Why don't Senior Officials of the Democratic Progressive Party get "Join the UN" Tattoos?

News Analysis: Officials get "Join the UN" Tattoos.

Media: Why don't Senior Officials of the Democratic Progressive Party get "Join the UN" Tattoos?

Food prices on Taiwan are going through the roof. The public is unable to make ends meet. How does one increase the number of signatures on "Join the UN" petitions at a time like this? This has become high-ranking Democratic Progressive Party government officials' biggest challenge. Some members of the Legislative Yuan declared that they have "taken a stand" on behalf of the "Plebiscite to Join the UN." The media has satirized these DPP officials. Do they really consider "Joining the UN under the Name Taiwan" a sacred mission? Then why not imitate the Nationalist army troops who retreated to Taiwan, who tattooed anti-Communist slogans on their bodies? Why not give themselves tattooes reading "Support Taiwan's Membership in the UN?"

In 1949 the Kuomintang government retreated to Taiwan. Many Nationalist officers and soldiers tatooed anti-Communist slogans on their chest or arms. This symbolized their determination to recover the Chinese mainland. This became a concrete gesture by which troops could swear their allegiance to their national leader. On October 16 President Chen Shui-bian declared that he would personally set up a stall in the night market to increase the number of signatures on the "Plebiscite to Join the UN" petition. Many officials began declaring that they would "Swear Allegiance to the National Leader." Is it any wonder the media couldn't resist taking a shot at these people?

Source: Taipei newspapers

News Analysis：官員入聯刺青

媒體：民進黨高官何不「入聯」刺青表態？

在台灣菜價高漲、民眾入不敷出的此刻，如何衝高「入聯」公投連署人數？竟然成了民進黨政府高官最重要的思考重點，有人甚至在國會（立法院）宣稱他有「表態」支持入聯公投的自由，媒體因此諷刺這些民進黨高官：如果真的把「台灣入聯」當成神聖使命，何不學習當年撤退來台、在身體刺上反共口號的老兵，也來個「支持台灣入聯」刺青？

1949年國民黨政府撤退來台，許多隨行的國軍官兵都在胸膛或手臂刺上反共口號，象徵收復國土的必勝決心，當年還成為軍隊中宣示效忠國家領袖的具體行動。也因此，當陳水扁總統16日宣稱將親自在夜市擺攤以衝高「入聯」公投連署人數後，許多官員紛紛表態「效忠國家領袖」，無怪乎媒體對這些人要大加諷刺。

來源：Taipei newspapers