberty Times, March 5, section A6), Lee Min-yung (李敏勇) said: “If we cannot break away from the dilemma posed by the “Republic of China,” then running for president amounts to little more than playing power games to accumulate personal fame or wealth... Future candidates for the presidency need to tell the people how they plan to lead Taiwan in the building of a new community with the real structure of a nation.”

I believe that the most important mission for any future president is to ensure Taiwanese establish a new and independent state based on freedom, democracy, justice and liberty.

Taichung as the World Turns: Who will Take the Blame for Hu?

Jerome F. Keating Ph.D.

More of the did-I-miss-something scenarios are coming out of Taichung, a city that competes for Taiwan's version of Sodom and Gommorah. First Huang Chong-dian, the chief of the Urban Development Department and two other city officials tendered their resignations because of the fire at the ALA pub that killed 9 and injured 12. The hazardous pub that had miraculously passed safety code inspections had gone up like a tinder-box; it also had been consistently mis-zoned in the city. Jason Hu said he would only accept the resignations after an investigation had been concluded. Here is where the obfuscation begins.

Activists vow action if work on fourth plant continues

Taipei Times

Environmental activists yesterday vowed to stage a large-scale protest if the government does not immediately suspend the construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant, as well as re-examine the nation’s three operational nuclear power plants.

Saying that Taiwan would be hopeless if the incident at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant happened here, Green Party Taiwan spokesperson Pan Han-shen (潘翰聲) said the residents of Gongliao District (貢寮), New Taipei City (新北市), where the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant is located, would hold a demonstration in front of the Executive Yuan tomorrow morning, demanding an immediate suspension to the power plant’s construction.

End using inmates for transplants

Lee Yuan-teh 李源德

I would like to state my objection to transplants using organs taken from executed death-row inmates.

First, murder is cruel and in violation of nature. It is generally an irrational act, committed by someone not in their right mind. There is nothing natural about the premature taking of a life. All of the above is true of the taking of a life through execution, except, of course, for the introduction of the element of premeditation. Both involve denying someone their life.

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