最近在媒體上撥送的不具名減稅廣告,相信只要有打開電視的人,都會對它超密集的頻率感到反胃。
有錢人為什麼不繳稅?省下來的錢拿一些出來拍廣告,還可以合法地繳更低的稅,從窮人剝削更多的錢,何樂而不為?
據稱廣告只需要一千多萬,大量購買還有折扣。稅率只要減個1%,就少繳好幾千萬以上的睡了。怎麼算都划算。
以下是公平稅改聯盟的短片:
星期五, 8月 29, 2008
星期日, 8月 24, 2008
學校暫時終止
我竟然又這麼久沒打網誌了。
久到連blogger的控制台都換了。
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Recently, my life is exactly what a typical 12th grade student in Taiwan is like. Full of hustle and bustle, it is somewhat amazing--that I can do so many things I thought I could never do.
I had made up my mind to go to university GONGGUAN. It worths it if the hard work pays off. If not, I have already done my utmost to pursue my ambition. That's enough.
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Several days ago, I read an article about Michael Phelps, who won EIGHT gold medals in Beijing Olympics, which breaks the world record. There was a sentence impressing me a great deal: "If you take a day off, it takes you two days to get back to where you are." The hard work he put in his training is just the right thing I need now.
I DO WANT TO ACHIEVE AND WILL ACHIEVE MY GOALS!
久到連blogger的控制台都換了。
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Recently, my life is exactly what a typical 12th grade student in Taiwan is like. Full of hustle and bustle, it is somewhat amazing--that I can do so many things I thought I could never do.
I had made up my mind to go to university GONGGUAN. It worths it if the hard work pays off. If not, I have already done my utmost to pursue my ambition. That's enough.
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Several days ago, I read an article about Michael Phelps, who won EIGHT gold medals in Beijing Olympics, which breaks the world record. There was a sentence impressing me a great deal: "If you take a day off, it takes you two days to get back to where you are." The hard work he put in his training is just the right thing I need now.
I DO WANT TO ACHIEVE AND WILL ACHIEVE MY GOALS!
星期日, 8月 03, 2008
學閥
前幾天,歷史老師給我們作97指考歷史科的考古題,看看我們的實力如何。寫完考卷,一題題幫我們訂正,訂正到第23題,老師就說,「這題很下流!」我一時間還沒反應過來。
參考答案是(C)
但事實上,這很有可能是一個學術界勾心鬥角的產物。
據歷史老師表示,這屆高三使用由王姓教授編著的中國史教材,其中明確引用題幹的詩句來佐證「江南曾經實施稻麥輪種制」。老師指出,她相信,任何一位熟讀課本的同學,很容易會按課本的見解,在本題中選(A),她認為學術界的惡鬥不應該延伸到攸關眾多考生權益的考場,如此對學子十分不公平。
有人的地方,難免會有派系。派系也無所謂好不好的問題,純粹是個人喜好,難以評論。但任何的恩怨,應該都只限於涉及的雙方,不應該牽連無辜的第三者。套用批踢踢的名言:「考生:『躺著也中槍!』」
在考場上,考生任人宰割。
大家會選哪個答案呢?
23.一位學者認為唐宋時期江南曾經實施稻麥輪種制,並欲引用白居易任職蘇州時寫的詩句:「去年到郡日,麥穗黃離離;今年去郡日,稻花白霏霏」證明自己的說法。關於這位學者的看法,以下說明何者較為合理?
(A)詩裡提到麥作、稻作,足以作為稻麥輪種的佐證 (B)詩中指出稻、麥產於不同季節,足以說明輪種制 (C)詩中並未指明稻、麥產自同一塊土地,不足為據 (D)詩人的描述多不精確,不適合運用在歷史的討論
參考答案是(C)
但事實上,這很有可能是一個學術界勾心鬥角的產物。
據歷史老師表示,這屆高三使用由王姓教授編著的中國史教材,其中明確引用題幹的詩句來佐證「江南曾經實施稻麥輪種制」。老師指出,她相信,任何一位熟讀課本的同學,很容易會按課本的見解,在本題中選(A),她認為學術界的惡鬥不應該延伸到攸關眾多考生權益的考場,如此對學子十分不公平。
有人的地方,難免會有派系。派系也無所謂好不好的問題,純粹是個人喜好,難以評論。但任何的恩怨,應該都只限於涉及的雙方,不應該牽連無辜的第三者。套用批踢踢的名言:「考生:『躺著也中槍!』」
在考場上,考生任人宰割。
哭哭,我的高三生活
我終於有點體會到什麼是「沒時間」。
課堂上,老師們指定何時該考試,我就乖乖地抄到本子裡。集結了一個禮拜的心血結晶(?),我發現,本子十分地充實,天天都像是段考前。
然而,範圍並不若高一二那樣小,準備的難度是大於高一二的。
唉,我的時間管理又要受到考驗,希望這個月能夠找出最佳模式,能夠順利地使用到高三結束囉。
課堂上,老師們指定何時該考試,我就乖乖地抄到本子裡。集結了一個禮拜的心血結晶(?),我發現,本子十分地充實,天天都像是段考前。
然而,範圍並不若高一二那樣小,準備的難度是大於高一二的。
唉,我的時間管理又要受到考驗,希望這個月能夠找出最佳模式,能夠順利地使用到高三結束囉。
星期二, 7月 22, 2008
voluntary starvation for medical treatment
I paid a visit to a doctor yesterday. He said I needed to have a examination to check if I had GU(Gastric Ulcer) or not. I didn't expect that the examination would be FORMIDABLE. I went to the hospital with happiness(?) but went home shivering. "How can doctors come up with this horrible idea?"I thought. The examination uses a long tube with red, green, and blue light on the one side sticking into patient's gullet through their throat. The tube is roughly 50 cm in length and 1 cm in width. Imagine a tube is stuck in your throat for ten minutes. How gross it is!
In order to ensure the examination would be successful, patients are required to starve for 6 to 8 hours before the examination is administered. I was hungry therefore. I ate a lot of food as soon as I arrived home.
The examination must be the most terrible examination. I dare say the college entrance examination is much less FORMIDABLE!
In order to ensure the examination would be successful, patients are required to starve for 6 to 8 hours before the examination is administered. I was hungry therefore. I ate a lot of food as soon as I arrived home.
The examination must be the most terrible examination. I dare say the college entrance examination is much less FORMIDABLE!
星期六, 7月 19, 2008
Afternoon lethargy stirkes me again.
Strictly speaking, lethargy strikes me as soon as I finished my breakfast.
I'm tired recently for unknown reasons. One of the reasons may be the PUZZLING math questions regarding trigonometry? Or it may be that I'm sick of staying home for such a long time? I regret that I didn't apply to much more camps hosted by universities. The camps are not only entertaining but also educational. I can be acquainted with many teenagers from the Taiwan over. I wish I applied the 2008 NTU PHILOSOPHY CAMP and ANTHROPOLOGY CAMP. If so, I could have a far more cheerful - and meaningful - summer vacation, the last one in senior high.
Ward off the afternoon lethargy!
I'm tired recently for unknown reasons. One of the reasons may be the PUZZLING math questions regarding trigonometry? Or it may be that I'm sick of staying home for such a long time? I regret that I didn't apply to much more camps hosted by universities. The camps are not only entertaining but also educational. I can be acquainted with many teenagers from the Taiwan over. I wish I applied the 2008 NTU PHILOSOPHY CAMP and ANTHROPOLOGY CAMP. If so, I could have a far more cheerful - and meaningful - summer vacation, the last one in senior high.
Ward off the afternoon lethargy!
星期日, 7月 13, 2008
NEXT危基當前
大概在前兩三天吧,在書桌上發現了這本書──早就想讀了,只是不知為什麼而擱著──就拿起來讀了。我一向很喜歡本書作者麥剋剋萊頓(Michael Crichton)的作品,他的近三部中譯作品《NEXT危基當前》、《奈米獵殺》和《恐懼之邦》我都有讀。他身為一個好萊塢劇本作家,作品的娛樂性自然不少。但如果只以娛樂性來看待他的小說,那真是有點小看他了。克萊頓曾在哈佛就讀文學,後轉人類學,畢業後又讀醫學院,他豐富的人文素養和紮實的科學訓練,讓他的文字富有張力,在張力的背後,又都是「有所本」的科學理論,絕不是單單是天馬行空的幻想而已。
《NEXT危基當前》中的波奈特先生,曾罹患癌症求助醫師,在治療過程中,醫師發現他體內的細胞能製造某種抗癌的物質,其基因極具研究及商業價值。在未充分告知波奈特先生的情況下,踰越波奈特先生對細胞所授權的「供研究使用,以造福社會」的界線,將基因申請專利,進而與外部生物科技公司產學合作,以學術研究為糖衣,欲謀取商業利益。
此書提出了兩大問題:誰可以擁有基因?法律能應付超出一般大眾知識程度的複雜問題嗎?
身上的基因應該被視為個人持有、但無法任意處分的特殊財產,而基因的集合(全人類的基因)應當視為全人類共有的資產,由大眾共享其福祉。什麼樣的人能夠擁有你身上的一部份呢?
法律總是跟不上科技的發展,往往先是有了科技,才有了規範──爭議就是由此而起的。科技發明/科學發現之初猶如無政府狀態,搶得制定法令權的一方,就能立於不敗之地。法律人真能認識新科技而做出合理的判斷嗎?還是會被某一派科學家耍得團團轉?
《NEXT危基當前》中的波奈特先生,曾罹患癌症求助醫師,在治療過程中,醫師發現他體內的細胞能製造某種抗癌的物質,其基因極具研究及商業價值。在未充分告知波奈特先生的情況下,踰越波奈特先生對細胞所授權的「供研究使用,以造福社會」的界線,將基因申請專利,進而與外部生物科技公司產學合作,以學術研究為糖衣,欲謀取商業利益。
此書提出了兩大問題:誰可以擁有基因?法律能應付超出一般大眾知識程度的複雜問題嗎?
身上的基因應該被視為個人持有、但無法任意處分的特殊財產,而基因的集合(全人類的基因)應當視為全人類共有的資產,由大眾共享其福祉。什麼樣的人能夠擁有你身上的一部份呢?
法律總是跟不上科技的發展,往往先是有了科技,才有了規範──爭議就是由此而起的。科技發明/科學發現之初猶如無政府狀態,搶得制定法令權的一方,就能立於不敗之地。法律人真能認識新科技而做出合理的判斷嗎?還是會被某一派科學家耍得團團轉?
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