Culture minister slapped by entertainer at public gathering

[Dr_Milker]

@Gain

You and @Dr_Milker have extremely twisted world views.

I’d hardly call not believing the government should be involved in every aspect of people’s lives an “extremely twisted world view.” The fact that you think so says more about you than it does about me or @Andrew0409.

[shiadoa]

@Dr_Milker

You and @Dr_Milker have extremely twisted world views.

I’d hardly call not believing the government should be involved in every aspect of people’s lives an “extremely twisted world view.” The fact that you think so says more about you than it does about me or @Andrew0409.

So you are saying…you are an Anarcho-Capitalist ?, Jordan

[Dr_Milker]

@shiadoa

So you are saying…you are an Anarcho-Capitalist ?, Jordan

More of an anarcho-peon.

[shiadoa]

@Dr_Milker

More of an anarcho-peon.

Moving up , then ?

[Dr_Milker]

@shiadoa

@Dr_Milker

More of an anarcho-peon.

Moving up , then ?

Upward mobility is overrated.

[yyy]

@Andrew0409

I don’t know about this. If it’s so popular why did it almost go away and why does it need government funding?

I’m not sure about the history of Gaelic football specifically, but this is a perennial question, in culture as in biology. Why do humans go and extinguish another species and then wish they’d had the foresight to keep a colony alive in a nature reserve somewhere?

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@Andrew0409

I’ve played in different baseball leagues here and it’s pretty much self sufficient. Players and teams pay to be in. Teams mostly co-own if not have theirs own land they take care of to practice and play. Equipment is privately funded by players or sponsors. Higher up leagues have cash tournaments. I don’t see why Gaelic can’t be the same if not have enough people to make it professional and funded by private organizations to make a league.

Oh, land ownership solves it. 'kay, got it.

@Andrew0409

There are of course none monetary benefits to the community but those are basically entirely for people who like the game. I doubt the game itself improves the economy of the local community to even out the costs of government money spent.

If you only see benefits in monetary terms, you’re not seeing the big picture. It’s like paid sick leave. Oh no, we’re going to lose productivity! is 2nd wave thinking, with humans as cheap, easily replaceable machine parts. In more advanced 3rd wave management, employers care about the wellness of their employees because they understand the importance of retaining talent and so on.

Or a free art gallery. People just walk through and look at stuff. There’s no economic benefit! is, again, 2nd wave thinking. Art gives meaning to life and makes people happy and makes them want to live in a city where they can enjoy art and inspires them to be creative and so on is a 3rd wave improvement.

Sports in general also benefit the community and therefore the economy, though you need to step back and let it happen. (One particular sport vs. another one, that’s a different question, but I’ll give the people of Ireland the benefit of the doubt that they know what to do with their heritage.)

@Andrew0409

Which leads to the next point of the olympics. People aren’t too thrilled about hosting it now seeing that it doesn’t benefit the places they host as much as people wanted. And some are stuck with ghost towns and a unusable stadium they can’t afford to maintain. So the hosting question for me is debatable. But funding a team is for sure something needed as they’re doing a service to the country and not entirely for the sport itself.

I’m not promoting or attacking the IOC, but I see a problem here: if countries should sponsor Olympic teams but not host the Olympics, who’s going to do the hosting? Set up a permanent base on Mt. Olympus?

Anyway, you’re not going to have state sponsorship without bureaucrats. Ditto air traffic control. Stop resisting the bureaucracy! Surrender and let it flow through you…

@Andrew0409

I know what it is. I just said it has produced certain stupid laws. And it has led to art seizures in the past. Not that this particular case was a seizure.

Okay, tell me about these seizures.

@Andrew0409

In short. People don’t give a shit about art and culture anything when they can’t afford to care about it. It’s not a big surprise.

Fify.

In the 21st century, any country that wants to get anywhere can’t afford not to care about culture.

[yyy]

@KHHville

back to work on Monday

Only for three weeks!

Sorry, I promise I won’t do that again. Now back to Taiwan politics and Italian art seizures…

[Marco]

Woman arrested for vandalizing Lee's portrait at public memorial - Focus Taiwan

The Culture Minister Slapper is back! Now by throwing red paint at a portrait of Lee Teng Hui at his memorial.

What an immature lady…

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Agree. An attention seeker… who deserves a worse punishment. Heck, Ghost Month is coming…

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Typing away after the deed is done:

Comrade, mission accomplished. Deposit RMB to my account at your earliest convenience. Hail Xi!

[afterspivak]

The charm of ROC diehards (I’ve seen these folks in action since the Chen Shui-bian years) never ceases to surprise me.

At least this one was wearing a mask. : P

Guy

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Working in a government building, I am afraid these lunatics will one day escalate to bombs and other stuff. We already had one or two with gas tanks. One gathers they lack the cojones, but it is bad enough having the White Wolf and his cronies circling around the premises regularly.