Who is sicker? II

A reader commented on my last entry:

Who is sicker?
台灣前教育部長曾志朗 calls Taiwanese Chinese
His son thinks chicken has 6 legs

as follows:

I know there were some issues about 曾志朗. But for this particular "6 legs issue" I didn't see Tseng calling Taiwanese Chinese. It is the author of the Asia-Pacific News who used the term "Chinese student" in the report.

And, from the news report, Tseng's son (and his American classmates) thought chicken has 6 legs when he was attending school in the USA. I am not sure it is necessary to relate this "6 legs issue" with "Chinese college kid".

雞有6條腿 宅男與真實脫節

更新日期:2009/11/08 04:09

〔記者陳怡靜、林曉雲／綜合報導〕一隻雞有六條腿？政務委員曾志朗昨在生命教育論壇致詞時表示，年輕人沉迷網路虛擬世界，可能與真實生活脫節，自己兒子的美國同學就曾以為一隻雞有六條腿，應透過生命教育把年輕人拉回真實世界。

生命教育 助年輕人重返世界

政務委員曾志朗昨天指出，生命教育相當重要，他目前就讀博士班的兒子每天黏在電腦前，「生活只跟一隻老鼠有關，就是手上的滑鼠。」

他也笑說，兒子多年前在美國唸書時和同學一起作電腦動畫報告，製作精美，但卻只拿到Ｆ，原來他同學把雞畫成六條腿，因為美國超市買一袋雞腿都是六隻。聽來不可思議，卻真有其事。

I am grateful for the comment. It is true that in this Liberty Times report 台灣前教育部長曾志朗 did not bemoan

the fact that many Chinese youths spend their days sealed off from the real world, interacting with the outside almost exclusively via computer.

(as in the Asia-Pacific News report), but neither can I draw any conclusion from the Liberty Times report that he did not say such outrageous things.

I find it objectionable that Asia-Pacific News report omitted many important details.

We should protest until 曾志朗 or Asia-Pacific News step forward to make corrections.