olitical brawls: Physical confrontations are common in politics. Taiwan's legislature was notorious for its dust-ups involving men and women, although in 2007, the Daily Mail broke it to the Western world that the brawls were staged. Reports from the Taiwanese capital, Taipei, yesterday quoted legislators and political observers as admitting that the televised fights are staged acts, planned in advance to generate media attention and garner favour with voters who like to see their MPs fighting for all their worth on tough issues. The brawls are so well planned, it is claimed, that MPs have even called up one another to ensure they wear sports shoes ahead of their choreographed clashes. And when it's all over, after the pulled punches have been delivered and the broken chairs removed, they all get together for a merry drink. (May 17, 2007, The Daily Mail) Perhaps to show how it's truly done, South Korean lawmakers have had
olitical brawls: Physical confrontations are common in politics. Taiwan's legislature was notorious for its dust-ups involving men and women, although in 2007, the Daily Mail broke it to the Western world that the brawls were staged.
ReplyDeleteReports from the Taiwanese capital, Taipei, yesterday quoted legislators and political observers as admitting that the televised fights are staged acts, planned in advance to generate media attention and garner favour with voters who like to see their MPs fighting for all their worth on tough issues.
The brawls are so well planned, it is claimed, that MPs have even called up one another to ensure they wear sports shoes ahead of their choreographed clashes. And when it's all over, after the pulled punches have been delivered and the broken chairs removed, they all get together for a merry drink. (May 17, 2007, The Daily Mail)
Perhaps to show how it's truly done, South Korean lawmakers have had