tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444895069543408811.post3997103178545764893..comments2023-10-06T18:55:46.317+08:00Comments on That's Impossible! Politics from Taiwan: More of this pua̍h-pue business阿牛http://www.blogger.com/profile/08403972286057197709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444895069543408811.post-49621747968458729222007-03-20T15:51:00.000+08:002007-03-20T15:51:00.000+08:00Good comments from both of you guys. It reminds me...Good comments from both of you guys. It reminds me that A-bian did also say God protected him after 3-19, and how important those temple visits are for politicians year round.阿牛https://www.blogger.com/profile/08403972286057197709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444895069543408811.post-18219571944753074742007-03-20T09:37:00.000+08:002007-03-20T09:37:00.000+08:00Don't worry, if that fails, they can consult a fen...Don't worry, if that fails, they can consult a feng-shui master. <BR/><BR/>My friend Clyde Warden -- someday all of us will have to get plastered together -- has often opined how tightly politics in taiwan is tied to ideas of the malleability of fate in Chinese culture.<BR/><BR/>MichaelMichael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3444895069543408811.post-19920922316135764092007-03-19T22:13:00.000+08:002007-03-19T22:13:00.000+08:00No more strange than a dry drunk admitting that Go...No more strange than a dry drunk admitting that God told him to run for president.<BR/><BR/>Also remember that a throw of the 擲筊 is by no means a final arbiter of fate... you have multiple tries to throw them asking the same question. If the blocks don't cooperate you can ask the question in another way until the god in question agrees.<BR/><BR/>Playing the religion card is as Taiwanese as A-mah and taro pie; it lends an air of legitimacy to any campaign ("Look, god's on my side!") and for the temple that Popular Candidate X prayed at to receive their answer, it's good business.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09759067282582187193noreply@blogger.com