tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840508226007630755.post8254299592494878875..comments2023-04-16T23:43:11.235+08:00Comments on Mirror Signal Move: Are The Student Protests In Taipei Already Discredited?Mike Faganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08745281285031316740noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840508226007630755.post-62593147461052737992013-08-03T17:08:42.118+08:002013-08-03T17:08:42.118+08:00Good/not good as in freedom/not freedom; a Taiwane...Good/not good as in freedom/not freedom; a Taiwanese hairdresser or publisher or whatever might not like the extra, foreign competition that could arise from this agreement and so in that sense it is "not good" for them, but this complaint falls outside an ethics of liberty.<br /><br />I would need time I don't have to research the details, but I think every <i>legitimate</i>* problem arising from the influx of Chinese competition to Taiwan can be better explained as being caused several things entirely under Taiwanese jurisdiction, e.g. the restrictive effects of labour legislation, comparative lack of access to the courts by the poor and the lack of enforcement of court rulings. Oh and then there's just straightforward corruption.<br /><br />* "Legitimate" as in arising from some violation of the non-aggression principle, or some other significant <i>imposed</i> cost.Mike Faganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745281285031316740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840508226007630755.post-90117267328202097942013-08-03T12:14:59.697+08:002013-08-03T12:14:59.697+08:00". . . [J]ust look at how our lives have not ...". . . [J]ust look at how our lives have not gotten better after Taiwan joined the WTO..."<br /><br />With professors making comments like this, it's hardly a wonder why I have to write theses for other students simply so they can pass!Nathan W. Novak (李漢聲)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09142094539803664003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840508226007630755.post-60271298782346883502013-08-03T11:34:55.487+08:002013-08-03T11:34:55.487+08:00Good/not good for whom?Good/not good for whom?blobOfNeuronsnoreply@blogger.com