Dr. Marvin Monroe: You LIKE attention, don't you Li Ao?
Legislator Li: Do I EVER! Ha-haaa!
Dr. Monroe: Well, we ALL do. The PROBLEM is, you don't care whether you get GOOD attention, for say, proposing beneficial new laws in the Taiwanese legislature...or BAD attention, for say, opening a can of tear gas inside a crowded committee room while warding off fellow politicians with an electric stun baton.
(Image of Independent Lawmaker (and Taipei mayoral candidate) Li Ao from Wednesday's Taipei Times. Yes, that's a V for Vendetta-style Guy Fawkes mask affixed to the front of his gas mask.)
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CAVEAT: Currently, the public only has Mr. Li's word to go on that his gas bomb actually contained what he said it contained. There's some corroboration in the fact that some committee members left the room coughing and tearing up, but it's somewhat odd that there are no reports of any vomiting.
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I guess Li Ao thought that the Double-10 disgrace didn't get enough exposure in the American media. Well, Li got his wish this time. CBS had his antics streamed at their video site -- entitled, "Lawmaker Gases Fellow Lawmakers". Thanks, jackass!
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Posted by: STOP Ma | October 26, 2006 at 07:41 AM
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Has it been confirmed that he really used tear gas? (The Taipei Times expressed skepticism, which is why I added the caveat at the end of the post.)
Posted by: The Foreigner | October 26, 2006 at 10:35 AM
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I guess that's something the police officials will have to look into (cough...cough);>)
Oh! By the way, Li has not only NOT apologized, he has made further crackpot threats...
In todays Taiwan News:
"Lee was however unfazed (sic.) and threatened that if lawmakers attempted to pass the arms bill, he would take polecats, snakes, rats, cockroaches and killer bees into the Legislature."
I DO know if Li did this in my country (Canada), he would not be allowed anywhere near Parliament and would probably be arrested and given a psychiatric examination -- regardless of whether the first incident involved teargas or not.
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Posted by: STOP Ma | October 26, 2006 at 08:55 PM
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I'd be satisfied if the police simply told us what the manufacturer's label on the can says. Does it say "Tear Gas"...or "Roach Fogger"?
Posted by: The Foreigner | October 31, 2006 at 11:09 AM