New subway laws

Corbett | May 7, 2003 12:30 AM

Starting tomorrow, every mass transit passenger -- subway, bus, trains -- is required by law to wear a mask. Also interesting to note is the lack of supply, and how a particular DDP legislator has a stockpile of 500,000 masks, which he is now selling at 750% the normal price. A NT$20 mask now costs $150. People like him, and the doctors who refuse quarantine, and the patients caught climbing out the hospital windows, and the people who still take public transportation knowing they are ill, should all be locked away. Otherwise, who cares? I feel that Chinese in general just have stopped caring about anyone else other than themselves. Being here for 15 years, I've tried to be the quiet bystanter, the foreign observer, but in times of need or civic duty I have to say I'm sickened of the greedy, selfish, callous morality exhibited by so many of the people who live here. Whether it's because these people happen to live in Taiwan, or because they happen to be Chinese, it doesn't really matter anymore to me. An asshole is still an asshole, and a stupid selfish asshole, is still a stupid selfish asshole.

Category: Mr. Asia