Taiwan film director issues rare warning to his own people

Dec 15, 2013 12:05

My children and I just watched “Beyond Beauty,” the half-baked English name of a 90-minute film shot from the air over Taiwan ( Read more... )

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Complacency anonymous December 15 2013, 19:27:34 UTC
Complacency abounds. Show me a country of any size that doesn't believe they deserve all that they have, that they couldn't possibly survive on any less and that any environmental damage, possibly only imagined, is caused by some external evil force. Probably how the dinosaurs felt a millenium or so before they became extinct. Wave goodbye folks.

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Re: Complacency lalaoshi December 19 2013, 05:29:58 UTC
Environmental activists in the West sometimes call for mass lifestyle changes and boycotts, implying that not just "some external evil force" is creating problems.

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anonymous December 21 2013, 00:26:32 UTC
So what about the kids ? Did you cave and take them home or endure the whining, feigning, and crying until the credits ran ?

I think my sympathies are with the kids. Sorry.

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Kids lalaoshi December 24 2013, 11:51:24 UTC
I whispered in the children's ears brief descriptions of the scenes and told them later that film etiquette requires sitting still for 90 minutes, even patches of boredom. We chose this movie because one of my two kids had already seen it in class, though I suspect not the whole thing.

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Agreed ext_2343664 December 24 2013, 11:38:12 UTC
i think every country should have a movie where they take aerial shots of how the environmental landscape has changed…
I agree with you on many points here. A lot of the Taiwanese who watched this movie for the most part 1) slept through it 2) blame government but don't do much to change their lifestyle - say "Mei ban fa" 沒辦法“ and carry on with their lives.
its a very defeatist culture i'm coming to learn….
In any case, I have to applaud the director for presenting firm evidence and stirring up awareness. This could be just the beginning...

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Re: Agreed lalaoshi December 24 2013, 11:52:52 UTC
I forgot about the "mei banfa" approach to issues in Taiwan. If mei banfa for real, we'd all be living in caves still.

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