Video of a Taiwanese political worker riding his scooter around with candidate flag and boom box blaring. Warm-hearted democracy at work or noise pollution or both?
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Taiwan's stray dog problem
台湾 = 世界性科技 + 第三世界的环境 ---> 野狗问题
Taiwan is a leader in the world economy producing some of the best and most innovative hardware. However, the social infrastructure in Taiwan is sometimes shockingly lacking. For example, I have been working in and visiting Taiwan since 1991. In those 15 years, nothing has been done to address the problem of stray dogs. Throughout the tightly backed island, one sees stray dogs -- some healthy -- some mangy and diseased -- walking around, disturbing traffic and generally being a public health problem. One would think that an island could easily address a stray dog problem given its confined space. I feel Taiwan's stray dog problem (and their excrement) speaks volumes about how "free" Taiwan is in terms of having very poor enforcement of law -- good for business but bad for society?
Taiwan is a leader in the world economy producing some of the best and most innovative hardware. However, the social infrastructure in Taiwan is sometimes shockingly lacking. For example, I have been working in and visiting Taiwan since 1991. In those 15 years, nothing has been done to address the problem of stray dogs. Throughout the tightly backed island, one sees stray dogs -- some healthy -- some mangy and diseased -- walking around, disturbing traffic and generally being a public health problem. One would think that an island could easily address a stray dog problem given its confined space. I feel Taiwan's stray dog problem (and their excrement) speaks volumes about how "free" Taiwan is in terms of having very poor enforcement of law -- good for business but bad for society?
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