This time the city-state’s approach was a misstep…… Television and the Internet were originally the magic weapons for wearing down modern people’s political passion; a few hotheaded youths venting online could hardly stir up any waves, nor did it have much influence. On the contrary, the more people vent on television and the Internet, the harder it is for them to cohere in real life. Young people today are, after all, not the same as they were 18 years ago. But now that all sorts of forums have also been shut down across the board, it is bound to make many people who were originally indifferent to politics have to pay attention to this city-state’s problem……
This has stirred up even those who were originally apathetic about certain things, those who were originally not at all hot-blooded youths. It has also forced those who originally felt that democracy and freedom were neither here nor there to think about the related issues. This time, the city-state’s approach has absolutely laid a broader mass foundation for potential reactionaries.
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2007-09-05 21:53:14 anonymous 221.130.189.94 [reply]
Indeed, it’s surely better for hotheads to curse online than to cause trouble in real life, right?
If the city-state really wants to eliminate all sorts of undesirable phenomena, merely treating the symptoms, treating a headache by curing the head, and making a show on the surface are not enough; it also needs to address the root cause and seriously think about why these phenomena appear。。。
mist2007-09-05 21:57:41 anonymous 221.130.189.94 [reply]
Also, by D’s standards, before university I was absolutely a good youth.
If I hadn’t started thinking about more things and seen more news after entering university, perhaps by now I would be very eager to apply to join D.
The last sentence of Wang Anshi’s “Reading the Biography of Lord Mengchang” is a line I use to defend myself. Although I myself am obviously not a shi, D is not Lord Mengchang either.
smw2007-09-06 02:59:32 anonymous 218.22.22.160 [reply]
Sometimes inaction is not as good as action. Once you do something, it instead makes people feel even more that something is very strange. It’s like, even in ordinary times I wouldn’t go to those websites every day…… but these past few days, as soon as I think of them being shut down, I can’t help feeling rather desolate, and instead I’ll go there and stare blankly at the words “Sorry, this forum has been temporarily closed for xx reasons”……
Translated from the Chinese original with AI assistance. The original text is authoritative.
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