http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/07/24/dpp-factions-banned/ Photos, Stories and articles on East Asia Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:53:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/07/24/dpp-factions-banned/comment-page-1/#comment-58158 Politics from Taiwan » The DPP: Now one big happy family Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:06:14 +0000 http://www.mutantfrog.com/2006/07/24/dpp-factions-banned/#comment-58158 [...] I doubt that this will have any major short-term effect, as the people who used to be in the same faction are still likely to group themselves together informally. However, over the long-term, there is the possibility that DPP members might actually start thinking for themselves a bit more, without waiting to be told by their faction head what they should be thinking. As an outsider, I’ve always been amazed at the power the different factions exercised - so I think this is a positive move. There’s another perspective on this over at Mutantfrog travelogues. [...] [...] I doubt that this will have any major short-term effect, as the people who used to be in the same faction are still likely to group themselves together informally. However, over the long-term, there is the possibility that DPP members might actually start thinking for themselves a bit more, without waiting to be told by their faction head what they should be thinking. As an outsider, I’ve always been amazed at the power the different factions exercised – so I think this is a positive move. There’s another perspective on this over at Mutantfrog travelogues. [...]

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