The Alliance of Deserters and Deaths: Executive Director Lin Hsin-yi calls the Government 'Abominable'—But How Abominable is Your Alliance?

This article critiques the statement made by Lin Hsin-yi, Executive Director of the Alliance for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, who called the government 'abominable' following the execution of death row inmates. The author argues that by constantly inflaming the death penalty debate, the Alliance itself is the 'greatest promoter' of these executions and should bear the primary karmic responsibility. While theoretically supporting the ideal of abolition, the author maintains that the government's actions are neutral—fulfilling legal requirements and the expectations of society and victims' families to protect the safety of the virtuous majority.

2015年6月5日

What We Need Is More Than Just the Money of Bad People: Looking at Taiwan's Death Penalty System and the Absurdity of the TAEDP from the Eight-Year-Old Girl Throat-Slitting Case

The article criticizes the tendency of Taiwanese courts to give light sentences and uses the case of an eight-year-old girl having her throat slit to lash out at the position of the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP). The author argues that 'bad people are not people' and their treatment should not be compared with that of good people; he also believes the TAEDP is using victims to gain benefits for themselves. The author refutes the 'death penalty is useless' and 'cannot heal the pain' arguments, emphasizing that the death penalty is a system, a 'self-choice' of the criminal, and can bring a minimum degree of psychological compensation to the victim's family. It concludes by describing the TAEDP's philosophy with 'Chunibyo' (8th-grade syndrome), believing it leads to criminals becoming more unscrupulous.

2015年5月30日