A letter to our dear Ah Bian - repent and you do belong in jail

Dear Ah Bian,
I am writing to you, as someone who is your estranged relative, someone who shares the same history, long long time ago, back when your people and my people were still under the leadership of our dear leader and national father Sun Yat-sen, to ask you to repent, to recognize your wrongdoings and stop behaving like a congenital jerk and a thick-skinned spoiled brat. Please, as the ex-president of the renegade province, act with grace and manner, even though you are now in jail. You have to admit that you do belong in jail.

Sometimes I wonder whether Asia should have democracy. It's like Asians will loose control once they have freedom. Look at you, and our Southeast Asian neighbor -Philippines. Look at Estrada and how he comes to the helm of leadership because of his impersonation as a hero. You too, as a figure of outright audacity and your guts to stand up against China, you have won respect and adoration among your populace. People call you dearly as "Ah Bian". Yet,you, like Estrada, your counterpart, who are also chosen by his own people, have abused power and involved in lots of disgraceful shenanigans. And still, you think you are entitled to do so. You are still shameless enough to deny everything and now even threaten your people with hunger strike and try to bring further turmoil to Taiwan, which has been wrecked completely by you. How can you sleep in the middle of the night? How can your family stand in front of the people who have been embezzled and betrayed by you? Haven't you no shame?

Of course, I understand avarice is part of human nature. And of course, stupidity and pride are also the perpetrators of human tragedies. Look at the Bush administration and now the Americans have shot themselves enough in their feet that they finally come to their senses . Still, I believe what makes human beings so special is that we have a conscience to tell us what we should do and shouldn't do. Dear ah bian, there must be something good in you if you can still stand up and admit your faults. Taiwanese would still remember they have a president, who, even though committed mistakes, is brave enough to stand in front of all people, with grace and air, to admit his faults and ask for forgiveness. Think about George Washington.

Sadly, I guess you have ever heard of the story about Washington when you were young, haven't you?

Your dear relative

Isabella in Hong Kong