柏楊著中國人史綱
如果各位將這兩本書看完
一定如我般確定台灣與中國必須徹頭徹尾一刀兩斷
台灣必須擺脫中國歷史宿命輪回不能捲入.............

忍不住再說一次∼∼

這句話於我心有戚戚焉.因為我也是常說:

認同中國的理由是因為我認同中國.

守著台灣 守住誠品－林毅夫事件的反思

/蘇益仁

　此次台灣社會經由林毅夫事件，又進行了一次思想的洗禮，給台灣社會有了一些正面的共識，是意外的收穫。顯示台灣已逐漸發展出公民社會的特質，經由公民及媒體的思辯主導社會的發展，而不是任由政客的操作行事。

　兩個月前，我去了一趟金門旅行，原先我是帶著施 捨的心情前去，卻很驚訝地發現金門的文化及金門人在戰火下發展出的自信，很為政府及金門感到欣喜。我在「馬家麵線」與一位店員聊天，她很驕傲地告訴我一些金門人的滿足，如夜不閉戶，老人年金，以及小兒及學童的津貼。金門的社會福利令我再次感受到一九九八年我訪問瑞典斯德哥爾摩時的滿心歡喜感受，阿扁政府的社會福利政策是有一些令人憧憬的。在與金門人聊天的剎那間，我看到了台灣的價值，以及金門與廈門的基本差異。我內心深深覺得，守住金門就是守住台灣，也守住了普世價值。從金門到倫敦與斯德歌爾摩，這一條民主自由長城竟是彼此互通的。

　在台灣本島，尤其是台北，其實已發展出一個非常可愛的社會，這其中「誠品書店」一如七十年代時「一個小市民的心聲」中的「一條龍餃子館」，代表著那個社會小市民的滿足，而那種誠品式的滿足是建立在自由、開放、創新與溫馨的普世價值之上。如果說台北與上海及北京差在何處，大概就在誠品。如果說台北與紐約、巴黎及倫敦的相似處在那裡，答案也在誠品。誠品代表的是人類的一種普世價值，你很難相信將誠品搬到北京去的那種感受，書殼還在，靈魂卻沒了。

　所以，林毅夫事件讓我再次反思，到底我們在堅持什麼。如果如林毅夫所言，我們又為什麼要守住這個小島，而甘願放棄那廣幅的中國。我的結論是，守著台灣，守住誠品，也守住小市民無盡的夢想。誠品只是台北眾多美好事物的一面而已，他如各地散布的咖啡廳、書店、小吃店，更重要的是，優遊其間的小市民所散發出的那些滿足。

　有位朋友問起我，為什麼幾十年來仍那麼堅持於台灣社會的理想。其實，台灣今天的發展，比歷史上任何一個中國的社會都來得可愛，其中的關鍵點在於民主的可貴及對個人的尊重。劉俠活得那麼自信及有尊嚴，立法院那些女立委在通過兩性平權法時的那份喜悅，以及很多腦性麻痺病患活得那麼有自信，在在都宣示著台灣社會的普世價值。而這些東西在中國是無法去想像的，你看法輪功的單純聚會被迫害成什麼樣子，當我看到香港民眾三、四萬人擁著燭光在紀念六四天安門事件十三週年，我們可以體會到香港人在期待什麼，心中又在恐慌什麼，從燭光中我們看到了他們心中 的憂愁及無盡的期待。

就是你自己一定要比別人認真打拼!比別人有優勢!
直到你有把握~~~世界上比偶厲害的,已經沒有幾隻啦!
而且還要實戰後的考驗才算喔!.........

看了台南阿銘ㄚ賣牛肉麵麥來辦大學![台南台灣魂帶偶去的]
那種淡淡的微笑~~~就像南嘉生這篇{獨立的理由是因為我要獨立}
翻譯成英文就是{WHY NOT}?.............

I have just discovered this place last Saturday, and I hope you do not mind me writing you in such a blunt manner. Well, I spent some time reading your articles, and I feel that you are a very knowledgeable person. I thought you had some very interesting opinions in the discussion of the structure of Taiwan. There are a few issues that I had from reading your main post above, and I would like to talk to you about some of my thoughts. For various reasons, I am unable to input Chinese characters and have to use English to respond. I hope you do not mind.

The scene about southern Taiwan that you have described above is a scene that I have seen several times before. I am from northern Taiwan, so Ill have to confess that I really know very little about the leisure times in the south that attract you so. But there is something that I feel I have to disagree. You have mentioned that you wanted to help the people preserve what they have now. Well, I do feel that I have the question as to why a declaration of independence is necessary to achieve that goal? Unification is a very delicate issue, and there are many concerns that a unification with present day mainland China would in some way destroy the lifestyle of Taiwan. Immediate unification has been proven unpopular, and not many people today are advocating for it. I am personally against it.

On the other hand, in order to achieve the goal that you have mentioned above, wouldnt the maintenance of status quo be sufficient? Aside from the issue of military threat from mainland China, the disagreements from Taiwan itself would suggest great chaos that would likely follow from a declaration of independence. I was wondering if you would agree, that in order to help the people that you have mentioned above, neither immediate unification, nor independence, but instead, maintaining the status quo, would be helpful? It is the same line of logic as: if a matter is not black, it does not mean it is white? There are many other colors in between?

但對我來說南台灣炎夏午後大地呈現的並不是死寂的靜,而是一份平靜與祥和!

也因為這份平靜與祥和,讓我在離開家鄉的二十多年浮沉歲月裡,不致被逆境所擊倒

難過時它會在我心底浮起,潦倒時它會撫平我的心境,它也帶領著我不致在人生的道路上走偏

午後乍雨激起的沙土煙塵裡,空氣中那股熟悉的味道是任何事物都無法取代的!

也願這份平靜與祥和 永伴我生於斯的美麗國土.....台灣!

獨立是現狀；統一是改變現狀。
維持獨立現狀竟然還要公投決定；被統一改變現狀竟然台灣人不能表示意見。